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On Being a Sideman

Most bands start out as a group of like-minded individuals striving to play the music that they all enjoy. As with most groups of people members do fall out and are replaced and the new additions sometimes add a new and different style and, sometimes, a new direction. If an established group has a member [...]

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Live Music, Like Gold, Is Where You Find It

I was out in Calgary recently and saw a band called The Beautiful Unknown from Toronto. A bunch os kids, really, but boy could they play. Their stuff was all original, some “Green Day-ish” style songs and this was okay with me. I was probably the oldest guy in the place! As I looked around [...]

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