This global community we exist in really has flourished in the last couple of decades. It’s much easier to connect with anyone across the globe than it’s ever been, as people can be having face-to-face conversations within seconds with the advent of smartphones. This sense of inter-connectivity can be both a blessing and a curse, as sometimes this ability to have access to everything we could ever imagine can be almost debilitating. Everything you ever…
Rick and Gailie have been staples of the local music scene in Peterborough for a good time now. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know them ever so slightly through the day job, and they really are fantastic people, old school flower-power hippies from a time when it mattered. And this world could definitely do with some peace and love right now. For years they regularly played The Black Horse Pub on George Street,…
First notes hit like cannons. Fury Whip starts out on full, fire fueled guitar crushing over the massive kicks pounding away through the complete assault that is the opening track. Welcome to the world of High On Fire, where everything is loud and big, all the time. The band came to existence in 1998, founded by guitarist and lead vocalist Matt Pike. Hailing from California, High On Fire takes much influence from the godfathers of…
This may not be something new exactly, but it’s something I haven’t posted about yet. We did this recording a few months back with a very bright sounding 12 string Taylor acoustic. The strings were on their backwards (at least to Rob and I), which we think helped it have this very mystical, airy sound. The song is pretty much improvised at the time, and the recording, mix, edit and syncing were all done in…