Will Pender
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Will Pender

Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2016 | AFTRA

Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | AFTRA
Established on Jan, 2016
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August 6, 2016 - Current




  • Will Pender was interviewed by CBC Radio. The radio station featured an interview about his Effed Up Stories Podcast and a track off his new album "Bad Wiring", as well as putting an article online here. The article was also picked up by Yahoo! News.


  • Will Pender is interviewed in The Western Star. The story was also picked up in The Telegram.


  • Will Pender gets airplay on Bay of Islands Radio.


  • Will Pender gets airplay on Q108 Kingston Radio.


  • Will Pender releases new album "Bad Wiring" under new artist/given name, "Will Pender".


2012 - Current



  • Will Pender created a paranormal podcast and website named "Effed Up Stories". It currently has over 10,000 subscribers, over a million views, and has featured celebrities and authors that have appeared on shows such as Unsolved Mysteries, Ancient Aliens, and William Shatner’s Weird or What. It has also drawn the interest of two TV production companies who have each pitched a different show idea with Will Pender in mind - one idea was pitched to Animal Planet, the other to Syfy.

  • (Old Artist Name was Door To AnimA)

    December 2010 - March 2011

    • Door To AnimA's album's Ethereal and 4 were re-released worldwide on March 28th, 2011 with Cinderella Records
    • Door To AnimA was selected to be featured on songshooter.com
    • Door To AnimA was interviewed by Jonathan Myers
    • Door To AnimA's singles "Glutton" and "In Embryo" were released worldwide on February 28th, 2011 with Cinderella Records

    September 2010 - December 2010

    • Door To AnimA signs on to Cinderella Records
    • Door To AnimA's album: Ethereal; gets a glowing review by Eugene Foley
    • Door To AnimA gets airplay on the syndicated radio show: Maximum Threshold Radio
    • Door To AnimA is interviewed by Aj & Dbs
    • Door To AnimA is interviewed and featured on the front page of Music Lunge
    • Door To AnimA's album is reviewed in issue 61 of Progression Magazine
    • Door To AnimA has been selected and featured on Just Songs: A website featuring only the best socially conscious songs for charity
    • Door To AnimA was selected for airplay on FNA radio
    • Door To AnimA was interviewed about the new Ethereal album in The Western Star
    • Door To AnimA was selected to have a music video and a videography aired on The Plug: An American TV show
    • Door To AnimA was selected for airplay on Neon Productions Radio
    • Door To AnimA was selected to be aired on Unheard Radio
    • Door To AnimA was selected to be aired on indie104-iRadio LA
    • Door To AnimA was selected to be aired on ATLanta Movement Radio

    2008 - 2010


    • Door To AnimA was selected through sonicbids to join the roster of Empty Vessel Records
    • Door To AnimA's album: 4; was selected for a review in Progression Magazine.
    • Door To AnimA get's commercial air play on K-Rock: 103.9 with the single In Embryo off the debut album 4
    • Door To AnimA gets airplay on CHMR Radio
    • Door To AnimA's song In Embryo is featured in an ad sponsored by Microsoft
    • Door To AnimA is featured on the website for the East Coast Countdown
    • Door To AnimA is interviewed in Big Smile Magazine
    • Door To AnimA is interviewed by The Western Star about the debut release of 4
    • Door To AnimA is awarded the title "Suggested Artist" from Song Of The Year for a very early version of In Tongues
    • Door To AnimA is awarded an honorable mention from Song Of The Year for The Exorcism
    • Will Pender graduates at the top of his class from a two year Music Industry and Performance course, earning a Presidents medal for highest academics, two scholarships, and a diploma

    2002 - 2008

    • Will Pender's song "Paradise In Perseverance" get's commercial airplay on K- Rock 103.9
    • Will Pender is awarded a new talent demo grant from the Music Industry Association of Newfoundland for his song Ethereal Part 2

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    Bio

    Rock with Teeth - like it was in the 90s. Here are some highlights from the past:

    • I’ve had music on commercially syndicated radio.
    • I’ve had music on college radio.
    • I’ve had a music video I shot and produced on TV.
    • I’ve had my music featured in ads.
    • I was featured in magazines.
    • I was featured in the news paper.
    • I was once signed to a record label - the owner of who produced Lynyrd Skynyrd, and also housed artists, producers, and advertising specialists who worked with artist’s such as Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.
    • I created a successful paranormal podcast and website that now has over 10,000 subscribers and over one million views.
    • My paranormal website and podcast has drawn and featured celebrities and authors that have appeared on shows such as Unsolved Mysteries, Ancient Aliens, and William Shatner’s Weird or What.
    • In the past two years (2015 and 2016) I’ve been head hunted by two television production companies that produced a video of me. One pitched me for a show to Animal Planet, the other pitched me for a show to Syfy.