Hey everyone! Been a bit since my last post here as I’ve been focusing on the label, Okzygen Records. We’ve just had our second release with Peace Sand Rest’s debut album, including a fantastic release party/show at The Gordon Best here in Peterborough! Gonna be releasing the photos and videos from that show once everything’s been edited, but today I wanna discuss the recording process a bit. Drums Kick: D112 + Sub Mic on front,…
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,…
The blues have always been a mainstay for me throughout this musical journey. Something about that minor pentatonic scale, that little triad of notes which rings oh so inharmoniously enough to make some people (mostly of religious concerns) shudder in place, being used to create such music of the soul that has the power to lift people and bring a sense of awe. For me, this fascination of the genre started much like I imagine it does…