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Keeping it short & sweet with Jef Leeson

Keeping it short & sweet with Jef Leeson

by | Aug 14, 2017

Playing multiple instruments & writing songs since his mid teens, Jef eventually succumbed to a music career in his early 20s. 2½ years in he joined the backing band for the multiple award winning CCMA duo of the year, Tim Taylor & Anita Perras. By the mid...
Pop songwriting with Amir Brandon

Pop songwriting with Amir Brandon

by | Aug 6, 2017

Pop music singer-songwriter Amir Brandon joined us to talk about two of his upcoming songs, working with producer Thomas McKay, and the stories behind his songs. We also talked about: Collaborating with other songwriters Battle Royale: grammar vs. lyric vs. meaning...
Using Non-Verbal Hooks in Your Songs

Using Non-Verbal Hooks in Your Songs

by | Jul 30, 2017

In our latest theme show, we explored non-verbal hooks in songs. We looked at Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side, The Police Do Do Do, Da, Da, Da, Da and we played The Parkdale Hookers “Stop Draggen’ us no where, baby”. It was just the gang so...
Nolan Hubbard and his happy summer tunes

Nolan Hubbard and his happy summer tunes

by | Jul 23, 2017

Singer/songwriter Nolan Hubbard, originally from Gananoque, Ontario, brought us some summer sunlight through his stories and two of his catchy, tuneful songs – “Today” and “Sandbanks”. In this informative and entertaining program we...
Chord-based and conversational songwriting with Sean Bertram

Chord-based and conversational songwriting with Sean Bertram

by | Jul 16, 2017

Up and coming singer-songwriter and Humber College music student Sean Bertram joined us to talk about his education and his chord-based approach to songwriting. Blair Packham subbed in for Phil – thanks Blair! And welcome to Raphael, our new technical and audio...