Indie In-Tune's

2007 Publisher's Choice
Music Awards

Best All Female Act
Best Rock Act
&
Most Likely To Succeed

DAME
Brampton, OntarioCanada
Unsigned
www.myspace.com/dameband
ROCK

I remember back when Hanson was all the rage and everyone was saying how good they were for their young age. However, Hanson was "kids stuff" compared to the incredible power, overall sound and musicianship of the 3-piece all female act from Canada known as DAME. Recording material on their new debut when they were 14, 15 and 16 years old, these intense women of rock get down and take care of business without shelling out cute, commercial fluff for the tiny boppers! I tell you, these girls ROCK and their talent and musical style is far beyond their young years!

Although totally professional in every way, to DAME, it's not about the business of music - it's about the music itself and making sure they give their fans something that's in their face, hard heavy and yet melodic; most of all..., something to remember! Whether you hear their recorded works or see them live, DAME have no problem delivering!

With this band, there is no such thing as covering up inadequacies with layers of effects...These girls are musicians true to form with abilities equal to or above that of seasoned musicians twice their age. I'm impressed with, both, their writing ability and their performance of the material they write.

These girls work hard, not only with their music, but getting the band's name out and making sure their material is heard! I can't tell you the number of good bands that fall by the wayside simply because they are too lazy to work at getting their name out there. "We don't need to do flyers or update our page...Our music speaks for itself" is the cry of looser that I've heard time and time again. However, DAME, on the other hand, get's out there and makes their presence known! Dedication, determination and commitment equals SUCCESS! Have colossal talent to top it off sure helps!

As a strong supporter of women in music, when I accidently came across their MySpace icon on another band's Friend List on MySpace, I simply had to check them out. As anyone who uses MySpace knows, when you arrive on a band's page (when MySpace is working right) the music player starts and begins playing one of the band's songs. When I arrived on DAME's page this was the case.Just as I started reading a little bit on the band the song "Cyclops" started playing and I just had to spot reading and listen. It was simply intense! Great musicianship, performance, writing, and KILLER vocals! I simply thought WOW! The sound f success!

When the song finished I clicked over to another song and again began reading about the band. As "Hey Angel" started playing again I was forced to sit back in amazement and just listen....It wasn't until after I hear 3 of the band's songs that I actually got to read about them. What I learned just blew me away even further! When those songs were recorded the three (that's right, 3) members of the band were 14, 15 and 16 years old!

On Drums was the youngest of the three girls in the band, Kayla at age 14 with some incredibly powerful beatin' on the drums for someone her age and size. Katee plays bass and belts out some incredibly soulful and bluesy rock vocalsthat will astonish you at age 15. Then there was this incredibly intense and precise guitar work with killer rhythms and strategically placed passionate leads being performed by 16 year old Faye! I nearly fell over in disbelief! I had to look around for more information to confirm this before finally believing it!

Instantly I was in love with this band because of the totally awesome music they wrote and performed with such passion. That coupled with the fact that I was so impressed they were pulling it off at such a young age! I wasn't impressed because they were girls because I know women are capable of being intense musicians and there are many out there who are. However, like their Canadian counterpart "RUSH," finding three totally intense musicians that fit and work so well together is nearly unheard of! I was pleased that 3 women of such caliper had come together to form a band that delivers such quality music to their fans.

It's because these three women of such talent found each other and put together such a band that I've chosen them as Best All Female Act.

It's because of DAME's writing and performance Ability and the quality of the material they perform along with the passion behind it that I chose them as Best Rock Act.

Last but not least, it was the combination of the two reasons mentioned above for choosing them as Best Female Act and Best Rock Act coupled with the energy behind the band, their dedication commitment and desire that I chose DAME as Most Likely To Succeed.

If you live in the Ontario area of Canada and have a passion for awesome music, I urge you to go see DAME!Look on their MySpace page for upcoming dates near you.If you are a booking agent, promoter or venue owner/manager, what are you waiting for!Book them! I know the girls are waiting for the opportunity to expand their horizons and are eagerly working on getting shows further and further away from home. BOOK THEM! Be the talent agent or venue that can claim to have broken the band to the mass public or you'll be kicking yourself in the ass for a long time to come for not doing so!

As of this writing, each of the band members are about a year older and wiser than they were at the time of writing some of the most incredible material I've heard in some time...I now wonder what's to come with this wisdom and experience!!

© Bob Donovan 2008
http://indieintune.com/

Reprinted with permission