07.18.08 The League Of Rock
In The News. LEAGUE OF ROCK FOUNDER FEATURED ON
MIX 99.9 + 680 NEWS
The League Of Rock media blitz continues! League Of Rock founder
Terry Moshenberg was interviewed on both Mix 99.9 with Mad Dog
+ Billy and on 680news. Click play below to listen to the interviews.
Mix 99.9 Interview
680 News Interview
07.15.07 Season 5 Wrap Party + Awards Announced LOR ROCKS OUT AT ROCK 'N' ROLL HEAVEN
It has been an amazing season, the season 5 wrap party was a total
success. There was a large amount of media interest with cameras
out from Global, and City TV! Each band played their three tunes
with confidence and attitude. Thanks so much to everyone that
took part!
The award this season were amazing, major prizes included a Epiphone
Acoustic Guitar and Gift Certificates from Long & McQuade, Zoom
Recorders from Samson, Wireless Mikes from The Amp.net, and cymbal
packs from Zildjian Cymbals.Thanks to all of our very generous
sponsors.
The awards went to:
Most Improved Guitarist - Stephen Colville-Reeves - Won
the Epiphone Guitar Most "Rock Spirit" Guitarist - Jerry DeLuca -
Won the Zoom Recorder
Most Improved Drummer - Jeff Topp - Won The Zildjian
Cymbal Pack Most "Rock Spirit" Drummer - Aaron Spektor -
Won The Zildjian Cymbal Pack
Most Improved Bassist - William Jenkins - Won the Zoom
Recorder Most "Rock Spirit" Bassist - Rick McConnell -
Won the L&M Gift Certificate
Most Improved Vocalist - Laurie Hare - Won the wireless
mike Most "Rock Spirit" Vocalist - Marysia Gonzalez
- Won the L&M Gift Certificate
League Of Rock MVP - Marc Annibali League Of Rock MVP - Queen Craven
05.18.08 The LOR Rocks the
National Yacht Club LEAGUE OF ROCK MEMBERS GIVE BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY!
The League Of Rock is hosting a huge jam session in support of
Perram House, Toronto Area Hospice at the National Yacht Club
Saturday, June 21st at 7pm.
LOR Members & Friends are will take the stage in an Open Moderated
JAM from 7pm to 8:30pm and from 9:30 til approximately midnight.
The LOR’s Band will provide the foundation and all others players
are welcome to join in. Drummers, Bassists, Guitarists, Singers,
Keyboard players and any other instrument are welcome.
All bands and players are required to submit a song list in advance
to Queen Craven at (queencraven@sympatico.ca). If we don’t receive
advance notice for your participation you cannot participate.
05.14.08 League Of Rock
Members Take The Stage At Rock 'N' Roll Heaven SPRING SESSION SHOWCASE & OPEN HOUSE
The League Of Rock’s Summer J.A.B. Session Showcase is locked
in for July 15th a Toronto’s famed Rock & Roll Heaven. The LOR
continually reaches further in the world of rock with bigger and
better stages all the time and this is no exception. Six bands
in the current Spring J.A.B. Session will showcase in this fabulous
venue starting at 7pm and the event should run til approximately
11:30pm.
9.00 Entry fee and free to prospective members who RSVP by clicking
here.
04.03.08 LOR Welcomes Zildjian
To The Family LOR PROUD TO WELCOME THE WORLD CLASS
CYMBAL AND STICK MAKER TO THE FOLD!
The League Of Rock welcomes Zildjian to its esteemed family of
gear sponsors. Drummers with the most rock spirit and most improved
drummers in all sessions will receive groupings of some of the
worlds best cymbals. We look forward to furthering our relationship
with Zildjian in a mutually beneficial partnership long into the
future.
03.01.08 LOR Announces Workshop With Founding
Drummer Of The Legendary Yardbirds! THIS WORKSHOP IS LIMITED TO 30 SPOTS!
We have an exciting opportunity this April. For only 30 members,
The League Of Rock is offering the exclusive opportunity to make
music and workshop with the founding member and drummer of the
legendary Yardbirds, Jim McCarty!
