Sara Mclachlan And Las Vegas Disc Jockey John Dote' Connection

    

Congratulations to Sarah McLachlan for being one of the winners of a BMI POP Award for: POP SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Sarah McLachlan's Surfacing Certified 5x's Platinum

National and World Promotions By John Dote'

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"Ice Cream"

"Angel"

Biography

Early life

Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, and adopted in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a child, she took voice lessons, along with studies in classical piano and guitar. When she was 17 years old, and still a student at Queen Elizabeth High School, she fronted a short-lived rock band called "The October Game". Her high school yearbook claimed that she was "destined to become a famous rock star."

Following The October Game's first concert at Dalhousie University opening for Moev, McLachlan was offered a recording contract with Vancouver based independent record label Nettwerk by Moev's Mark Jowett. McLachlan's parents convinced her to finish her studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design before embarking on a new life as a recording artist, and McLachlan finally signed to Nettwerk two years later before having written a single song.

 Touch and Solace

The signing prompted McLachlan to move to Vancouver, British Columbia. There she recorded the first of her albums, Touch, in 1988, which received both critical and commercial success and included the hit song "Vox". During this period she also contributed to an album by Moev, and embarked on her first national concert tour as an opening act for The Grapes of Wrath.

Her 1991 album, Solace, was her mainstream breakthrough in Canada, spawning the hit singles "The Path of Thorns (Terms)" and "Into the Fire".

 Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Surfacing, and Lilith Fair

1993's Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was an immediate smash hit in Canada. From her Nettwerk connection, her piano version of the song "Possession" was included on the first Due South television series soundtrack in 1996. Over the next two years, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy quietly became McLachlan's international breakthrough as well, scaling the charts in a number of countries. Rolling Stone Magazine has listed it as one of the top 100 best albums of all-time and it set the stage for 1997's Surfacing, which debuted at the top of the charts amid the hype around Lilith Fair. The McLachlan-founded Lilith Fair tour brought together 2 million people over its three-year history and raised more than $7 million for charities. It was the most successful all-female music festival in history, one of the biggest music festivals of the 1990s, and helped launch the careers of several well-known female artists.

  Night Beat In Las Vegas, Stamp Of Approval

John Dote'

In 2000, Promotions Giant John Dote' hosted the hit television series "Night Beat In Las Vegas" for the UPN-Screen Gems Network. During this era, Dote' and the show filmed from his home was flooded with new releases from over 70 major and independant labels. Mclachlan's video's containing "Ice Cream" and "Angel" landed at the top of the NightBeat charts recieving extensive airplay and promotions. Dote' put his stamp of approval on McLachlan's releases and soon other stations followed that included radio. Dote' is also credited for national and world promotions for N Sync, BackStreet Boys, Santana and many others. Major label credits include Arista, Warner Bros., Jive, Capitol, MCA, Dreamworks and many others.