Charles Spearin

Happiness Project's Live Triumph

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) March 12, 2009 1:22 pm
If you've heard Charles Spearin's Happiness Project, you already know it's unlike anything you've listened to before. Now picture the project brought to life. It's something only super-musical humans can do, and Spearin and his band did it. The results were astounding. If you haven't heard the album, you'll be downloading that sucker faster than...
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Charles Spearin — The Happiness Project

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) February 13, 2009 2:02 pm
Charles Spearin definitely scores points for originality with this debut solo disc. It evolved from a series of interviews on the subject of happiness that the Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene stalwart held with his neighbours. He took those recorded discussions, examined the speakers' voices and then crafted music that mimicked the...
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Valley Of The Giants — Valley Of The Giants

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By Darrin Keene (CHARTattack) February 10, 2004 2:18 pm
Valley Of The Giants could be construed as a supergroup of sorts, given that the project involves Canadian music manipulators Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene), Charles Spearin (Do Make Say Think) and Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), among others. Ostensibly inspired by a viewing of the sci-fi western flick, Westworld, the...
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2010 Juno Week

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Photographer: 
Steve McLean
City: 
St. John's, NL
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Meet The Juno Nominees: Charles Spearin

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By Liisa Ladouceur (CHARTattack) March 3, 2010 5:47 pm
It's hard to imagine any Canadian music award from here-on in not having at least one member of Broken Social Scene on the nominees list. Even jazz isn't safe from the reach of BSS-ers ever-evolving experiments it seems, as Charles Spearin's The Happiness Project landed him in the category of contemporary jazz album of the year. The unique...
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Juno Award 2010 Nominee Press Conference

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John Papamarko
Venue: 
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 3, 2010
Juno Nominations (Photo by John Papamarko)

Do Make Say Think, Charles Spearin, Years Touring Europe

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 25, 2009 2:34 pm
Do Make Say Think, along with that band's Charles Spearin and Years (better known as Ohad Benchetrit) will spend October and November touring Europe. Do Make Say Think are out in support of the upcoming Other Truths LP, their sixth studio album due out Oct. 20 through Constellation. The disc features four tracks called — wait for it — "Do,...
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Charles Spearin, Years, DMST Tour

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) July 13, 2009 4:13 pm
Charles Spearin and Years (a.k.a. Ohad Benchetrit) will be on the road this fall and winter supporting their recently released solo records and band, Do Make Say Think. Both Spearin and Benchetrit released albums this year through Arts & Crafts. Spearin's The Happiness Project made the long list for this year's Polaris Music Prize. The album...
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Charles Spearin Hears Things Differently

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) April 7, 2009 11:47 am
When a musician takes a break from their band and produces a solo side project, it's usually a thinly veiled attempt to show off acoustic songs they've been secretly recording in their bedroom. Charles Spearin isn't that sort of musician. Do Make Say Think — Spearin's primary gig — is anything but a conventional band, so it's not surprising his...
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The Happiness Project Deconstructed

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By CHARTattack Staff March 4, 2009 1:32 pm
Charles Spearin's The Happiness Project is not your ordinary album. The Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene mainstay invited several of his neighbours over to his house to discuss happiness, and he then investigated the correlation between speaking and singing. (Yeah, it makes more sense once you watch this video!)
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Charles Spearin Talks Happiness

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) February 12, 2009 2:07 pm
Enter "happiness project" into a Google search and, in addition to Charles Spearin's debut solo album, you'll find information on an in-the-works book about living life to its fullest and a website for a collective of psychologists, life coaches and ministers that run self-help seminars. It's tempting to dismiss the study of happiness...
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Charles Spearin Takes Happiness On The Road

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 20, 2009 12:07 pm
Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think member Charles Spearin has announced a few dates in support of The Happiness Project, his upcoming debut solo release. Spearin will be joined by fellow Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think member Ohad Benchetrit (guitar, saxophone) as well as Dave Clarke (drums), Julia Seger Scott (harp), Michael...
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CHARTtrack: Charles Spearin's "Anna"

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By CHARTattack Staff January 15, 2009 4:45 pm
"Anna" is the second track on Broken Social Scene member Charles Spearin's upcoming solo album, The Happiness Project. The album was written and recorded after Spearin interviewed several of his neighbours about the concept of happiness. Spearin went back and listened to the tapes, and wrote the songs on The Happiness Project to...
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Pumping: Charles Spearin — The Happiness Project

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) January 14, 2009 3:07 pm
On his solo debut, Broken Social Scene's Charles Spearin quizzed his neighbours about happiness and recorded their thoughts. He's taken those thoughts and created melodies backing them in unison, which means this album sounds like a weird combination of Broken Social Scene and The Books. But it's nowhere near as good as either, and it just comes...
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BSS' Charles Spearin Releasing Solo Album

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 11, 2008 11:33 am
Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene's Charles Spearin has decided to make Valentine's Day a bit more special with the release of The Happiness Project. The Arts & Crafts album was arranged, recorded and developed at Spearin's home studio and at bandmate Ohad Benchetrit's studio, Th' Schvitz (Yiddish for "Sweat"). The project...
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