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O Holy Night
Posted on December 21st, 2011 by Jean-Paul | Filed Under: music, News | No Comments
I’ve been meaning to record a Christmas song for quite some time now. Finally, I’ve gotten around to it! This is one of my favourites; O Holy Night. I loved singing it with the Thunder Bay Barbershop Chorus, and there are some very powerful versions. However, I changed it up substantially. I started with samples [...]
Sudbury
Posted on September 25th, 2009 by admin | Filed Under: music, Sudbury, theremin | No Comments
Played an awesome house concert in Sudbury two nights ago. Clayton Drake of M Lemon and the Birthday Cakes is an awesome host (not to forget John too), and I’ve been at their place for the last 2 nights, playing music in the basement, going out for breakfast at a little diner, or just sitting [...]
Fix!
Posted on July 21st, 2009 by admin | Filed Under: bandaids, music, Photos, shannon lepere, video | No Comments
Yesterday, Shannon Lepere and I shot a stop animation music video for my song “Fix”, which will be submitted to Much Music, as well as placed on my upcoming DVD once it’s completed. However, we also had some help from my mother and Megan De Roover, as well as Rebecka Van Deventer! I won’t give [...]
NXNE 2009
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by admin | Filed Under: music, NXNE, shannon lepere, Toronto | No Comments
I was invited to this year’s NXNE in Toronto, so this entry will be a little synopsis of my trip, as well as a pseudo-review of my experiences during the festival. The festival ran from Wednesday June 17th until Sunday, June 21st, however, there was little happening on the Wednesday and Sunday, so most of [...]
Thornhill
Posted on April 30th, 2009 by admin | Filed Under: AVS, brent coleman, food, music, Scott Mackay, tour | 1 Comment
The micro-tour with AVS has begun! We performed at a cafetorium in Thornhill, at St Elizabeth’s high school as part of a music night, and it was great. The stage was excellent, and the audience was really receptive to all types of music (we shared the stage with latin, singer/songwriter, a capella groups and more). [...]
Recording continues….Day __?
Posted on April 26th, 2009 by admin | Filed Under: chris dorota, music, recording, thesis | 1 Comment
So it’s been a long time since I updated the recording blog…I personally blame the fact that I no longer have access to high speed internet, as well as the fact that I was supremely swamped while working on my MA thesis. Regardless, we’ve added tons of new things, and we’re even starting vocals today! [...]
Northern Rocks Tour – North Bay
Posted on March 17th, 2009 by admin | Filed Under: music, north bay, tourism | 3 Comments
Spent last night in North Bay, playing a sold out show (we definitely went over capacity!) at the Bull and Quench pub. It was the first time that I had met the other 2 bands that I’m touring with; Rabbit Transit – www.myspace.com/rabbittransit – Sudbury, ONCody Allen – www.myspace.com/codyoallen – North Bay, ON We also [...]
Studio Day 9
Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by admin | Filed Under: electric guitars, film, guitar, music, recording, studio, thesis, transcribing | No Comments
So after 7 days of working on both acoustic and electric guitars, they are all done! However…there is still one more thing that needs to be done with them: I need to royally abuse my old Fender, by laying it down on a baffle, attaching some mics to it, and slapping away like it was [...]
Studio Day 1
Posted on January 7th, 2009 by admin | Filed Under: excitement, music, recording, reggie modin, studio | No Comments
Whewf! Day 1 of recording has been completed! A big thanks to Reggie Modin, who is doing all the drums/percussion on the album, and who managed to crank out 11 out of 14 tracks in our first session! Whataguy! Tomorrow we continue, including recording a track that will feature Reggie soloing through half of it, [...]
Music and tourism time
Posted on September 27th, 2008 by admin | Filed Under: lyrics, music, songwriting, tourism | No Comments
Being up here in Iqaluit, slightly distanced from my equipment (in the old residence) and the ability to be noisy at any time of day has certainly taught me a few things. 1. Not to rely on equipment for music. There is a reason I have an acoustic guitar. To play music with BY ITSELF. [...]
