Amy Squire
Amy Squire disbanded in the Autumn of 2003. Lead singer Heidi Moraresh has left to pursue her own musical interests. The remaining members have united with fo
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Sometimes Sometimes
The first single off of "The Race is On" and our first song to receive radio play in Canada
Room For One Room For One
This song, included on our CD, THE RACE IS ON, was chosen as the Song of the Week on Umbrella Music's website.
Silent Words Silent Words
A good example of Amy Squire music - Fast-picked, acoustic guitar, driving rhythms and rich vocal harmonies mixed into an unpredictable musical journey.
Evening's Tears Evening's Tears
The last track on "The Race is On" is a showcase for vocalist Heidi Moraresh and an example of the jazz influence brought to the band by guitarist Eric Van.
A Cold Day in May A Cold Day in May
Heidi got this song going by writing a lyric about the homeless living in Toronto.
Amy Squire are a group of musicians who miss the sound of classic rock and the rich, instrumental and vocal textures of 70s bands like Yes and Fleetwood Mac.
Amy Squire combines those qualities with the accessible sounds of modern female solo artists like Melissa Etheridge and Amanda Marshall.Band/artist history
Lead singer/guitarist, Heidi Moraresh and myself (Will Hare, keyboards, vocals) rehearsed for the first time in July of 1997. We realized we worked well together - Heidi's raw, folky style and my classically trained approach.
We performed this way for years, writing dozens of songs before realizing it was time to flesh the band out to a 5 piece - drums, bass and lead guitar had to be added.
We went through several musicians before deciding on our current lineup in July of 2001 - Eric Van on guitar/vocals, Dave Pauletto on bass and Enrico Ferrari on drums.
With a firm lineup, we started to gig regularly including a show at CFNY studios, at Mel Lastman Square, a TV appearance on Rogers Daytime and our CD release party at Reilly's this past summer.
"The Race is On" is our first CD and the song "Sometimes" received airplay on the Peak FM in Collingwood.
2003 has seen some huge changes for us. Dave left the band and has been replaced by Heather Stobo on bass and we have recently joined Danie Cortese Entertainment (www.daniecortese.com) who should help open up some great opportunities for the band.Have you performed in front of an audience?We play live all over Toronto - 360, Reilly's, Reverb - but most recently played our first Stateside gig in Lexington, Kentucky, part of the Midwest Music Conference. Last year we also played Mel Lastman Square - that was a great stage to play on...
Your musical influences
The musical influences in this band are diverse but fall upon the two songwriters in the band, Heidi Moraresh and Will Hare.
Heidi is a big fan of Melissa Etheridge, Sarah Maclaclan, Stevie Nick and especially the Indigo Girls.
Will has a strong taste for Progressive Rock bands like King Crimson, The Moody Blues and his favorite, Yes but is also strongly influenced by Elton John.What equipment do you use?
On keyboards, I use a Korg X-2 music workstation and a Roland JX-8P. Eric, our guitarist, uses a Roland pedal synthesizer for his guitar.
Toronto,
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Will, what happened to the elementworld.net site?
That Element song "Meant for me" - WOW that's a really good song!!
Do you have a CD ready yet?
Hi Will
Yea I bought a copy of that Amy Squire CD and I still think it rocks!
Damn shame about the group. That's life, eh!
I saw the pics on the element site, what happened to your old guitarist Eric?
Will Hare again - I check in every so often and it's nice to see that some people still like the music. Yes, I was unhappy that it folded as some of you are but sometimes other factors get into play, particularly when the two main songwriters have such strong personalities...
Element can be found at www.elementworld.net which can give you information on Sherrie Lea's solo career and our guitarist, Dan Kokol's solo album. Please let us know if you are intersted in purchasing the Amy Squire CD, "The Race is On".
Someone here you know from the past Will. It sucks you guys broke up, you had some of the best songs ever.
Does Element have a site up yet?
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