{"id":10782,"date":"2015-07-17T06:44:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T13:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=10782"},"modified":"2015-07-20T23:59:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T06:59:01","slug":"no-sinner-ignore-the-negativity-and-return-to-rock-the-shores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2015\/07\/17\/no-sinner-ignore-the-negativity-and-return-to-rock-the-shores\/","title":{"rendered":"No Sinner ignore the negativity and return to rock the shores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colleen Rennison, vocalist of Vancouver rockers No Sinner, says that being a musician is pretty wild, so it makes sense that people who have personalities that aren\u2019t exactly moderate end up in this line of work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m either trying to save the day or absolutely destroying it,\u201d says Rennison. \u201cIt feels like that\u2019s just the nature of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rennison, who was raised in Vancouver, started out in acting and musical theatre, appearing in several films. She also won a Gemini Award for her role in the 2000 drama short A Feeling Called Glory<\/i>. Her tough-girl attitude helped her pave a unique route and prevented her from having the same life arc as other 27-year-olds she knows.<\/p>\n

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No Sinner vocalist Colleen Rennison doing what she does best (photo by Amy Ray).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYou sort of decide that you\u2019re not taking the beaten path,\u201d she says. \u201cI mean, all of my friends that I grew up with got fake boobs and have babies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rennison hasn\u2019t always felt supported when pursuing her main goal of being a musician. But by pressing on and not letting negativity influence her, she stayed dedicated to her goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are always going to be people out there who will tell you not to chase your dreams and put you down, because maybe they didn\u2019t get to actualize their dreams themselves,\u201d she says. \u201cI think that it\u2019s really important to stay true to yourself and keep your eyes on the prize and not let people sway you from your goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rennison has spent time in Victoria and on the island; she attended Shawnigan Lake School when she was younger. She says she\u2019s excited to get back to Vancouver Island and play Rock the Shores.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo play with The Black Keys, I mean, when they first came out, they were a band that really blew my mind and changed my idea of modern music,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd getting to play on a big stage like that for all these amazing people, on this beautiful chunk of land, I\u2019m just so ecstatic. I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having experienced the behind-the-scenes goings-on of the music industry across North America, Rennison knows about the differences between Canadian musicians and musicians from across the border.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scene in Canada is a little more tight-knit,\u201d she says. \u201cI know that Canadians have obviously made a huge impact in the States. And we certainly owned the \u201990s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Difficulties and instability are some of the things that influenced Rennison to write music about the balance of good and evil in life. Dabbling between the sacred and the profane, Rennison stays strong, despite challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIts always feast or famine for me,\u201d she says. \u201cYou know, like you\u2019re either rolling in it and flying high or you\u2019re in the gutter and crawling your way out.\u201d<\/p>\n

No Sinner (at Rock the Shores)
\nSaturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19
\n$84.50 per day or $149.50 for weekend pass,
\nWest Shore Parks and Recreation, lower fields
\nrocktheshores.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colleen Rennison, vocalist of Vancouver rockers No Sinner, says that being a musician is pretty wild, so it makes sense that people who have personalities that aren\u2019t exactly moderate end up in this line of work. \u201cI\u2019m either trying to save the day or absolutely destroying it,\u201d says Rennison. \u201cIt feels like that\u2019s just the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-july-15-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10784,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions\/10784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}