Another Successful “Crowd Funded” Project For Angie Arsenault

The last year has been a very busy one for Angie Arsenault, a transplanted Acadian breaking up and out of the Montreal scene via rural Prince Edward Island, Canada. Soon after having achieved her second crowd funded target in November 2010 on Sellaband.com, Angie quickly got to work on the production of a new album as well as a short film featuring her new music.

The new sounds mark an evolution from Angie’s 2009 full-length debut “Once Upon a Dream”, which was also a crowd-funded production. This time around, Angie steered her creativity to a new direction and decided to produce this new album herself, resulting in a mix of dark, industrial, pop sounds with an emphasis on rhythms and electronic noise, along with her signature melodic vocal harmonies.

Shadow Revelations, the new album, was a two-phase release. A free digital EP of five songs was first released in April 2011, followed by the release of the full-length album in November of the same year. The album is currently available on Angie’s web site (angiemusic.com).

As if recording an album was not enough, in order to push the creative process further, Angie also produced a 23-minute short film, which features many of her new songs including the title track, Shadow Revelations. After many twists and turns, trials and tribulations, laughs, messes, tears, and hours and hours… and hours of hard work from the 18 cast and crew members over a 6 month period, the film was officially released in May of 2011 on Angie’s web site, on Youtube and on Vimeo.

“An alternative portrayal of the manipulation and puppeteering of the artistic industrial machine.

Sitting at her station, Angie begins to create a piece, depicting a dream she had; a revelation. As time goes on, an emptiness is felt in Angie’s soul. As she struggles to find an ending, she suddenly realizes it’s because she does not feel free to write what she really feels inside from her fear of being criticized and standardized by the artistic industrial complex. Angie needs to break free; free from the machine; free from the confinement and isolation; free from her mind…

A love/hate relationship in a careful what you wish for fantasy…”

Not many recording artists come out of the gate with a core group of fans, numbering in the several hundred, who believe so strongly in the artist’s work that they are willing to pony up the costs of music production, and in 2009, Angie was one of the first ever Canadian artists to do so.

In a remarkable feat, Angie was able to reach out directly to over 600+ fans from around the globe on the website Sellaband.com and successfully “crowd sourced” the production funds required, not only once, but twice. A total of $50 000 was raised in 2008 for the production of her 2009 full-length debut, Once Upon a Dream and $15 000 was raised in 2011, for the Shadow Revelations album and short film project.

With her experience and understanding of the “crowd funding” concept, and with her devotion to her fans from around the world, Angie has just launched a new musical project in collaboration with her family, inviting her followers to join in once again. – www.therootsproject.com

Released Albums

Shadow Revelations

• Released independently on November 29th 2011
• Produced and recorded by Angie Arsenault
• Available on angiemusic.com
• 1700 downloads of the Free EP sampler
• 200 copies of the limited edition CD sold

Once Upon a Dream

• Released independently on February 5th 2009
• Produced and recorded by Daniel Cinelli
• Available on angiemusic.com – iTunes – Amazon
• 4200 copies of the Limited Edition CD sold
• 800 downloads on iTunes & Amazon
• Released “Turn Around” as a radio single (July – Oct 2009)
  – Average of 60 spins a week on A/C radio across Canada

The First Set EP

• Release independently on February 2007
• Produced by Daniel Cineli and Angie Arsenault
• Available on angiemusic.com
• Over 2500 downloads

Live Performances

Angie has performed her music in concerts in and around Montreal, Toronto, and the Maritimes and as far as Los Angeles California.

Press Quotes & Articles

Talentcast Interview – Angie Arsenault
MissY for Talentcast – The Netherlands
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Markets Making Music – Radio Interview – Angie Arsenault & Sellaband
Peter Stock for CBC Radio Toronto.
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Internet – Sellaband.com ou quand la foi mene la musique
Featured article in the Monrteal based French daily newspaper “Le Devoir”.
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Financer un CD avec le web
Featured article in the Monrteal based French daily newspaper “Métro”.
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“Angie Arsenault est véritablement un phénomène sur la scène. Seule avec sa voix puissante et ses instruments sonores, augmentés par une trame musicale préenregistrée, elle crée un univers étonnant et fascinant,…”
- La Voix Acadienne PEI (September 2011)

“Bottom line is that Angie Arsenault is simply a piece of art on stage and I loved it. From clever lyrics to a seductive performance, this show had everything it needed to lift the spirits of a capacity crowd that night… Angie has a simply unique style of introducing each song with a visual “mise en situation” that instantly sets the tone for what’s to come…”
- Montreal Music Scene Online Magazine

“…Charming and talented singer with a voice filled with sensitivity and passion… At times I thought of Tori Amos and sometimes Kate Bush (70’s), but there was always that element giving Angie her own unique style and sound… The venue was filled to capacity for a Wednesday evening and the crowd greeted Angie’s performance with well-deserved ovations.”
- Quebecpop Online Magazine

“Angie of Wellington captured everyone’s hearts with her rousing version of “Évangéline”. The Jubilee Theatre audience therefore rewarded her with the Public Choice Award.”
- The Journal-Pioneer – Summerside PEI

Angie’s Favorite

Musicians I admire:
Arcade Fire | Nightwish | Tori Amos | Hawksley Workman | System of a Down | Sarah Slean | Charlotte Martin | Bjork | Radiohead | Jorane | Coldplay | MUSE | Kamelot | Disturbed | Emilie Simon | Serj Tankian | How To Destroy Angels | NIN

People I admire:
Deepak Chopra | David Suzuki | George Stroumboulopoulos | President Obama

The world needs our help:
Amnesty International | Make Trade Fair | Make Poverty History | Breast Cancer Foundation