From 12 to 4:30 on April 20th, the League Of Rock is offering
an incredible opportunity to get tips and tricks and to improve
your experience in a band situation! Jim will offer stories and
insight garnered from his amazing career which includes being
in a band with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page! The Yard
birds were a major influence on both British and American Rock
music and such icons as Led Zepplin!
The Yardbirds were the bridge between white R&B of early-sixties
London and the fuzz-toned psychedelia and power-chorded heavy
metal from much later in the decade and throughout the seventies.
Yes, the Yardbirds laid the groundwork for Rock Guitar As We Know
It.
This half day intensive workshop will feature Jim and supporting
League Of Rock All-Stars both in workshop and concert in the round,
work shopping directly with you as you form bands and work on
tunes and then perform the tune at the end of the session!
The event will happen on Sunday, April 20th From noon
- 4:30pm. The cost of the one day intensive will be $125
Please Click here
and fill in the form to reserve your spot and let us know you’re
are interested in attending the event. Space is limited as there
is only space for 30 participants.
To sign up for this exclusive event, please go to this link.
01.16.08 League Of Rock Featured In Toronto
Sun Article LEAGUE OF ROCK STRIKES CHORD WITH BASEMENT
MUSICIANS
As teens, many people dreamed of making it big like the bands
they idolized. Before long, they traded in their guitars for briefcases
and settled into the Monday-to-Friday rat race. Fast forward a
decade or two and they're finally fulfilling their rock star fantasies
at the League of Rock.
01.01.08 League Of Rock Celebrates Year 1 WHAT AN AMAZING YEAR IT HAS BEEN!
The League Of Rock is celebrating it's first year in the business!!
What an incredible year it has been! The response that we have
received has been overwhelming and we cannot thank everyone who
was involved enough. Special thanks go out to our key sponsors
Long & Mcquade, Steamwhistle Brewery, and Gibson Guitars for all
of their incredible support. We could not have done it without
all of the amazing members and coaches.
Highlights include playing live at Kim Mitchell's show on the
Mighty Q107, the amazing live showcases for each season, the incredible
press we got (Maclean's article, CBC, National Post), 5 LOR bands
rocking the 2007 Grey Cup Festival! and of course working with
all of the amazing members!
Some great music was made! Some lifelong connections were made
and we cannot wait to let you in on the huge news coming for the
next year!
12.15.07 Rogers Wireless Retains LOR For Team
Building Event EVENT WILL FEATURE UP AND COMING ROCK
BAND RIDES AGAIN
On January 31rst, League Of Rock will produce a day long team
building event for Rogers Wireless in Toronto. In addition to
our regular LOR All Star band, the event will feature up and coming
Canadian rock band RIDES AGAIN, a great young band with great
tunes and a killer live show. It is going to be a great day. Stay
tuned for videos and photos from the event
12.07.07 Season 3 Wrap Party + Awards Announced LOR ROCKS THE GIBSON GUITAR ARTIST
SHOWROOM!
For this wrap party, the rules were changed. In response to member
requests, each band got to play two tunes live! The LOR All-star
Band, who were robbed of their shot at playing the grey cup festival
due to time limits got their due and started off the show with
a bang! Each of the band did themselves proud with some highlights
being - Us5's "Whole Lotta Love", Ze CoffindodgerZ originals "Won't
Shut Up" and "Mountain Son" and Attica Rox's "Won't Get Fooled
Again". It was a great party to end the best season of the LOR
yet! Special thanks to Tina, Brad and Adam at Gibson for hosting
us in style and doing a great job!
The award this season were amazing, major prizes included a Garrison
Acoustic Guitar from Gibson, an amazing snare drum from Groove
Factor Drums, and tickets packages from the hit musical We Will
Rock You! Thanks to all of our very generous sponsors.
