Although I often work alone, various musicians and friends have been generous enough to lend a hand for recording and live performances. This includes drummers Drew Gauley, Animal Pearson, and Jeff Kahl, who have given significant amounts of time, as well as fellow song-maker Myke Mazzei.
Influences
The Beatles, Wilco (and other Tweedy projects), Blue Rodeo, Neil Young, the Stones, Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, Weezer, Alejandro Escovedo, Jason Collette, the Old 97s, Ron Sexsmith, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, and others.
Living in Toronto, I have been writing and recording music for over a decade. From the early intimate 4-track home demos, projects with bands like Station to Station (1997-1998) and The Maevens (2004-present), and solo efforts, I try to push myself, take some creative risks and go with the flow. I am finally completing my second CD, titled 'Missing', while splitting my time between The Maevens, teaching at the local museum, and finding any excuse to talk about the same stuff I liked when I was 8.
Hope you can make it out to our Clinton's gig Monday, Sept. 22nd 10pm. (responsible under 19ers welcome. $5) In the meantime, check out our myspace to hear our new demo "The Last Record Store". Todd, Carlie, Stu, Dave
Hi Jason!! Sweet tunes... nice riff on "Bittersweet Battles..."! Come over again soon and remix some of your songs... and record some new ones. ~Myke "ProFool" Mazzei
one thing i would like to say: you *must* get one of those bass guitars that doesn't have a headstock. it's something that a serious musician would do. and if you're serious, which you're not, and/or a musician, which is questionable, then you should get one, which you won't. also: i've discovered the joys of lime green. it's really the most fabulous colour. let's all get on board.
p.s: you can use anything i've said above as song lyrics. i know i will.
Heyyaback,
Loved the band chemistry! From the sweet sounding music to the on-stage banter it was a great evening to be apart of. Your rendition of "come together" was absolutely AMAZING!!! I will definitely come out again!
I've been eating up this Justice League man. We watch it while we jam between every couple songs. It's like "The sooner we get this track down, the quicker we can watch some JLU!"
Hey Jason, ya it would be great if we could do some jammin, next week? I have some songs that could use pimpin out, and we could play some Tweedy classics!
firstly, the left-handed myspace page is what we in the business refer to as "super-brilliant". which, of course, means that you are right up there with borat in terms of how much you offend me on a daily basis. after you impregnated my thigh i thought nothing worse could happen to me, but then when it hatched... anyway, those tunes smoke the devil right in the face with an extreme high-five. one of those high-fives that carries right through the other person's hand and breaks their nose. in the future, when archaeologists discover the pyramid built in your honour inside the hollowed out mount everest, they will realize why our civilization collapsed, and it will be due to everyone listening to your tunes and no one getting any work done. damn your catchiness. and thanks for the add, senator.
I'm still working on a power-saving prototype bass sound that'll create a bowel-inducing result. I think a blast radius of a 1/2 mile should do for local clubs & such but what about whole countries...?
Waiting To Be Broken is an astounding work of songwriting. I want to produce your solo studio album! I'm so going to your Aug 2nd gig! Can you make me a mix of your songs?
~Myke
