#MannyMusicVideo?!

WE'RE IN THE SECOND ROUND PEOPLE! Exciting times. Only 4 more days until the Regional Finals of Searchlight (April 20th). Yes, the time is near, so please keep your daily votes coming! http://music.cbc.ca/#!/artists/Manny-Goossen APPRECIATED.

BUT NOW... In order to keep our campaign fresh, we've decided to produce a new visual for my song. Here is a sneak peek of our "Step Into the Light" music video we've been working on over the past week and a bit; directed by the talented Jyles Klassen (@jylesjk). We'll have it up ASAP. We're super excited to get this out to you wonderful people. So please share the love and share the video when it is unveiled. CHEERS.

Step Into the Light // Teaser from Jyles Klassen on Vimeo.

A sneak peek at the video for "Step Into the Light" by Manny Goossen.

Manny is currently competing in the CBC Searchlight Competition. Do him a favour and follow the link below to vote for him!
Also, follow Manny on social media or check back here for the full-length video later this week!

CBC Searchlight Vote: http://music.cbc.ca/#!/artists/Manny-Goossen
Instagram: https://instagram.com/mannygoossen

#VOTEMANNY #WEAREALLMANNY #SEARCHLIGHT

Step Into the Light // CBC's SEARCHLIGHT 2015

HELLO! Long time no blog... I've been busy in my living room "home studio", grouping gorgeous, grainy synths together in order to enter a song into this year's CBC Searchlight Competition. "Step Into the Light" came into fruition as an extension of sorts to an original piano tune I wrote. It became a canon styled cycle and I couldn't resist polishing it off as its own track. The song "explores life's meaning in all that is positive, spiritual, and existential."

"What the H is this contest?!" you might ask. It is "The Hunt for Canada's Best New Artist". The CBC puts it on every year and receives thousands of original song submissions from aspiring artists across our great nation. It is a round by round contest, so I must rely on votes from YOU (family, friends, and the public) if I am to survive these knockout rounds!

"So how do I vote?!" You will find "Step Into the Light" by Manny Goossen in the Winnipeg region on CBCMUSIC.CA/SEARCHLIGHT!

OR THIS LINK

will lead you straight to my song, where you can listen and vote!

Also, a mobile friendly/quick vote link is:

 http://music.cbc.ca/cbcsearchlight/?id=292147

"WHY SO MANY LINKS, CBC?!"

And the first round has STARTED. You can vote for up to 10 artists per region PER DAY, starting today March 30th till April 13th. That means a vote a day for a total of 15 votes per person, and maybe you can vote on more than one device... Try IT! I think I've made myself clear :)

So I'd lovingly appreciate your support if you'd be so kind! THANK YOU!

If you haven't heard the song yet, beneath holds the light.
Or turn on your sound and it just might be playing already ;)

Cheers and ciao for now!

Hard link: https://soundcloud.com/mannygoossen/step-into-the-light

In Our Bedroom After the War

It's that time of year again. Love is in the (face buckling) air, adoration is shared, people's hearts are exposed, and an appreciation for relationship is shown. So I want to share my love with you all! And I'll do so through a special cover. Ever since 2008, I've played "In Our Bedroom After the War" by the Canadian indie pop group Stars in my family's living room, on our out of tune, upright piano. It is a tune that grasps my love for piano driven, soothing anthemic songs; packed plentifully with crescendos and legato from strings and brass (a narrow category, I know). It took me seven years to get around to covering it, but I feel the wait was well worth it. Stars quickly began to influence and shape my musical tastes after I first discovered them (around the time when In Our Bedroom After the War came out) so I hope that this cover would make them proud.

Here it is, "In Our Bedroom After the War"...

Let me know what you think! Cheers.

LINK: https://soundcloud.com/mannygoossen/inourbedroomafterthewar

p.s. they'll be in Winnipeg this coming Saturday (Feb. 21st) with Hey Rosetta! at the Burt.
Two amazing bands worth checking out.

ciao for now