Phil is a songwriter, composer, guitarist, bass player, keyboardist and a founding member of Toronto's Corporate Punks The Parkdale Hookers. You can find his solo music at his SoundCloud Page.
During the day he comes up with big ideas at the St. John's based marketing and creative agency, Focused Creative and is the CEO of a new shaving product The Original PreShave Bar.
You can contact phil at phil(at)songtalk.ca
I’ve been asked to be a juror for an “artist of the year” type of competition. In the past, I’ve submitted entries into many competitions with varying amounts of success, but being on the other side of the process has been quite the eye-opener. That part of my career is over, but I figured I’d …
We had a blast at the prescreening of the new Elton John bio-pic Rocketman on Wednesday! The winners of our Rocketman Free Ticket Contest and the gang met at a pub before hand and then went to the theatre to catch the invite only event. They had a male chorus singing RocketMan which was pretty …
I hope you’re not like me and just keeping all your songs just in your head, It’s a bad habit I’ve developed over the years and one I’m still working against. I’m especially bad at writing my lyrics down, which is surprising considering how bad I am at writing lyrics. You’d think I would want …
We don’t usually talk about Artist promotion in the Song Talk Radio Newsletter. You can find lots of places on the web that cover that. But we do see a lot of submissions so we see all the different levels of “promotional” abilities in artists – and some could really use a few pointers. Understanding your …
Millions of songs have been written and I imagine millions more are written every day. So why do I think it’s a good idea to add a few of mine to the mix? Most importantly, it’s a way for me to be creative; like air, water or food – it is essential to my happiness. …
Is extrememusic.com providing a needed service while exploring songwriting challenges or is it doing something more insidious? Perhaps taking credit for an established artist’s work? You decide… A couple of weeks ago, I attended a great conference hosted by the folks at HHB Canada where three top-notch TV and film composers talked about their industry. However, the …
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