MIA students to rock Elite
First Step Productions is a music production company founded in April 2010 by four MIA students — Ethan Henderson, Scott Hitchon, Adam Gomori and Wes Grove — all going into their second year of study.
“We offer recording and management,
and a lot of business
aspects to musicians and artists
around southwestern Ontario,”
said Grove, who reached out to us
at Interrobang to spread the word
about the show, which is going to
feature only Fanshawe-grown talent.
“We're all going into second
year MIA, so we just wanted to get
all our old friends back together
again, and get these new first-year
MIA students out,” Grove continued.
“It's a Fanshawe-wide event,
so we're hoping to get a lot of people
excited.”
The roster of MIA student/artists
is set to descend on two stages at
Club Elite, the former Salt Lounge,
on September 16. According to
Grove, this is the largest event yet
as First Step Productions continues
to grow. The lineup for Fanshawe
Rocks Elite is:
8:30—9:00, front stage, Mark
Kulmala (myspace.com/markkulmala)
9:00—9:30, main stage, Yellow Umbrella (myspace.com/yellowumbrellab and)
9:30—9:45, front stage, Lauren Campbell (myspace.com/laurencampbellmusic)
9:45—10:15, main stage, Tam Duong (myspace.com/tamduongmusic)
10:15—10:30, front stage, Evan Miles (myspace.com/evanandrewmiles)
10:30—11:00, main stage, Arkham Dispatch (myspace.com/arkhamdispatch)
11:00—11:15, front stage, TBA
11:15—12:00, main stage, Distance Between Stars (myspace.com/distancebetweenstars)
The show has been arranged to alternate smoothly between stages at Club Elite to allow for the best exposure for the artists, but it also does us the service of keeping music and entertainment flowing without lengthy breaks through the event.
Now that Grove, Henderson,
Hitchon and Gomori have begun to
carve their way in the industry with
First Step Productions, they're
expressing a clear desire to aide
other MIA students as well.
“We want to promote these
artists, essentially,” Grove said of
the student lineup. “All of these
artists that we have playing are
hoping to pursue a career as an
artist or a musician, so we're trying
to help them out, giving them a
show, giving them some publicity
that way.
For more information on First Step Productions or Fanshawe Rocks Elite, search for “First Step Productions” on Facebook or visit myspace.com/firststepproduction. Come on out and support your MIA artists, Fanshawe!