I'm Trying on the Radio | Listen in for free tickets

As, we hope, you know already, the showcase is this weekend! And we are running around quite a bit, in preparation for the big day. One of the things we have done is taken to the radio. You might have missed A Waste Odyssey, but they were in the UMFM studios last Friday doing the Thank God Its Free Range show with Michael Elves. The boys performed a live set and talked with Michael. You can check out the live session here, as well as past performances by Zoppa and other artists.

UMFM LIVE SESSIONS

 And that is not the last you will hear from Michael or I’m Trying Bands, this Friday you will hear both Zoppa as well as Little House on the same show. Both bands will be playing live and doing an interview, and make sure you listen in to the Little House set, as the boys will be giving away free tickets to the show! Have your phones ready. 

On top of that, all the members of I’m Trying, will be in the studio at UMFM on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00pm with Jared McKetiak on his show The Sounds of Silence, we will be talking and playing some music from the bands, perhaps some more tickets to give away! 

There is a lot more to announce before the show. Keep checking back, we will have an additional blog post everyday until the event happens. Keep checking in, there are tickets to be won! 

I'm Trying Records Showcase | Free Downloadable Sampler

    Hey everyone, we have been at this record label thing for 6 months now and we are throwing a little party and putting on a showcase of all our bands to celebrate. The event will take place September 17th at the Lo Pub, and will feature A Waste Odyssey, Little House, The Hoots, and Zoppa.

The show is going to be co-promoted by our good friends at CKUW and UMFM, 

you can definitely look forward hearing our artists on both stations before the show.

Check out the event page here to get all the details:  

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155940557820767

And to show our appreciation to everyone who has supported us, we are offering up a free sampler! 

On the sampler is one track from each of our bands, some tracks you have heard, and some you havent. 

Make sure you check it out, and download it, and tell your friends to do the same! 

The link is right here: http://imtryingrecords.bandcamp.com/

We hope to see everyone out there. We will have more info about advance tickets and the like in the near future. But for now, get excited, listen to some great music, and tell all your friends. 

Zoppa Rooftop Session Video | New Member of the Family

It has been nearly a month since our last blog post, but we have been very busy. Both business related as well as personal reasons ( FOLK FEST ). But we are back to the grind now and we have some exciting things. Some we will announce now. Some to come. So always stay tuned. Both of the things we are going to announce today are related, but equally exciting.

First: New Zoppa Video! 

This video was recorded on a rooftop in the Exchange District here in Winnipeg.
 All the filming and editing of this new video was brought to you by the skills of Bjorn "Willie" Jakobson.
Which brings us to our next announcement.

We have a new member of the I'm Trying family, and his name is Willie. Willie has been our friend for a long time and it was an easy decision to bring him on board. Willie will be bringing an exciting new visual aspect to the label through his impressive work with filming, editing and graphic design. Keep a look out for a lot more new videos in the future. And keep a look out for this guy and let him know how great his videos look.

More announcements in the coming weeks! Stay tuned! 

ZOPPA | ALL ZOPPA

Zoppa. Zoppa. Zoppa.  Its a busy couple of weeks for Zoppa.
We will do our best to touch base on all the things that are going on. Its all very exciting. 

It all begins this weekend, with TWO tour kick-off shows. One in Gimli & one in Winnipeg.

The Gimli show is free and is at The Viking Inn. Destined to be a good time. The event page is:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191964260856279

The Winnipeg show is:

 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=230304320312978

There is also a couple of radio appearances that you should definitely check out! Both are on Friday evening.

The night begins with the crew on Peg City Groove on CKUW. 

ZOPPA will be in the studio at around 5:15, make sure you tune in. 

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_92101790606

Following this, at 7:30, Zoppa will be in the UMFM offices.

They will be talking with Micheal Elves about the tour and playing 

some songs on the show Thank God It's Free Range.

http://tgifr.blogspot.com/

INTO THE MUSIC | MUSIC TRADER

Do you want to get your hands on the new A Waste Odyssey album, but dont like the idea of purchasing things online? Well, as of now, "We are Mourning People" is available for purchase the good old fashion way, through your local record stores!

Copies of the new album can be found at...

INTO THE MUSIC - 245 McDermot Ave (In the Exchange District)

or...

MUSIC TRADER - 97 Osborne St 

While you are there buying the new record, make sure you check out the rest of the stock at both places. 

Spend some of your hard earned money so great places like this can continue to exist. 

A WASTE ODYSSEY | WE ARE MOURNING PEOPLE | WEBSTORE

A WASTE ODYSSEY'S NEW ALBUM IS FINALLY HERE FOR EVERYONE!

As of today, A Waste Odyssey's new album "We Are Mourning People" is available for all. 

You can get it one of a few ways.

First is to order it through our webstore:

I'M TRYING RECORDS WEBSTORE ! CLICK HERE. 

The second way, if you are just interested in the music, is to download it via bandcamp:

A WASTE ODYSSEY BANDCAMP ! CLICK HERE 

Zachary Lucky | Zoppa | Fisticuffs | Hnausa

This show is tonight. Everyone please come down. The show is at the Ellice Theatre, right across the street from the West End Cultural Centre, on Ellice street. The doors open at 7:00 and the show starts at 7:30. Hnausa will be opening the show, followed by Fisticuffs, Zoppa, and then Zachary Lucky, accompanied by his "prarie pals". 

Here is the facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223592657654761