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Annette Campagne

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The best way to predict the future is to create it

Sounds Like:

Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow

Influences:

Sheryl Crow, Laurence Jalbert, Bonnie Raitt,

Favourite Singer/Songwriter:

Sheryl Crow

Website:

http://www.annettemusic.ca

Contact Email:

acampagne@sasktel.net

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Songs by Annette Campagne

For what it’s worth

Music and lyrics Annette Campagne
For what it’s worth I’m never really spot on
There are days when it seems that everything goes wrong
But I leave it, it’s so hard to leave it
Tomorrow will bring what it may


For what it’s worth, I don’t always give up the fight
to have things go my way and to always be right
But I leave it, it’s so hard to leave it
to throw it in the air and catch what falls

I want the fame
I want the fire
I want to be the only one that you desire
But the only thing that I know will get me by
is my eternal flame
to write my name up in the sky



For what it’s worth, I’m still falling through the cracks
Think I can get away with sneaking in through the back
But I leave it, it’s so hard to leave it
I believe I’m falling hard for you

I want the fame, I want the fire
I want to be the only one that you desire
But the only thing that I know will get me by
is my eternal flame
to write my name up in the sky

I want the fame, I want the fire
I want to be the only one that you desire
I want the fame, I want the glory
I want to be the only page in your story
I want the fame, I want the fire
I want to be your only gun for hire
But the only thing that will get me by
is my eternal flame to write my name up in the sky

[Lyrics]


FREUDIAN SLIP

Music & lyrics
Annette Campagne

I get up
I say good morning to the ghost in the hall
Drink my coffee and bounce off the wall
Burn my toast and scrape off all the black
I bite my nails on my way to work
Don’t make much money, my boss is a jerk
I swear he just wants to get me in the sack

Oh, sometimes I’d like to leave the world behind
Oh, at least until I get you out of my mind


Then I remember that you’re not coming back
and that I’m losing my grip
I’ll take my chances so give me a coin to flip
so you can become
just another Freudian slip


I get up
I pay my bills like a good girl should
Swear on the bible and I knock on wood
I wear a halo, but I know it doesn’t fit
I ask the ghost who lives in the hall
Why do we bother with life at all?
He walks right through me, doesn’t care one bit

Oh, well I know I’m just killing time
Oh, at least until I get you out of my mind

Chorus

Well you saw right through me, you laid it on so thick
If I was the window baby, then I guess you were the brick,
The prick, the Freudian slip

Chorus

[Lyrics]


Let temptation be


Music & lyrics Annette Campagne

Come on now, little girl, life is a game
Sweet things come to those that like to play
Come on now, sweet thing, it would be such a shame
It’s so much fun to be led astray

Which side are you on, where are you in the food chain,
are you the predator or prey?
You’re in the system now fingerprints and all
so you might as well let me have my way

We all look to the sun
Obey the laws of gravity
I’ll be damned if I’m the one
to satisfy your vanity
I’m gonna let temptation be

I made my bed long ago and I sleep just fine
Offered up my heart to the one above
And everyday is a sacred mystery
when I rely on the strength of love

We all look to the sun
Obey the laws of gravity
I’ll be damned if I’m the one
To satisfy your vanity
I’m gonna let temptation be

I know the way come have some fun
cause that’s the way, my dear, the world is run
I know the way, I know my soul
I don’t need anyone to make me whole

Chorus:

[Lyrics]


You gotta laugh


Music & lyrics Annette Campagne


There’s a tear in the fabric of your sky
So your illusions come crashing down
No, this is good, I swear, let it go
I know you’ll come around

So things didn’t turn out the way you planned
Even though you had thought them through
You tell yourself there’s something better
Then you ask, “So now what do I do?”

You gotta laugh
It’s just too good
And trust that things happen
just as they should
You gotta smile
For the tables will turn
We get what we give
So can we give
Without knowing what we’ll get in return

There’s a smile beneath all that rage
So you pick yourself up off the floor
Shake the dust off of your senses
“What do I do it for?”

Maybe we do it cause inside of our doubts
are born the embers of our faith
The fire that keeps us going is fed
by what we dare to create

[Lyrics]


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Region:

Regina, SK

Level of Experience:

PROFESSIONAL

Genre:

Folk and Traditional | Rock and Pop

I Write:

By myself | For myself | With others | For others

I prefer to write:

Lyrics | Melody | Chord Patterns

Songs Recorded:

For What It's Worth, Let You Go, Life with you, Let Temptation Be, Stay With Me, Only Forgiveness Knows, Freudian Slip, Sentimental Journey Home, Life Has No Meaning, You Gotta Laugh

Albums Released:

You Gotta Laugh (2009), J'Peux pas demander mieux (2010), Sauter de Haut (1997), Blue Blue Windows, Inconditionnel, La Fabrique, Dernier mois de l'année (Hart Rouge)

Awards:

Socan Songwriting Award, CBC Musiclips Award, Prix André Mercure

Other Credits:

Nominations for Western Canadian Music Award (2010), Trille d'or nomination(2010)

I am interested in:

Face to face Cowriting | Networking | Pitching Songs to Artists | Pitching Songs To Tv/Film/Etc. | Getting a Publishing Deal

Other Jobs:

Teacher singer/songwriter workshops, vocal technique, stage presence, choir director for gospel choir

Biography:

Annette Campagne has been a folk/rock singer-songwriter for over 25 years, having started with groups Folle Avoine and Hart Rouge. Singing in both French and English with her brother and sisters, this adventure spans more than ten years and boasts an impressive list of accomplishments: six albums, several radio hits and many tours across Canada, Europe and the United States.
She left the group in 1997 to pursue a solo career and has since released 3 albums.
Throughout her career, she has strived to evolve as a lyricist and composer. Her trademark writing style and the earthy tones of her new album ‘You gotta laugh”, are full of strong melodic hooks and powerful performances.
Quotes:
It may be a different tack for Annette Campagne to sing in English - or at least, to sing entirely in English. But the sparkling songwriting that put Hart-Rouge on the map so many years ago puts this all-Anglo effort alongside the best of contemporary performers like Shawn Colvin. The hook-filled “Let You Go” is one of the catchiest songs this year.
Mark Rheaume, CBC Radio
“Annette Campagne returns with her first English album with fabulous results. Heavily influenced by the great folkie singer-songwriters of the 70’s like James Taylor and Carly Simon, Annette takes the genre and makes it all new again. Light funky rhythms, gorgeous melodies and introspective lyrics make this one a winner.”
Duke Eatmon, CBC Montreal

She proves she is the quintessential Canadian artist; the bilingual, straight-shooting poet of a prairie girl who has seen the world but who revels in her prairie roots, singing about heartbreak and the thrill of new beginnings; about the refusal to compromise; about fury and forgiveness. Annette Campagne’s album "You Gotta Laugh' is smooth and soulful with a hit of big sky country. It is the work of an artist whose mettle has been tested.
Her songs and stories create a comfortable connectedness and a ‘feel good’ atmosphere. They are positive songs, not in a ‘fleur bleu/everything
is wonderful’ way, but one based in a faith-infused reality and self empowering optimism. She delivers a mix of contemporary folk, melodic pop and acoustic rock with a sweet and soulful voice. Her songs weave through life’s paradoxes with a mix of compassion, contemplative detachment and humor, leaving one with a refreshing sense of hope and faith.