Tony Poirier

Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay in between messages.
Things are still really deep with the newest (But longest) project I've ever worked on, but in the meantime...
My duo partner and I were fooling around with some lyrics one afternoon, and lo and behold...
a Comedy song was born, practiced, rewritten, and perfected.
Really hope you laugh as much as we did when we were putting it together. Enjoy

All the best,
Tony Poirier

Hey everyone,

I've done a little something different these past few months. A friend of mine wanted to know if I could do a classic remake of a song from scratch.
What happened a few months later, is a new version of "Bad Moon Rising." I didn't even seek out the lyrics, it just seemed to fit the best to the new song pattern I had mixing around in my head.
So, enjoy the new, revamped, and kinda funky, version of Bad Moon Rising. Would love to hear your input on it as well.

Thanks a ton everyone,
Tony Poirier

Hello to all my fans out there.
It's been a long road, and a hard road, to get things up and running again in "Dungeon Studios." But now that everything is finally set up and life has stopped throwing me curveballs like these past 2 years. I can get back to what I enjoy. And that's creating and sending out the music that you all remember and loved.
The latest creation was originally written in 1985, and completely reproduced this past month. What's even better, is that a new project (Huge undertaking) should be out before Christmas, along the "Lord of the Rings" and "Skyrim" theme, which should be my best project EVER. Look for it, as I can't write again until the 21st of December.
Thanks for being patient, and enjoy "Lana" as much as I enjoyed putting it together for you.
All the best,
Tony Poirier

Hey everyone,

Sorry I haven't been around lately, especially to answer all the great mail that I've been getting. But I've been distracted with a lot of different things hitting me from a lot of different angles.
First, the good news.
Tony Poirier has finally made a performance video for all of you to see. I look a bit old and scruffy in it (I was just recently diagnosed with Diabetes, and my eyesight went to shit for awhile here. Also wasn't feeling all that up to snuff.)
But I knew you guys wanted to see a concert video.
It isn't great, but I finally did it. Here's the link
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Now, the bad news.
Due to financial difficulties right now, I won't be able to renew my Diamond subscription to N1M for a while (That really sucks) So I'll be offline for a month or two until I can rebound from all the little tiny disasters that have happened in the past year. Don't worry, I'll be back. And I have two more songs in post-production almost ready to share with you as well. Stay tuned :)

All my love,
Tony Poirier

5 songs that you've come to love on my page, are now being performed live!!!
The Wretched One
Land of Shadow
Knife in The Dark
Out of Time
I can't get you (Out of my head)

Enjoy

As a part of the huge Landmark Event happening next week, we are happy and ecstatic to have, playing live, at the Mercury Room in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, via worldwide stream, TONY POIRIER!
In a day packed with 13 different bands/artists performing the great sounds of Canada, the Concept artist, Tony Poirier is featured playing brand new re-creations of his widely popular "Lord of the Rings" themed songs, as well as a few newer originals you may not have heard yet.
Catch this one-time attraction, coming next week, Saturday November 28th, starting at 5:30 link. MST going all the way through until 1:00 link. MST.
Get your online streaming tickets, right here!!! A mere $13 CAN for a MUST-SEE performance...

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So... Here it is. (This could be a long post, so grab some coffee, hehe.)
A few weeks ago, I got some supposed "fan-mail" from my account on N1M music. (I have about 2,450 fans...yay.) But this mail caught me off guard. Here it is...
Landmark Events
10/21/15
Hey Tony,I discovered you on here on N1M and really liked "Land of Shadow!" I wanted to let you know that we’re hosting our next showcase event in Edmonton on November 27th and 28th at the Mercury Room. I think you guys would be perfect for our show and the LME team would be happy to have you on board for the show! If you're interested, and if you'd like me to send you more infos on the show please email me directly at edmonton@link for link! Giselle link
Wow.
Landmark Events is a huge promotional company, most, if not all their shows, have to go through an application process. Instead, they just up and invited me... I mean, wow.
Now, there are about 25 other different Edmonton acts, most invited or approved by their online presence.... And, it's also a competition. First place gets a professional recording contract. Places 2-5 get recording time, press kits, and possibly touring dates. But even if I don't pull off a huge upset, there will be over a dozen promoters, publishers, and producers checking every single act out.
And apparently, I've already attracted the attention of an Indie producer in Calgary.
I'll be playing Saturday night, November 28th (Time undetermined) at the Mercury Room in Edmonton. I've been given 100 tickets to sell to friends and family ($14 each) And (Yep, here comes the little ponzi scheme, but hey, every little bit helps.) The more tickets I sell, physical or Online (I'll get to that in a bit) the better my chance to get a fantastic time slot, when most people will be there, making the VIDEO better.
When I mention Online sales, this means, and this is the very cool part... People who want to stream this event, which will also be broadcast live via internet, around the World. It does kinda suck, that we have to pay for the online code, but Europe, Australia and Asia doesn't. tongue emoticon But this is incredible, incredible exposure and, in my case, the shot I've been waiting for, for about the last 25 years. I'll post more details as we go along, but I've got a huge workload ahead of me, tickets to sell, and posts to make.
This is seriously my biggest (possible) break... ever.