The awards went to:
Most Improved Guitarist - Mark Kittega Most "Rock Spirit" Guitarist - Andrew Pachecho
- Won the Garrison Guitar Most Improved Drummer - Evan Landis - Won The
Groove Factor Snare Drum Most "Rock Spirit" Drummer - John Paskos Most Improved Bassist - Dave Robertson Most "Rock Spirit" Bassist - Milan Dajnko Most Improved Vocalist - Leslie Gibson Most "Rock Spirit" Vocalist - Cristina Ferrara League Of Rock MVP - Murray Velkow League Of Rock MVP - Tony Loureiro
11.24.07 LOR bands rock the Grey Cup Festival MEMBERS PLAY IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF
4,000!
At the Toronto convention centre, 5 LOR member bands were featured
at the 2007 Grey Cup Fan Festival. Playing for a total crowd of
4,000 people, the bands did a great jobs and we were very proud
of them. The highlights were too many to mention with each band
having some great moments on stage. Stay tuned for some videos!
11.20.07 LOR Announces Partnership with Aeroplan PROGRAM GIVES FRONT OF LINE ACCESS
TO LOR EVENTS + PROGRAMS
Book your Full Day Intensive Workshop with your aeroplan miles.
Then rock out for the day with the professionals!
11.19.07 National Post Story - 'From sales rep
to rock goddess' FULL PAGE STORY IN THE FINANCIAL POST Rick Spence - Financial Post
Moshenberg delights in seeing people's rock dreams come true.
"It's truly amazing to watch," he says. One ad sales rep who was
forbidden as a teen to play the drums finally bought her own drum
kit in her thirties and joined League of Rock. "She walks in here,
puts down her briefcase and picks up her drumsticks. I watched
her go from sales rep to rock goddess."
11.16.07 LOR Featured On CBC's "THE NATIONAL" DOCUMENTARY PIECE FOLLOWS MEMBERS THROUGH
A REHEARSAL SESSION
CBC's "The National" reporter Sandra Alba brought along
a camera crew to interview members of the League Of Rock and capture
the process of LOR's rehearsal session with coaching. It is a
great piece that captures the vibe of the league and it's members
well.
11.13.07 LOR Featured On Breakfast Television RECORDED LIVE AT QMUSIC STUDIOS
It was a very early morning for all of us, but it was a lot of
fun. The segments featured Terry Moshenberg along with coach Topher
Stott working with member band "The Retrogreats", who did a great
job and nailed the tunes, host Jennifer Flowers was such a fan
she even sat in with the band on vox singing "Shook Me All Night
Long" with the band. Special thanks to Bob Sibony and Qmusic Studios
for the support.
09.28.07 Founder Terry Moshenberg Featured on
Global's CEO TV INTERVIEW SPANS TERRY'S ENTREPENEURIAL
CAREER
League Of Rock founder Terry Moshenberg is featured as a groundbreaking
entrepreneur on Global TV's business program "CEO TV"
Terry discusses his varied and exciting career in building successful
businesses
09.15.07 League Of Rock Featured In Sept. 24th
Issue Of Maclean's Magazine LOR IS THE MUSIC FEATURE STORY
The full page story in Maclean's is out! It features quotes from
the core LOR team and does a great job at explaining what we are
all about.
09.18.07 Research In Motion Team Building Event
A Huge Success! LOR BRINGS ROCK ROYALTY TO RESEARCH
IN MOTION
We had a great time working with the staff at Research in Motion
It was a fun event that featured surprise visits by Jim
McCarty (Drummer for the Yardbirds) and Robin Le Mesurier (Guitar
Player for Rod Stewart) who shared their songwriting
process and even played a couple of tunes!!
08.28.07 League Of Rock Featured In Fall Issue
Of Prelude Men's Magazine Prelude Magazine for Men
Prelude Magazine is a brand new mag geared towards the accomplished
male demographic. It is a great piece written by Steve Prentice
and features some great shots of LOR hard at work in the studio!
07.18.07 League Of Rock Spring Season Prize
Winners Announced! THE END OF ANOTHER GREAT SEASON!
