AWESOME ROCK BAND SEEKS EQUALLY AWESOME FRONTMAN!!!

We are a very well established hard rock band from Victoria BC called BLACK HAT VILLAIN & we are seeking, not just a killer vocalist, but a killer frontman; someone who can sing their ass off while captivating an audience at the same time. We have solid management in place & have an extremely loyal, ever growing fanbase. We feel we’ve accomplished a huge amount in a relatively short period of time, but we also feel that with the right person behind the mic, we can achieve so much more.

Here’s a little bit about what we’ve done in the past year;

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In April 2010, we released our 6 song ep, “My Generation” (mixed by Mike Fraser-AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith etc.) earning us huge praise from some of the biggest names in the music industry.

In May 2010, we entered 99.3 the Fox’s annual “SEEDS” competition & beat out almost 500 bands, to be crowned “2010 SEEDS winners”! This subsequently led to playing some very killer shows at some very killer venues, most notably in August 2010 @ the legendary Commodore Ballroom w/Arkells & again @ the Commodore in December 2010 w/Steel Panther!

We have had our single, “My Generation” in regular rotation on numerous radio stations across Canada, including Vancouver’s C-Fox & Edmonton’s The Bear, Western Canada’s two largest radio stations.

In September 2010, we had a hugely successful 15 day tour of western Canada & plans are already in the works to do it again.

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So here’s the deal, below you’ll find a link that will bring you to 4 WAV files. Two are “Rain or Shine”, one without vocals & one with vocals from our “My Generation” ep. The other two songs are unreleased & unheard songs from our home studio sessions. You’ll probably notice that they have no vocals either & I’m sure you can guess why.

Here’s what we want you to do;

Step 1; Click the following icon & Download the files.

http://soundcloud.com/blackhatvillain

Step 2; Dump them files onto whatever recording thingy you have access to.

Step 3; Spit some rad vocals over top. Don’t worry about rad production, we’re looking for a singer, not a producer. As long as it’s audible & sounds half decent, that’s fine.

Step 4; Click the following icon and send ‘em back.

Send me your sounds

Step 5; Send a quick e-mail to abe@blackhatvillain.com with your contact info.

Fuckin’ simple!

Now here’s the rules;

As mentioned before, we’ve included 2 versions of “Rain or Shine”, one with vocals & one without. The one with vocals is strictly for reference, so click here to read the lyrics (you can also listen from there as well), then record the song word for word, as close to the original as possible. We want to hear what you can do with something that is 100% finished, so this one is mandatory!

For the other two, go nuts! We want to hear what you can do with creative freedom, building something from nothing, it’s entirely up to you. If you want to lay vox down on both, that’s awesome, but you must do at least one!

Keep in mind, we’re not looking for someone to mimic or replicate our former vocalist. We’re actually not looking for any style in particular, just something that sounds killer! We’ll know it when we hear it! Also, these two songs do not necessarily reflect the direction that we’ll be taking musically, but hey, maybe if ya do’em rad enough they’ll get added to our setlist.

Also, these songs that you send back to us are FOR OUR EARS ONLY! No one outside of the BHV circle will be hearing them & we will not be using them for anything else other than to help narrow the search a killer frontman!

Please have the finished songs returned to us by July 10th 2011.

Only those being considered will be contacted.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us; abe@blackhatvillain.com

Thanks for your time & we look forward to hearing what you’ve got!

Black Hat Villain

Itʼs been one hell of a ride the past two years during my tenure as frontman for Black Hat Villain.

Weʼve enjoyed tremendous achievements together and I consider myself extremely lucky to have shared this stage of my musical journey with Sam, Abe, Ian and Tim. Iʼve also enjoyed the boundless energy and enthusiasm that Ryan Rae brought into the fold over the past few months. That being said, I have decided to leave the band to continue to pursue my own solo writing and performing ambitions. Our upcoming performance scheduled for the 2nd Annual Capital City Tattoo Convention at Pearkes Arena on March 19th will be my last as the lead singer for Black Hat Villain and I hope that many of you are able to make it so that we can celebrate this last show together. (more…)

Changes abound in BHV land boys & girls and we’re all anxious to see what’s to come of it. Ryan Rae is sitting behind the drumkit for us now and we hope he’ll stick around for awhile. We navigate the waters of our new dynamic with positive vibes and attitudes about where we might be come this time next year but first things first – let’s create some new fuckin’ music. After all, without us doing that there would be no you reading this. We’ve got a new process to figure out and that includes here on our blog as well. We’re each going to post a little something every week to update, inform, piss you off and have you laugh at us and shake your head. That’s what we do. That’s what our music does too.

A new vibe, a changing outlook – this is where I

metamorphosize once again.

By the time you read this I will have cut my mane and disbanded my beard to reflect upon my face and the year that has been. So thanks very much tuxedoed-wildman-rock-&-roll-shaman-look-of-the-past-2-years…it’s been great knowing you. Stay tuned for more…

Happy New Year Nation! How was your 2010? Ours was terrible. Terribly AWESOME!!! It’s been a while & we have a ton of stuff to catch up on, so here’s some words typed out into a few paragraphs, in the form of a blog type thing, for you to read & comment on.

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That’s right Nation! We’ve got a couple of big shows lined up for you this December. check this sh*t out:

Monday, December 6th @ The Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver, BC

The students at Nimbus Recording School of The Arts will decide which of the 4 selected showcasing bands will win the recording time. You know we’ve got this thing but DAMN! It’d be great to have The Vancouver Nation pack the joint in case there were any doubts amongst the judges!

Wednesday, December 8th @ The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC

Well Nation, it’s long overdue for a “post tour blog”, so buckle up, cause here we go!

It was awesome! Bye!

Ahhhhh, I guess I should go into a little more detail, yeah?

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Hello Nation of the Black Hat!

It’s long overdue for one of them bloggy type, informatative writing thingys. There has been a TON of stuff going on in the Black Hat camp in the last little while, from HUGE reviews, to extremely successful shows, so here it is: (more…)

Hey all you Black Hat Warriors!

Well this started out as a quick & awesome note to tell you all about our hopefully victorious trip to Vancouver to win the hearts of any Black Hat Virgins & of course, the judges for the 99.3 the Fox, SEEDS competition, but in case you haven’t already heard, BLACK HAT VILLAIN IS…

So we’re off first thing tomorrow to perform in the Top 20 Showcase for 99.3 The Fox’s Seeds 2010 Competition at The Bourbon in Vancouver.

It’ll be Canada Day and it’s a FREE show so we’re hoping everyone gets there early so they can squeeze in ’cause the joint will be rockin’ and packed to the rafters with rock & roll lovers! We get thirty minutes to show the judges that we deserve to be the choice when final decisions are made in August – I have no doubt in my mind that we will exceed all expectations as long as we have the power of the mighty Black Hat Nation cheering us on and singing along front and centre!

So please come down to the show if you’r ein the neighbourhood and if you’re not then please keep us in your thoughts at 10pm when we bring the dirty & dangerous like never before!

Top 3 gets announced on Monday, July 5th!

See you on the other side!

-s2 & the boys