I've always watched the MuchMusic Video Awards from my living room couch in Surrey, BC and this year I finally got to see inside the huge Canadian entertainment event up close. I got a media pass for this year's MMVAs to cover it for Faze Magazine and it was pretty cool!
Part 1: Photos from the media room -
Nikki Yanofsky
Jena Malone
Victoria Duffield
Laura Vandervoort
Down With Webster
Sonreal
Fefe Dobson
MAGIC!
Marianas Trench
Lorde
Kiernan Shipka
Imagine Dragons
Sam Roberts
Hedley
Alyssa Reid & Virginia To Vegas
Part 2 of my MMVA experience coming up!
- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28
I've gotten to meet Matt Webb a couple times through Faze Magazine (him and Marianas Trench were once our cover stars!) and recently, I got to chat with him about his second solo project.
He released Right Direction on February 4th and he was super excited about it. I spoke with him over the phone about his new music.
"I had a much clearer idea of how I wanted to sound on this EP. I wanted to make a really stripped down sounding record that's really guitar based and taking it back to the roots. I wanted to make it really organic and raw, and something this is really cohesive that people can enjoy from start to finish." - Matt Webb
Here's his latest music video, for "Right Direction" -
Last Friday, I got to cover the SiriusXM Indie Awards for Faze Magazine. This year, they moved the event to a new venue: the Kool Haus. I thought it was a great set-up and I had a lot of fun! I took tons of photos, so I'm going to separate this into a few different posts - enjoy!
The green room, where industry folks, media and artists mingled.
Diamond Rings being interviewed - he was one of the performers of the night
Jeff Leake (Director of Music Programming at SiriusXM) was the host for the evening
Hip hop artist Cadence Weapon opened up the show. He won the award for favourite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist or Group of the Year.
Sharlene Chiu & Daniel Victor presented the award for favourite Video of the Year.
The winners: Marianas Trench
Australian rapper 360 was the next performer. He killed it up on stage - he's so cool!
If you haven't heard of 360 yet, here's his video for his hit track "Child"
More SiriusXM Indie Awards coverage to come!
- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28
Back in the fall, I helped out at a Faze Magazine cover shoot with BC band Marianas Trench. I got to do some behind-the-scenes photography as well as video. So I was recently asked to put together a fun behind-the-scenes video for Faze and I just thought I'd share the finished product!
You can check out my blog post from the shoot HERE.
For more from Faze, be sure to check out www.faze.ca and find them on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram (@FazeMagazine)!
With the latest issue of Faze Magazine being a huge success (it's flying off the shelves and hard to find a copy these days!), I can finally post up a few more photos from the cover shoot we had a few months ago. I previously posted a sneak peek, so here's the full post!
Enjoy :) You can also order copies of the magazine online at faze.ca
Get your copy today!
Here's one of their recent music videos for 'Desperate Measures'
- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28
Now for the photos from my experience in the crowd at this year's MMVA. I got a pretty good spot by the smaller stage, so although I didn't get shots of the huge main stage, I was pretty satisfied with mine -- Biebs, Cody Simpson, Marianas Trench, Hedley, and more stepped foot on the smaller stage, so I was happy I had a great view!
Enjoy :)
Marianas Trench performs
MuchMusic VJ Jesse Giddings giving some love to the fans
Anyways, I hope you all had a great MMVA experience, whether that may be from the audience on Queen Street or on the couch in your living room. Time to wait for next year!
- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28
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