Hello indie music enthusiasts! For two dates in November TINI Music Co-op will be hosting the public, living room casual drop-in style, at the Tranzac Club in Toronto. The general idea of the open house events is to engage interest in TINI membership in advance of our official incorporation as a multi-stakeholder co-operative. What happensContinue reading “Open house for TINI Music Co-op”
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Membership drive
Do you have what it takes to be a member of TINI? Yes. Yes you do. The more the merrier. During the Fall of 2022, starting with the Geary Art Crawl September 24 and 25, TINI will be looking to spread the word about our impending incorporation as a co-operative. This requires some meetings andContinue reading “Membership drive”
Researching Toronto Music Studios
In Summer 2021, I was part of a project that explored the functions and the fluidity of spaces which sound engineers utilized for recording music. This was research that was to complement a book, ‘The Sonic Heritage’, from the Oslo School of Architecture & Design. Since I hailed from Toronto, Canada, I was asked toContinue reading “Researching Toronto Music Studios”
Cuff the Duke (2003)
I bought this tshirt at Hillside Music Festival in Guelph in 2003 after rollicking set in the side tent which was where the youth committee selected artists were playing that year. Cuff the Duke and Metric were notable performers that year. I think they might have still been on Three Gut Records at the time.Continue reading “Cuff the Duke (2003)”
Poorfolk (ca. 2009)
I bought the shirt at a Poorfolk concert at the Smiling Buddha, a small bar on Dundas West in Toronto. They were the band and opening act for an incarnation of Ryder Havdale’s The Mohawk Lodge. All around great show. I was there to see my old buddy Scott Freeman who played bass in PoorfolkContinue reading “Poorfolk (ca. 2009)”
The Guest Bedroom (2008)
I bought this shirt at a concert at the upstairs bar of Sneaky Dee’s at College and Bathurst in Toronto. My friend Al Kelley was playing bass in the band. It’s a way back there in terms of how long ago the show was, so not sure I could say much about it. I dugContinue reading “The Guest Bedroom (2008)”
The Marato (2001)
I bought this shirt at The Marato’s last ever show on September 10th 2001 at El Macombo in Toronto. That’s a fact I was recently reminded of by the lead singer Jonathan Pearce. It was probably their CD release and then the band broke up. You can buy it here: https://blueskiesturnblack.bandcamp.com/album/dirty-stories Other members of thatContinue reading “The Marato (2001)”
Chicken Milk (1992)
This is my most legit shirt, for sure. I think they might have been throwing their t-shirts into the audience. Or maybe I bought it. I have a 7 inch single of theirs too. One of my high school bands, Mohammad Chang, played in the show during which I got the shirt in room 203Continue reading “Chicken Milk (1992)”
Remembering Paul Humphrey
photo credit: Liam Sharp I had a dream about Paul Humphrey the other night. Mostly in the past, when I’ve seen Paul in a dream, it has always been in a bartending context. Those kinds of dreams where you’ve forgotten a water you were supposed to bring to a table back ten or fifteen minutesContinue reading “Remembering Paul Humphrey”
Basement tapes: microcassettes
Sometime circa 2002 my wife bought me this sweet little SONY recording unit. Probably this device was used most commonly to record interviews or as a dictation machine. Its portability and compactness are useful for discrete recording and it is a fairly quiet unit. I have recorded music ideas, trial runs of stories for readings,Continue reading “Basement tapes: microcassettes”
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