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Matt Ouimet brings “OH JESUS” to the Glebe

Saturday May 15th I encourage you greatly to join me and the Victory Chimes (from Montreal) in a wicked night of wicked hits at wicked Irene’s in the wicked Glebe, it’s going to be wicked!

The show next week will include such amazing banter as:
“is everybody having a great time out there?”
“is anyone ready to party?”
“who said that?… come on who said that?… Show your face Coward!!!!…….. who said that?”
“does anyone have a pick?”
“Mmmmoooooomm Dooon’t!!….. you’re embarrassing meee…..”

So please come so that I know for sure that you like me.

thanks,
matt

Matt Ouimet is a gifted multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, and songwriter from Ottawa. Matt’s musicality transcends genre and his musical voice is clearly heard through any instrument you get in his hands.

Whether chicken-pickin’ his way around a telecaster in a up-tempo country romp, or making color waves with his lap steel at a singer-songwriter session, or laying down wide open drum beats at an outdoor event, you can count on hearing his humor, adventurousness, sympathy, youthful energy and beyond his years wisdom in all his playing.

Ottawa’s staple sideman puts his talents to good use “OH JESUS” (released January 2010) and you will not regret buying this record!

“Matt Ouimet on “Oh Jesus” sounds like Brian Wilson fronting Willko.”

- Dick Altavista, CKCU

 “Matt sees wide. He senses what other people don’t sense and he hears what dogs can’t hear…. He’s not Gandhi but he’s ear candy.”

- T. Bruce Wittet , Music Etc./Modern Drummer/People Will Talk Media

 

THE VICTORY CHIMES
After spending a number of years playing keyboards and bass in various rock and jazz bands(Royal Mountain Band, Moufette, Fearless Freep, Vox Crosby, Dr. Draw, the Jeff Louch Trio, N.L.S Trio, and piano player at a polish restaurant) in Montreal, Jeff louch has started a solo project.

Over the last six months he wrote and recorded all the music at home and at Breakglass Studio. David Smith engineered. Jeff was also helped out by Rich White (Besnard Lakes) who played guitar on a few tracks, Bucky Wheaton (fromerly of Land of Talk) who played live drums, and Ariel Engle (Moufette) and Tavis Triance (Royal Mountain Band) who sang harmonisms.

He is now joined Alex Formosa on guitar, Michelle Tompkins, Tony Spina on bass and Tyson Scallmann on drums.

Listen to the Victory Chimes: http://www.myspace.com/victorychimestheband

May 15th 2010
Irenes Pub Ottawa ON
9:30pm $8
www.mattouimet.com

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“Oh Jesus” Arrives in French Canada!

Skip to the end if you want the facts Or keep reading if you’re feeling readfull…

 

(to be read in anglicized “French Voice-Speak” a la mayor of wherever those last olympics were held)

 ”BOn Jour Tus Le Mond

Tu is Invit-eh ass le Spectacle de le “OH Jesus” (insert sound of totally fake interest)

Je Espair Q Too vas arriver Aaa Lee Spectacle sure le cette Vendredi, Martz le CINQ, a le KAFFE1870.

Les jeune de le mond tee reGArd MaintenAnt et le Canada Nes Pas come il eSt  en Passer”

 

(to be read in the same crap-skill-level of the opposite language than that from above, in a more Celine accent)

“Allo Eve Rebody

You’s is all’s invites to de sho of dee “OH Jesus” (insert l’audio de l’interrest “fake”)

I Ope Dat Yous Will coming to the Sho, on da FriDAY, March Dee Five, At Dee KAFFE1870.

Dee Yut OF the Worl Watch Yous Now, AN Dee Canada be not the same as is it back then”

 

(to be read as a pair of commentators – reviewing the upcoming friday performance by Matt Ouimet)

-”Well it seems Ouimet has decided to try his luck with the long 45 minute program tonight “

-Yes Todd, It’s just MAgical isn’t it?  one man… One Dream… One Hope….To Unite both Halves of his lineage…

-”you sure have a way with words don’t you Colleen?  Here’s Ouimet Making a Move to the Mic”

-Ohh very disappointing start from his intricate starting position at the bar, a technically flaccid dismount from what should have been a shoe-in performance from Ouimet

-”well He’s only just begun and he has plenty of time to….. Oh No!!!!!! He fell doing a basic Cross-Over to the Guitar amp to turn it on… that is an automatic 3 poin/”

-T” Deduction from his Score.

-”don’t do that”

-what?

-”cut me off.”

-what do you mean?

-”don’t be coy asshat, You just Cut me off!”

-No I didn’t

-”yes you did”

-No I didn’t

-”yes you did”

-No I didn’t

-”Yes you did!”

-No I didn’t

-”Yes You Did!”

-screw you baldy, I’m outta here!

(insert sound of expensive camera being knocked to the ground by lady commentator)

 

 

 

please come to the Matt Ouimet Show This Friday night At Kaffe 1870 in Wakefield

 

sincerely, your hero,

Sidney Crosby

 

p.s. there isn’t an opener yet, ’cause i forgot to get one, but there will be, i swear….

