DIG Music Volume I

I’ve been included on a very cool compilation CD out of Michigan in the US. It’s called DIG MUSIC VOLUME I. On the disc is a “group of artists that hail from such fertile new-music breeding grounds as Athens, Stockholm, Dublin, LA, London, Vancouver, Lansing and Boston.” Also featured is fellow Canadians “Tokyo Police Club” from Newmarket, Ontario.

You can pick up the album through PAYPAL. It’s going for $9.99.

www.myspace.com/digmusicmyspace

“DIG Music, Volume 1″ Features:

The Revellz, The Deadly Sins, The Kosmos, Tokyo Police Club, Hello Saferide, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Blonde Majority, of Montreal, The Hat Madder, Modey Lemon, Universal Hall Pass, Winston, & The Strange Little Girls

The Georgia Straight and This City Rocks!

~my record was reviewed in the “straight” this week. check it out:

~also, here’s an interview with a very cool website called “this city rocks!”

BC Musician Magazine

-this week’s BC Musician Magazine has an Q&A of my trip to CMJ.  check it out:

NYC pics

~in new york for the CMJ festival right now. had a great show at Fat Baby in the lower east side last night. i’m still waiting on pictures to be sent to me, but i’ll post them when I get them.

~it’s hot here. 23 degrees and humid. but, I still managed to stick to my sight-seeing plans: central park, times square, chelsea, the village, tribeca, ground zero, battery park, brooklyn bridge, wall street, lower east side, washington square park, grand central station, rockefeller center. I’d need another week to see it all . . . but I think i’ve done pretty well for 2 days.

~we fly out at 1:30pm tomorrow. looking forward to seeing you, vancouver.  here’s some pics:

FaderMaster Studio

~car broke down this week. arrgh! was nice driving a rented Yaris for a few days though.

~spending most of my time getting prepared for the New York Show. Check out the Canadian Blast website for all the details.

~i’ve been doing a lot of work at a great new studio in Vancouver called FaderMaster Studio.  I produce demos and records for a lot of local songwriters either there or at my studio: the bunker.  you can read and listen to all my production work at my producer myspace page.  Below is a picture of studio owner shawn cole (aka Dr. Boss). a great friend and also the genius sound engineer behind my latest record, Limited.

~i spent time at Fader Master admiring the artwork:

Canadian Blast Showcase – NYC

~the cmj showcase is official. i’ll be playing with some great canadian acts: Hunter Valentine, Cadence Weapon, Wintersleep and Uncut on Oct. 18th in NYC.

~i’ve spent hours this last week on google earth trying to get familiar with manhattan.  looks like i’ll be staying just a few blocks south of central park.  here’s the good news: I was recently told that Bowen Island (my home) is geographically the same size as Manhattan.  Simple!

my new phone

-i have a new phone.  it has a camera on it.  I’ll be sure to take more pictures for the blog.

-today i’m spending most of my time in front of the computer getting all sorted out for CMJ in October.

-ever known someone who’s dropped off the face of the earth?   i have a new song.  it’s called “what’s your fucking problem?”.  look for it (and others) on the next record.  i’m writing, lots.

CMJ in New York

-I’m going to New York for the CMJ Music Festival. CMJ is NYC’s largest music festival and attracts more than 100,000 industry types, artists and music enthusiasts every autumn. i’ll be playing at the “Fat Baby Bar” in the lower east side on Oct. 18th. full band.

-spent most of the day getting my passport sorted out.

-i’ve attached a photo of me playing the backstage lounge last week. it appears my knee is improving.

the city

-the songwriter-in-the-round show at the backstage was a lot of fun.  nice to see some familiar faces in the crowd, and meet some facebook friends in person.  finally!

- i’ve been in the city for 4 days now.  i’m missing the island.  I think i miss cooking.

-i have a new cell phone arriving this week.  finally i’ll have one of those fancy cameras on my phone.  i’ll be sure to take and post more pictures.

yesterday and today

-i’ve got a drumkit in the bunker now.  so, i demoed some new songs yesterday and tried my hand at drumming

-made breakfast for dinner last night. delicious.

-tried to get through my copy of planet earth before returning it to the library today

-today I’m going to get myself organized for the weekend.  I’m comin’ to town!