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Something Happens
Wednesday, 21 December 2011 13:51
I’ve been playing with the process of songwriting over the pst few years... trying to push myself into less comfortable areas of my “creative” terrain. I started this song by recording the rhythm guitar and then the guitar break... I wrote (hmmm... “wrote”) the lyrics in a sort of free-form sing-song along to the music. I found myself singing in a different voice... anyone who knows me - knows that - I often speak in different voices... well different accents anyway... but this isn’t really like that...
I found this wonderful piece of film by Georges Méliès, from “Le papillon fantastique” (1909) - It is in the public domain so I have taken the liberty of presenting here. It fits... and doesn’t - but I really enjoy the juxtaposition. I did not want to cut up or otherwise change his piece... (I’m not sure when the colour was added) - please enjoy...
This is sure to be an amazing show... Bob will be performing his multi-media one-man play, the critically aclaimed “Actionable”
You can get your tickets online right HERE
Happy Holidays
Tuesday, 06 December 2011 23:39
Hope you’re looking forward to some time off and having some fun with friends and family. Here’s a little festive tune... to help get you tuned up!
A new original song that I wrote and recorded over the last week or so... ho ho hope you like it! (download the song for just half a buck right here)
Out... of Here
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 11:04
I wrote this song last Thursday. I was working on putting together a video piece... and working on a concept in terms of the visuals. During a test of my recording process I played something and added some “vocalizations” the song was based on some of this “information”... I like to think that at moments like that you are accessing a part of yourself that is less censored and a bit more“open”... Here’s the piece I put together.
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what exactly it is I’m doing here. I know I’m not making music videos... it’s more process driven... I don’t even know if the aim is to be entertaining... though hopefully you are sometimes entertained...
On January 20th I will be appearing in Orillia at Lakehead University - Opening for Bob Wiseman... a guy who’s doing something that crosses over... music and video... more details will follow soon... Please share my work with anyone you think is in the “media-arts” headspace... or anyone you think would find this stuff entertaining 