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“Oh Jesus” The CD Release: A Special Invitation

 

Hey Boys and Girls! It’s that time of year again!  

It’s…(insert: drum roll and party whistle sound)

A Brand New MAtt Ouimet CD RElease!!!!!!!!   (insert: sound of 150000 people losing their sanity)

That’s right. It’s been 354 days since he released “Silently” so it’s about Time for A NEW Awesome Disc!!!!!

This time it’s “Oh Jesus” :10 Super hits on 1 Super Super Disc! 

but wait, there’s more…

YOU CAN BUY THIS DISC!  

 It will be for SALE at the Release SHOW this Saturday Night (Jan 16th) at the Elmdale House Tavern.

(it’s also available on CDbaby.com and in local shops starting the week of January 18th)

 

Enjoy the opening acts of:

 Steve Durand

Gamelan Semara Winangun

The Golden Seals

and then stick around for THE BEATLES!  

…or matt and his band….whomever wins the coin-toss in the pre-game show will play.

 

For samples of Oh Jesus check out mattouimet.com or myspace.com/mattouimet

Be there or Be Square or better be Both!

 

- bye bye,

   Matt

 

 

If you need to know more, reply to this message/also join the facebook event  for more info.

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The Super Awesome Club Meeting: Wednesday, January 6th

Irene’s Pub presents: The Super Awesome Club!

BACK in Ottawa for their 1st Wicked Back Beat Jazz Show of 2010! 

Join Band Members:

Jake von Wurden – Bass and Good Looks
Steve Boudreau – Keynano and Awkward Glances
Wayne Eagles – Guitar and Pedals
Matt Ouimet – Drums and Moaning

 

“The best thing about the Super Awesome Club is that we’re all each others biggest fans and greatest heros and best friends. This band only plays once per year, and it would mean a lot to the 4 of us if you could come join in the fun on Wednesday, January 6th at 9:30pm for our annual “meeting”.

- Matt, Steve, Wayne, Jake

 

Irene’s Pub

885 Bank Street

9:30pm – 12:00am

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Airing Dirty Laundry

I play a lot of shows, but I don’t play a lot of shows where I’m the leader and songwriter and front man.  I was nervous for 2 reasons,

A) I’m bad with mustering the enthusiasm to even want to play my songs and

B) I’m even worse with remembering words (especially when they’re my own). 

The only shows JJ and I have been in together were where we were backing up Eric.  So Eric’s opening for us was an obvious way to start, though it seemed to have the air of a distorted socialized “right of passage” even if such a passage is unseemly and unjustified in this situation, but it just had that air.

 

Mostly I felt that air because Eric was nostalgic in his set, inviting the many former band-mates, and current band-mates, in the audience to play along (this included in the “former category” JJ and myself).  For one more, potentially last, time we played those songs together.  Eric ended his set with his current band lineup.

 
I fell nonconfident in my approach to my set, my guitar, my unlearned songs, as my set start approached.
 
Philip Shaw Bova is my brother.  We have that innate chemistry that finishes each other sandwiches…sentences…  

He was joining me on drums, he has before, he will again.
 
Phil Victor Bova is our father, a looney charmer on the flirt with insanity, a bass player who gets it (read: rare), and a wizard without the hat.  I am excited by how Phil gets excited to play musicball.
 

The three of us have played together for other artists enough times that I knew in my head how they approach songs and I know very intimately how they play.  So I could hear in my head “our sound” before beat 1, and whatever nervous feelings I had during beat 1 were quickly dismissed by beat 2.  Game on.
 
We started and we stopped.  That’s how I felt the show went but we’d played for an hour, no rehearsal, all joy, no bummers, no train wrecks, acceptable banter and great musical moments.

 

Plus I WANTED to play every song AND I remembered almost all of the words, almost… 
 
Sure there were little mistakes, we never practiced, but they were easily offset by our cooperative charismatic musicianship.  Three dudes just playing the songs, no noodling, no ego, just songs, I felt great because the Phil’s had my back the whole time, I can’t thank them enough for that.

 

JJ’s band is cool.  I disagree with a statement Eric prefaced the show with “they are all so good at their instruments, you’ll be sick”.  I observed them being regular sort of players, nothing fancy, no virtuosos or mind blowing solos, nor stunning technical precision; I feel they appear to be masterful because their best collective musical asset is clever orchestration (compliments of JJ). 

They knew their parts, when not to play, and when to push it home, basically copying what JJ did on his “dirty laundry” CD and bringing it live and to a bar near you (lucky you by the way).
 
The loosest guy in JJ’s band was J.J, you could tell he felt confident in his preparation of his band-mates enough to relax and let the band support him, relying on them to lead the songs, and never once did he take the amateurish position of pulling the band along by leading too forcefully, he let it happen because he knew it would happen right. 
 
I think a few touring nights of maturity will be a great asset for these dudes, they’re right at that cusp of being a “cool little band from just outside Toronto” to being “a Stylish Band from Toronto”, and just a little time will decide that advent.
 
I can’t wait to play musicball again.

 

Matt Ouimet’s Music can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/mattouimet

JJ Ipsen is here: http://www.myspace.com/jjipsen

Eric Vieweg on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ericvieweg

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