The winner of the Gibson sponsored "Most Improved Guitar
Player" and "Guitar Player With the Most Spirit"
were announced at the end of season wrap party today. They are
as follows:
Most Improved Guitar Player ( Winner
of the Epiphone Guitar! ) Mark Antoniazzi - Click
for a picture
Guitar Player With The Most Rock Spirit ( Winner of the
Gibson Blues Custom Amp! )
Peter Abonyi- Click
for a picture
The Toronto Argonauts sponsored the following categories:
Each person won an exclusive Argo ticket package Most Improved Drummer - Michelle Ostrowski Most "Rock Spirit" Drummer - Ernie Cavallin Most Improved Bassist - Chris Ford Most "Rock Spirit" Bassist - Paul Whitaker Most Improved Vocalist - Rob Gallant Most "Rock Spirit" Vocalist - Gord Peters
League Of Rock MVP - Queen Craven
06.18.07 The First Set Of Recordings Are Complete!! SEASON 1 DISCS RECORDED AT QMUSIC STUDIOS
The recordings from the first season of the League Of Rock are
complete, and they sound great!! Thanks so much to all of the
bands for really giving it all you had in the studio! We all had
a great time and look forward to the next session studio dates.
Click
here to listen to a compilation sample from each band click
here. The compilation sample features the best of League Of Rock
Bands' studio recordings.
06.14.07 League of Rock Founder on CFRB's "ROCK
TALK" with Goddo SHOW HOSTED BY CANADIAN ROCKER GREG
GODDOVITZ
On Saturday, July 14th, 2007 League Of Rock founder Terry Moshenberg
was interviewed on CFRB radio personality Greg Goddo's talk show
"ROCK TALK" along with Sting's son, Joe Sumner and TOTO's
Steve Lukather.
The segment features League Of Rock Bands' studio recordings-
BUCK10 and 4 Kings and a Queen.
06.101.07 RIM (Research In Motion) retains the
League Of Rock For Team Building Event LOR TO PRODUCE INTERACTIVE TEAM BUILDING
EVENT
RIM (Research In Motion) retained the League Of Rock to produce
another fabulous Music-Based Team Building Event... stay tuned
for details.
05.21.07 LOR ROCKS THE FOUNDATION LOR GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
ROCKING THE FOUNDATION - A Heart and Stroke Foundation Benefit
Concert Fundraising concert for the Heart and Stroke Foundation,
presented by Paragonyx Entertainment.
05.21.07 Unilever Canada's Music-Based Team
Building Event is a home run. UNILEVER MUSICIANS SIT IN WITH THE
ALL STAR BAND
Unilever Canada's Music-Based Team Building Event is a home run.
Everyone had a blast.
05.05.07 Article Online at Canoe -
"Pay to rock with pros" SHOWBIZ ARTICLE FEATURES MUSIC BASED
FANTASY CAMPS KAREN BLISS -- For JAM! Music
For those who were perhaps too practical to follow a dream of becoming a rock star or perhaps didn't have the skills to do so, Toronto's Terry Moshenberg has started The League of Rock, a fantasy camp for non-professional musicians to play in a band, record, and get direction from established musicians.
05.05.07 Article In the Post City Magazines POSTCITY MAGAZINE FEATURES THE LOR
Post City Magazines featured the League Of Rock in all four of
its issues this month... look for it on news stands across the
GTA.
04.30.07 SEASON 1 - GUITAR CONTEST SPONSORED BY GIBSON GUITARS AND LONG & MCQUADE
League Of Rock - Proudly sponsored by Long & McQuade and Gibson
Guitar will be giving away a 30th Anniversary Lynyrd Skynyrd Epiphone
Les Paul and an Epiphone Blue Custom Amp to two lucky March J.A.B.
Session Members at the CD Listening Party on July 10th.
04.25.07 League Of Rock bands IN the Studio LOR BANDS GET THEIR FIRST TASTE OF
THE STUDIO
10 League Of Rock bands are slip sliding their way through recording
sessions at light speed and the songs sound great...
04.26.07 First Session wrap party! LOR BANDS TO PLAY LIVE AT THE GIBSON SHOWROOM!
March J.A.B. Session CD Listening Party & Jam: July 10th at the
Gibson Guitar Artist Showroom contact terry@leagueofrock.com for
info...