Wow, over 1,200 fans here. 600 in the last 4 months alone. Thank you so much for enjoying my music.
As my longer time fans have undoubtedly noticed, I haven't uploaded anything new here since February. Once again, too many distractions and too much exterior interference to properly sit down and get working in the studio. That's about to change.
As of last week, I've finally pieced together the home studio and got it up and running. After our move back in May, things stayed in boxes way too long. So, I'm hopeful that I'll be able to add (and redo) some new tracks by the end of September. Keep an eye out for it.

As for my last request in my last Newsletter, and that was getting more comments on other songs other than "Knife in the Dark." I guess everybody missed that part. PLEASE, give me some feedback/constructive criticism on my other songs. I do know that some of them are not "up to par", but would like to know anyway.

Thanks, and talk to you next month
All the best,
Tony Poirier

Written almost 35 years ago, the newly mastered and symphonic Rock and Roll stylings of Tony Poirier come to the forefront. Both with songs from the past, the present, and soon about the future. But also, with an intense need to write "concept" albums again. An old art form that should never have been left for Dead. "The One Ring and other Stories" breathes life into the Old link. Tolkien tales, long before Peter Jackson threw it up on the big screen. Come and have a listen

Hello all. Once again, a very late Newsletter from the desk of yours truly, the "tonester."
Well, I dsaid I wouldn't be late again with an update, but here I am again, late with another update.
For those of you that have been with me from the beginning of my time with N1M, you'll notice I haven't updated my song list for quite some time. Well, that's because we just finished moving into our new place... Which, for me, means tearing down the studio, and now comes the arduous task of rebuilding in the new locale. This won't take terribly long, but there is so much other stuff to get done as well.
Never fear, I hope to start mixing down some important tracks in the next few months, and getting some REAL new stuff out there soon
But be patient, it's not going to happen overnight. Until then, please keep reviewing my older stuff, and let me know what you really think (And not just Knife in the Dark either. Other songs need to be critiqued.... Go nuts.)
Hope to hear from ALL of you real soon. Love this site, and love the encouragement that you give me to keep hard at it. Until next month (Promise!!!)

Excelsior,
Tony Poirier
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Well, probably not. Let's not try to butcher a great book, and a very commendable set of Movies by going down to the road of cheap knock-offs and commercialism.
I did, however, write a whole bunch of songs dedicated to the Lord of the Rings trilogy back in the 80's and have been remastering them this past year for you to enjoy. Mainly because of my admiration for "concept" albums, mostly created by Pink Floyd and the Alan Parsons Project of the 70's and 80's. Most of the songs I have written for this trilogy was actually motivated after watching the animated film by Ralph Bakshi back in the early 80's. Some of these songs, such as Knife in the Dark, and Land of Shadow, received some radio airplay both in Canada and New Zealand (yeah, real close ties there, hehe) But these were incomplete recordings. This year, I am releasing as much of the completed copies to listen to, as I am some that are still in the "mixing" stage. Hope you can come over to my links and listen to them sometime. Thanks.

Tony Poirier

First off, major apologies for not sending anything new to talk about since January. For those that I've responded to personally, you know I talk quite often about "How busy I am" and such. Well, it's an excuse, but not an empty one I assure you.
Given the fact that this past February was one of the coldest months this part of the World has seen in decades, it's been awfully hard on my personal morale, let alone any inspiration to get much home work done.

be that as it may, I want to thank the people that continue to vote, review, and keep listening to my music. As you can see, I've posted some new tracks on here as promised. (Some of them will have to be redone, as I don't seem to be concentrating very well on either the output levels, or the mixdown itself. There have been a few "facepalms" after I listen to the "supposed" final mix.)
And although most of you know I'm more of a "soft rock/Classical" type on writer, especially with my earlier work, I see there has been a lot of interest in my metal track "I'll Be Gone."
This has prompted more people to sign on to my listening/mailing list. Oddly enough, mostly from the USA and Australia. (And a couple Kiwis, which is great, as I absolutely adore that country.... When it stays open long enough during the evening, hehe)
So, once again, I ask for more feedback. Whether it's by voting (honestly) on each track you've heard, or taking time to review any and all of the songs I have posted. I have 17 reviews for "Knife in the Dark" and that's it. Kinda strange, but oh well.
As always, I answer each and every personal E-mail sent to me. Whether it be from Diane in NZ whose 6 year old son listens to "Knife in the Dark" every night, or Vera in Saskatchewan who plays "The Wretched One" to her customers in her taxicab. I want to be there to take the criticisms, the suggestions, the jaw-dropping compliments, or simply just to say hi. You guys make my work both easier, and just plain worth it.

Hope to hear from all of you soon,
Tony Poirier
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