Scott is a singer, songwriter and one man band extraordinaire from Prince George, BC who is now living in Montreal. Like anyone he's trying to figure out what its all about. When he finds out he'll let you know by stomping out songs about it with as much fire as he can muster. Right now he's in Montreal busking at the Berri Uquam and Mont-Royal Metro stations most days and looking for cool gigs and other musicians to leech off of when not reading about how well and truly music can save all our souls...(Checkout The Mozart Effect and other books by Don Campbell...) as well as getting into plenty of trouble like most other humans.
A NOTE ON MY "CRAPPY" RECORDING
(a DIY manifesto)
The recording of my first "album" was done completely live with one mic in one morning. I understand completely that its not what many people would expect, but I'm also very proud of what's on it.
It was originally just going to be a quick demo of a few songs but I ended up recording 9 out of ten of them in about 3 hours, and I felt it was a really good snapshot of where I was at the moment. So basically its a ten song demo...
A better recording is the crux of what makes a lot of musicians into dayjob slaves, and less seasoned musicians. They work their asses off for usually up to two years to pay for ten songs that will sound "big time" enough to get them on the radio... working and not playing enough, not writing enough, at the end of which they aren't really qualified to do anything except play those ten songs and whine about not getting more credit for their album, which has usually become outdated relative to what is "hot" in the meantime.
The sound of a quick homemade recording is an acquired taste, but rest assured, it is the sound of independence. In the end its clear that you can't turn it up and rejoice in quadrophonic bliss, but I think you'd agree there's something different about it, wouldn't you?
Rest assured I am going to strive for better quality in the future, (with microphone separation) but I think that the idea of radio-perfect tunes is killing real musicianship, and in the end I'm a lot more interested in the songwriting, and in the performance that has actually been played than in what kind of epic glorious fandangoes can be created with engineers and studios and (ICK! ) computers and all the rest. I know my viewpoint is a bit eccentric, but mainly people have remarked that they love the recording exactly because its so do-it-yourself, and I think as a music fan I cound myself among that camp as well.
thanks to Naveen for inspiring this little rant...
Heyoh! Your CD is awesome. It's good to see you're still in Montreal. Maybe we can jam when I get back (I'll be visiting Calgary/Van/Vic till November)!
Hey Scott .... I dunno if you remember me but I use to see you in the morning on my way home from work, I gave you a bandana and got you a coffee once .... anyways I wanted to let you know that I went Tree planting and I planted a tree for you .... also that one song I am not sure what it is called " ain't momma proud" ? one day when everything that could go wrong did I listened to it and I was able to clear my head breathe deep and power through it. So I wanted to thank you and let you know that you and your music is appreciated.
Let me know when you get another CD together with some Accordian songs.
Hi Scott! I heard you singing and playing on Mt. Royal at the street sale and it sounded amazing!!! I play accordion and sing too. Thank you for making the day all the more fun! :D Jordi
hey scott got my first show in montreal at the montly mess at le chat bleu. Lots of other musicians comedians and other cool stuff. Night kicks off at 8 i play at nine only for ten mins but come along if you can make it www.indyish.com
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