04.14.07 Grey Cup Performance Announcement! LOR BANDS TO PLAY LIVE AT THE 2007 GREY CUP!
For the first time, 5 of the non-pro bands in the League Of Rock
will be playing at the Grey Cup in '07 in Toronto.
04.07.07 New Coaches Announced LOR PLEASED TO ADD THESE AMAZING COACHES TO THE ROSTER
Robin Le Mesurier - Guitar Player for Rod Stewart and Brian Greenway
- April Wine's Lead Singer/Guitar will coach League Of Rock Bands
in the July J.A.B. Session.
03.28.07 League Of Rock Draft Event A Huge Success!! THE PARTY THAT STARTS IT ALL! More than 100 people enjoyed the Launch Party of the first
League Of Rock J.A.B. Session Draft Event on Wednesday, March
28th 2007 At The Amazing Gibson Guitar Artist Showroom!
The Gibson Guitar Artist showroom was rocking when the League
Of Rock came to town to launch their first J.A.B. session with
the draft event. There were lineups that caused a stir from the
locals as the members got ready to meet their band mates and have
a chance to jam with other league members and coaches.
The crowd was made up of league members and some impressive Canadian
rockers, including Alan Frew, Dave Betts, Sam Reid, Dan Clancy,
Joey Serlin, Steve Shelski and many others along with Keith Pelley
(President Of the Toronto Argonauts). It was great to see the
worlds of Bay street business and Rock 'n' Roll collide in such
a great venue.
The event kicked off with media personality Erica Ehm introducing
the League Founder Terry Moshenberg, who gave a short speech that
laid the groundwork of how the J.A.B. Sessions will work. Then
Glass Tiger's Alan Frew inspired the crowd with stories from his
career in the music business. The draft then went off with out
a hitch as musicians met with their new bands for the first time
and got to discussing their plans for the next ten weeks.
Then came the thing that everyone was there to hear - THE
MUSIC.
The jam started out with a band of coaches featuring Alan Frew
on vocals, Steve Shelski on guitar (Who tore it up!), Andrew Buntain
on bass, and league creative producer Topher Stott on drums. After
a great take on the Free tune "All Right Now", the jam was opened
up to the members and the fun began with some great music played
throughout the night.
It was a great start to the first J.A.B. Session, Thanks so much
to the volunteers and everyone that attended and made it the great
night that it was!!
Thanks Again, The LOR Production Team
03.22.07 Terry Moshenberg + Alan Frew Interviewed
on Q107! TERRY & ALAN LIVE AT DRIVETIME
Terry Moshenberg and Alan Frew were interviewed by Bill Hayes
and Ryan Parker very early in the morning at 7:40am on the mighty
Q, if you missed it, you can take a listen to the interview by
clicking the link below!
03.20.07 League Of Rock Member Plays LIVE on
Q107! GORD PETERS SINGS LEAD VOX LIVE ON Q107
A League Of Rock band fronted by league member Gord Peters
did an interview and played the Kink's "All Day And All
Of The Night" LIVE on Kim Mitchell's Radio show during the prime
drive time period!
We are proud to say that Gord was great and along with league
founder Terry Moshenberg and league producers Nikku Nayar and
Topher Stott rocked it out and had a lot of fun!
The most impressive part of the day was that Gord spent the morning
takin care of business for men's fashion company Gordon-Mitchell,
then jett'd down to the mighty Q to rock out loud in the afternoon!!
Way to go Gord!!
03.12.07 LOR Founder Interviewed on Q107! TERRY EXPLAINS WHAT THE LOR IS
Terry Moshenberg was interviewed by Bill Hayes and Ryan Parker
very early in the morning at 7:40am on the mighty Q, if you missed
it, you can take a listen to the interview by clicking the link
below!
03.01.07 League of Rock Launches Media Campaign IT ALL STARTS HERE
League of Rock launches media campaign with media partner Q107
that will include radio ads, interviews, and will feature a band
live on air on Kim Mitchell's Show on Tuesday, March 20th at 4:20
pm! Stay tuned for more information!
