pascalepicard.com

October 30

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:09:30 -0400

October 30^th

After thousands and thousands of hours in planes we landed yesterday on Canadian ground. Our stay in France went really well and the last 10 days went so fast that we had trouble remembering everything we did.

Of course there were two concerts in France. The first one at La Cigale in Paris and the second show in Havre/Normandie gave us a nice view of what is going to happen for us in March and April 2009. We can’t wait to come back. The warm Welcomes of the French crowd reminds us the one we’ve only had in Quebec City until now.

We had the chance to participate in a show that was on the radio in Orleans. One of the differences from TV Shows in France and Quebec is the technical side of the musical performance. We were really surprised to see that the “Playback” (mostly called “lip-sync” in Quebec) is a big thing for our French friends. In the beginning we found it a bit weird when they asked Louis Musique (our gear king) to fake playing piano with us on “Gate 22”. We laughed a lot at the scene … and since then we realized this is how it works there, but in Orleans last week the track didn’t work well (I never thought this would be possible with a CD??!!!!!) and we kept laughing on stage… I’m from the Milli Vanilli generation !!

We took some time to practice our new show for the Quebec tour. In fact from November 1^st 2 new songs will be added on the set list and we changed a bit the order of the songs to make it looks different to us because it’s been 3 years that we mostly do the same show. It will be special for us in the beginning. We can’t wait to face the challenge !!! J

Chachow!

Pascale

October 23 - La Cigale, Paris

karl@pascalepicard.com (Karl-Emmanuel Picard) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:14:41 -0400

October 15

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:31:54 -0400

Last night we recorded a live performance at « M pour Musique » that will be on TV October 22^nd on Radio-Canada. While we were in Montreal we did a couple of interviews.

Next weekend we’ll be in Toronto for a show at the Mod Club on the 18^th. From there we fly to France for our first concert J

For the snowboard fans: I gave an old snowboard to an auction for Julie Boileau’s foundation… All profits from the snowboard will go to Montreal’s Children’s Hospital. You have until October 15^th to bid.

http://www.encherescelebres.com/fr/enchere/article-detail.php?id_article=19

Cheers

Pascale

October 5

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:35:31 -0400

Jetlag started to affect the band but most of all the diligence of the news editor… hehehe, sorry!

We just came back to Quebec City after an eventful stay in Europe. We did an FNAC tour (little showcases in record stores) and participated in the French Community Party @ Brussels in Belgium. We had a lot of interviews on the radios and with the French newspapers. Thanks to everyone for coming to support the band in the FNAC and sorry for those who were not able to get in at the door… The concert at La Cigale is already sold out (THANKS!!) but there are still tickets available for the 2 added shows at the Bataclan in March. There are still little details to finalize and then we’ll be able to put all the dates of our French tour for March and April 2009 on our website. J

Right now, everything is looking very well for our first trip in Europe since the release of the album!!

Now we are continuing to work on new songs and I think that I can confirm we’ll be able to present 2 new songs at our shows for November and December all across Quebec City. We can’t wait to see and hear your reactions about our new stuff… I never thought I’d hear myself say this, but “Long live the Quebec winter!!”

See you soon (I’ll get back to you before a month this time, promise!!)

Pascale

Bruxelles

karl@pascalepicard.com (Karl-Emmanuel Picard) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:38:47 -0400

Back in Quebec City tomorrow !

September 27th @ Grande Place of Bruxelles

September 5

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:46:03 -0400

I just found a good reason to not help transporting our stock J … While I’m writing this news for the website, Phil, Mathieu and Serge are trying to build something resembling a recording studio. After this really busy summer we decided to rent a cottage near Quebec City to be alone and work on new songs. We would love to put some new stuff in the shows that are already booked in Quebec in November, but most of all because we have a lot of ideas for our second album and we can’t wait to jump into it. If everything goes well we should only leave the cottage for one week in September to play in France.We’ll keep you posted!Pascale

August 21

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:26:11 -0400

We played at the Old Clock in Magog last weekend. It was very special because we have been playing outside shows all summer and we had to do 2 shows « face-to-face » with 400 people. We faked all day of the 17^th that we forgot Phil’s bday to finally bring him a cake on stage… very funny!

The next day, those who went to bed early had the chance to be introduced to Kite Surfing. We met the owner of Mouvent School the night before and he offered us his services.

One of the biggest advantages of being musicians is that we have the chance to travel. We played on the Islands of Madeleine in 2005 and I was hoping to go back there again one day… I heard through the grape vine that an artist cancelled his show at Pas Perdus. I proposed a solo show as the band had some days off during that period of time. An opportunity to perfect my Kite Surfing J the whole team helped make this happen. I’m a bit nervous because it’s been a while since I’ve played by myself, but I can’t wait!!

