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| Full Name: | Shane Matthew Told |
| Date of Birth: | Feb. 13th |
| Place of Birth: | Scarborough, ON |
| Star Sign: | Aquarius |
| Currently living in: | Burlington, Ontario |
| Hobbies: | Poker, Basketball, Gambling, Foosball, Sudoku, Chess, Bowling, Working Out, Sports, Movies and obviously writing and playing Music. |
| Favorite Movies: | Point Break, Baseketball, Fight Club, The Kevin Smith Movies, Office Space, Waiting..., Toy Soldiers, Menace 2 Society, Terminator 2, The Godfather 1 and 2, Boyz N the Hood, Wayne's World, One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest, A History of Violence, The Lord of The Rings and about a million more I'm sure I'm forgetting. |
| Favorite Bands: | NOFX, Slayer, Grade, The Beatles, Lifetime, Pedro the Lion, Lagwagon, Brand New, Saves The Day, Black Sabbath, Propagandhi, Metallica (Pre '96). |
| Favorite TV Shows: | The Sopranos, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, The OC, Survivor, Seinfeld, Melrose Place and Las Vegas. |
| Favorite Books: | Anything by Vonnegut, Klosterman, Sklansky and Harrington, and also the Harry Potter and Dan Brown Books. |
| Favorite Food: | Red Thai Curry with Tofu and Native Foods Vegan Save the Chick'n Wings |
| Favorite Drink: | Alcoholic: Corona, Non-Alcoholic: Hansen's Cherry Vanilla Creme Soda |
| What made you decide to play music?: | I heard Metallica's Black Album and felt a connection to it like I had heard it a milion times before. I almost immediately started playing my dad's acoustic guitar, and finally we bought an electric guitar together and I start taking lessons. I was 10 years old. |
| What is an embarrassing fact?: | I never learned to readddddddd.... |
| What was the best show of your career?: | My favorite show was our CD release for When Broken is Easily Fixed in Burlington in 2003. I also really enjoyed playing in Sydney, Aus in 2006. |
| Any advice to aspiring musicians?: | Practice hard and make quality demos. When you are making demos spend as much time as you can to make sure it's your best work, especially with singing. |
| What is your proudest life achievement?: | Making music a career |
| How long have you been playing music?: | 16 years. |
| How would you describe yourself?: | Talkative, Outgoing, Easy Going, and a bit of a control freak. |
| Hardest part about being on the road a lot?: | Being away from your loved ones, and eating vegan. |
| What gets you through being on the road?: | Having the best bandmates and crew ever.... and of course the kids. |
| What do you plan to do in the future?: | Continue playing music, working on my label, get married, have kids, and go back to school. |
| What would you be doing if not playing music?: | I'd probably be getting my masters or PhD in some kind of nerdy science. |
Shane's Links:
shane@silversteinmusic.com
Shane's Record Label Verona Records: website | myspace
Shane's Myspace: www.myspace.com/shanetold
www.raptors.com
www.bluejays.com
www.foosball.com
www.partypoker.com
www.uoguelph.ca
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