Finding Your Voice
My Grade 12 music teacher, Mr. G., believed that everyone has the ability to sing, they just need to find their voice. And you know what? The same can be said about blogging, podcasting, tweeting, and, well, just about anything to do with communicating online. When we are first starting out around here, we feel […]
Music Journalist Finds Clever Use for Faceboook Comments
My friend, Roch Parisien has been doing this a long time. By this, I mean writing and talking about music. He’s one of the top music journalists in Canada, and in the 20 or so years I’ve known and worked with him, he’s interviewed just about everybody who’s anybody in music. I’ve been fortunate to […]
Building a Community with Music
Last night I was fortunate to be able to attend my first house concert, put on by Bobcat House Concerts. Bob LeDrew and his wife Cathy open their home about once a month and host an intimate gathering for an evening of live musical performance. For those of you who have never been to a […]
The Awesome Power of Silence
Noise is all around us…from the moment we get up in the morning till the moment we go to bed at night. Traffic noise, phones ringing, constant chatter, the kids yelling. We have become so used to a constant stream of noise in our everyday lives that when silence comes, we’re often shocked by it. […]
Jeff Healey 1966-2008
I’ve just learned of the passing of one of the greatest Canadian musical talents, Jeff Healey. I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff back in 1993 during one of his tours. He was one of the warmest, kindest, most down to earth people I have ever met. Anyone privileged to have ever seen him perform […]