….. Ah ….. and for our French friends; we received a lot of emails concerning the news of last week and for us here a submarine is a sandwich J

Thanks for reading in such big number!!

Pascale

August 18

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:46:22 -0400

So… like Math was saying in the last news, I went to Maine for 4 days of camping… During my vacation little Karl (right hand man of the band) is eating a sub at Subway and sees my big face on a poster… As he is always with the band and knows everything that is going on, he assumes it probably wasn’t approved. He calls everybody else in the band and of course nobody had heard of the publicity campaign. The pieces start to fall in place from there… In short, I opened my emails last night and from what I can see I’m in Subway promotions all across Canada… I managed not to faint in front of the computer… Luckily, we are a good team and everybody took care of it, just to let me enjoy my vacation. J Our record distributor’s mistake will be resolved and all the posters will disappear in the next few days. It’s very important to us to let people know that we did not authorized this promotion and there is no reason to associate Pascale Picard Band to any business partners without a good reason to do so. Cheers!

August 12

karl@pascalepicard.com (Mathieu Cantin) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:31:41 -0400

Yo yo yippi yo yippi yé!!! Mat is in the house. Right now in Regina, 7:56PM room 806, with no one else other than little Karl, Louis sucks, Phil Morissette, Sergio and Mr. Marcil… and a little glass of wine of course!!! Ok, let’s talk about serious things. Very nice folk festival!!! Perfect temperature, good organization, crowd was really receptive… Mission accomplished!!! Back in Quebec tomorrow with the dudes for a week of vacation. L’Picoulio (Pascale) left this morning for Maine.

Back on the 17^thand the 18^th for two shows in Magog… Have a good week all.

Mat

Festival du cochon

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:39:59 -0400

Hi,

I will be brief; I think the little video will talk by itself…

I want to say that:

- no pig was hurt, and neither were Serge and I (a little bit on our pride but whatever…)

- there is only mud in the enclosed (and on us, obviously…)

So, as the ridiculous never killed anybody (and the video is already on youtube)

Enjoy the video!

Pascale

July 29

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:24:25 -0400

We are off for 5 days! I think that we'll be able to relax from our long road trip last week... Roberval, Cowansville and Amos; they’re not really in the same area... The 3 shows went really well, Math's brother was driving so we had a chance to sleep on the road.

I just received an email from a friend, he was on a terrace in Montmartre and he heard 'Gate 22' on the radio. One of Math's friends told him that we are everywhere over there... We foresee going to tour in France in the middle of October, I can't wait to see all this!

For now, I’ll take advantage of my vacation and see you at the Festival du Cochon on the 2nd

Pascale

News

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:59:55 -0400

Last week has gone so fast! The Vancouver Folk Festival site was next to the water, terrific… Many people came to see our show. We were nervous because Mathieu was sick before we left and we had to do the show with only 3 of us. Something that we’ve never practiced of course! In the end, it went super well and the people seemed to like it. We left Vancouver on the 19^th in the evening proud of ourselves. It was 11 PM…

The flight was delayed for Québec (no surprise). It was 11 am when we arrived… our soundcheck on the Plains of Abraham was supposed to be finished by noon (let me tell you that some of us we’re screaming for our luggage to arrive…). So after 15 minutes of soundcheck (thanks to everyone because the sound was perfect…) Sir Paul McCartney arrived for his soundcheck all afternoon. Our legs were shaking and we were really impressed. Finally, we met the Beatle just before he got on stage, it was unbelievable! On our side, the show went so fast, we had so much fun. For sure it was our biggest crowd ever, in our city and we had a good response from the people. A perfect night, THANKS!!

Pascale

News

karl@pascalepicard.com (Pascale Picard) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:37:29 -0400

Hello All,

We just learned that we’re going to open for Paul McCartney on the Plains of Abraham. For me, music began with the Beatles…So; I don’t have any words to describe how excited I am right now!!

Also, « Me, Myself and Us » has been released in France and we heard that it’s going pretty good for us over there. Some friends sent me pictures of a publicity wall in the subway. It’s quite funny to think that people see that everyday.

For the rest, the tour is going well. We are traveling a lot, we are always happy to meet new people. We’re just back from a folk festival in Winnipeg. It was raining and freezing the day we had to perform but everybody stayed to give us warm applause. Folk festivals are good for us, the public seems open to discovering the music, which is great because we still have two more to go in Regina and in Vancouver.

We’ll keep you posted!!

Pascale