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\nLegendary Canuck rockers HELIX have issued the following update:
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\n\u201cThis week we began recording our 15th studio CD at A Studios with Aaron Murray. Aaron was the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Danny Broadbeck (who won a Juno last year for Engineer or the Year for his work with Delores O\u2019Reardon of the CRANBERRIES) who was the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Jack Richardson, famous for his work with THE GUESS WHO and ALICE COOPER. So it\u2019s a good lineage\u2026I also had my young nephew Michael Costa in the studio with us. Michael went through sound engineering school in Australia and is just starting into the business. We had him cleaning up some of the drum tracks. It\u2019s a tough business with slow advancement, but I have faith he\u2019ll make it through. Anyway, he got to work with Uncle Brian for the day\u2026
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\nAs in past CDs, the songs are growing every step of the way. I wrote these four songs with Sean Kelly. One (\u2018Angelina\u2019) was also a co-write with Moe Berg. Sean has been my partner on the last couple of Helix discs-Vagabond Bones and Smash Hits Unplugged, as well as being a large part of the acoustic show. These four songs (\u2018Champagne Communist\u2019, \u2018Angelina\u2019, \u2018Skin In The Game\u2019, and \u2018The Bitch Is A Bullet\u2019) are really just a continuation of the Vagabond Bones CD. We wrote them very shortly after that CD was finished and they\u2019ve been sitting in the can for a year. That\u2019s why we\u2019re thinking of putting out an extended version of Vagabond Bones overseas with these four songs as bonus tracks to coincide with our dates in Sweden and Finland in October. In North America we\u2019re thinking of putting together a Best of Helix CD from the years 2000-2010 and calling it Running Wild In The 21st Century. Unlike the extended Vagabond Bones European release, this particular disc would also include an acoustic version of \u2018Running Wild in the 21st Century\u2019 and Brent\u2019s version of \u2018The William Tell Overture\u2019 with Daryl\u2019s \u2018The Calm\u2019 thrown in at the end plus songs from not only Vagabond Bones but other discs ie. When Pigs Fly, Rockin\u2019 In My Outer Space, and The Power of Rock and Roll.
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\nFor a band that was supposed to be \u201cover\u201d a decade ago, we sure have a shitload of music and film sitting around. As everyone knows, we\u2019re shopping a pilot for a reality show as well as a rockumentary on the band. We have over 40 hours worth of film at this point and have been getting good interest from distributors and also financial backers. It\u2019s a slow process however; one I liken to \u201c\u2026watching paint dry\u2026\u201d
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\nSince we put the first acoustic show onstage in May we\u2019ve been putting together a commercial for that show. We\u2019ll be using this to help advertise the show to fans (so they know what the show is about) and also to give to the booking agents and clubs in the hopes of getting more engagements. Realistically this is a show that we could continue on with forever\u2026 our biggest obstacle is to educate fans on what the show is all about-that it\u2019s multi-media, 35 years of rock and roll adventures told personally by the guys who have \u201c\u2026been there, done it, and have the t-shirt\u2026\u201d, all the Helix hits done acoustically-like you\u2019ve never heard them before. As well, we use a variety of different instruments in the acoustic show-mandolin, piano, mouth harp, and violin plus guest appearances by Wendy Williams and Cheryl Lescom. Lastly, we take questions directly from the audience at the end of the show and give away a free Yamaha guitar to some lucky ticket holder. I\u2019m going to be setting up a new Facebook page dedicated to the acoustic show which will feature videos of the different shows, band members talking about the show, etc.
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\nNot only does the filming of the acoustic show have its benefits as an advertising tool, it also can be included on future releases as an added incentive to buy whatever CD we\u2019re pushing at the time. For instance, when we release the Running Wild in the 21st Century video we could include a 30 minute live acoustic DVD. That\u2019s just one example. Expect both of these discs to be available in the fall.\u201d
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\nSource: BW&BK
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