C'est What To Re-open Music Venue!!!

[Mr. Musicface]

YAAAAAY!

Press Release

C'est What To Re-open Music Venue

The lease on C'est What's music room expired at the end of August. After a

protracted rent dispute with the landlord, the space was vacated. This left

the Front Street pub restaurant at a crossroads. C'est What President George

Milbrandt vowed at the closing night party, "We are not going to let

anyone's short sightedness get in the way of our commitment to all good

things local." Three weeks later C'est What is announcing that it will be

making room for a music venue in one of it's newly renovated rooms.

"Landlords should not the arbiters of our culture," Milbrandt commented

about the announcement. "The incredible support that we received over the

summer convinced us to redouble our efforts to provide local artists with a

venue in which to showcase their talents." This has led C'est What to

transform one of the rooms in its restaurant for this purpose. But as club

booker Crispin Giles says, "In our usual fashion, there's a twistŠ"

The twist Giles refers to is augmenting the renowned C'est What live sound

system with a fully integrated 24-track live remote recording facility to

capture album quality performances at virtually every live show at the club.

In addition to raising the bar as Toronto's first live music venue/recording

studio, cestwhat.com will be streaming audio from all live performances.

"The silver lining to all of this has been that it has allowed us to

re-examine the role that we play in the culture of our community and put

together a new, exciting way to present the abundance of talent in our City

to the world," says Milbrandt.

The sixteenth year of Saturday afternoon matinees with The Hot Five

Jazzmakers are already underway and a full calendar of C'est What's

notoriously eclectic performances is expected to start by mid November.

[boogieknight]

i don't think i've been to this venue. where on front street is it located?

[bradm]

What's the capacity of the room they're converting? (Is it bigger or smaller than what they had before?)

Aloha,

Brad

[Mr. Musicface]

67 Front at Chruch. The music bar entrance is actually on Church.

It's probably the best small sized room in Toronto for sound and just overall feel. And GREAT beers to boot!

http://cestwhat.com/

Peace,

Mr. M.

[Mr. Musicface]

What's the capacity of the room they're converting? (Is it bigger or smaller than what they had before?)

Not really sure... I actually haven't been back since they stopped having music, so I'm not sure what became of the old music room. It could actually be going back in there.

If it's actually going to be in a different room, there are two different rooms I could see them doing this in. One would be the room behind the main dining area beyond the main bar. That room is pretty small, maybe half the size of the old room. On the other hand, if they use the new room (on the left as you come in the main entrance) that's at least as big if not bigger as the old room.

- M.

[Ms.Huxtable]

Good news! I love C'est What?

[CyberHippie]

The twist Giles refers to is augmenting the renowned C'est What live sound

system with a fully integrated 24-track live remote recording facility to

capture album quality performances at virtually every live show at the club.

In addition to raising the bar as Toronto's first live music venue/recording

studio, cestwhat.com will be streaming audio from all live performances.

WOW!

[hamilton]

Good for them! I love C'est What? A great place, good food, and - as Mr. Musicface pointed out - great beers. Hooray!! ::

[bradm]

I think I just found a place I need to get to when I come to Toronto for Thanksgiving/Slip week...

Aloha,

Brad

[Ms.Huxtable]

The old room had top notch sound as well. We paid a minimal price for a great recording. It was probably the best recording of Dr. Huxtable ever. I'm glad to hear that's still a priority for them.

[Mr. Musicface]

Yeh, we did a multitrack recording there in January which also sounded amazing. We're still hoping to release some of that later in the year as part of our upcoming CD (funding pending). The Erin Smith Band CD Downtown Smog Crown was also largely recorded at C'est What.

- M.

[SaggyBalls]

i hope the ambient ping goes back to c'est what. i saw sterling moss there in january and it was super cool.

maybe this is a good place for people to start booking shows...they'd be streamed over the internet and with the right cross promotion you could get them a lot more web traffic...