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cross-Canada tour with Prozzak the Winnipeg duo were booked to play a series of Quebec high schools. Their single “Love Wins Everytime” did very well in the province and the noon- hour performances were set up to meet the fans.

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Once the teen market has been tapped the cross-over potential is almost unlimited

LUKE McMaster and Rob James gave an informa! performance at the Beatty Street Grill recently previewing songs from the forthcoming debut CO. They return to Vancouver tomorrow night for the Prozzak Hot Show at the Vogue.

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and the duo’s brand of orig- inal pop soul will appeal to a large segment of the popula- tion.

McMaster and James were introduced in 1997 while working on separate projects in a Winnipeg studio. They formed a band and played local schools and clubs as they : } Abronan an Come developed their own sound, “I grew up on gospel and my ca Te i - ; Sener dad liked to listen to Stevie Wonder so I had an early appre- : ciation for Motown,” says James. “If we go long in our set €_ex Capilano we might play a Jackson Five medley or maybe Prince's ¢ ax College UV . ” ” . .

a Both performers wits “pusie and play instruments — Capitano College Performing Arts Centre Theatre ° 4 " wae arn 7 - 2055 Purcetl Way, North Vancouver, Box Office 990-7810 MeMaster picks up the guitar while James handles key- : Me rEreEe ee are ai — boards. You can hear his piano work on one of the first z songs they wrote together “One Emotion” included on the debut CD.

While siill’a relatively new band McMasters and James are already veterans on stage having performed in all kinds of venues — from schoot cafeterias to hockey arenas. They’ve opened for acts such as Christina Aguilera, Monica and °N Syne.

The thousands of screaming 'N Syne fans in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton were an inspiration for the band. “Tt was a lot of fin. They were screaming away, they were righe into it. You basicatly feed off the energy in the crowd. You come off the stage on a high — it’s almost addicting that kind of a crowd — very high energy.”

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June of last year” to work with producer Charles Fisher (Savage Garden, Ace of Base).

“We didn’t really see a lot of Sydney — recording from 10 in the morning until one the next morning with Sundays off. I think it was raining just about every Sunday we had off.” Not only did Sydney remind the band of their rainforest roots but the studio, Velvet Sound Recording, was run by an ex-Vancouverite Dave McCuni. .

SoulDecision’s antipodean adventure was well worth the effort. “Faded”, the first single off the album, has been the num- ber one song in Canada for several weeks.

Born and raised in North Vancouver, Guthrie attended Argyle and started the band while attending Cap College in the mid-90’s with buddy Ken Lewko.

David Bowman, the third man on SoulDecision’s front line, joined a few years ago. The trio are backed by musicians Stephen McGrath (drums), JK (bass) and Jarnes (guitar). Guthrie writes most of the tunes.

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