creativity

Mimika and Neel

Songwriting Berklee-style with Mimika

Fresh off the heels of her new release, ‘Love and What I Thought It Was’, Mimika is making the transition from songwriter to soul-baring artist. With over 2 million streams as a writer and a degree from Berklee College of Music, Mimika’s ‘story first’ approach to songwriting has earned her the kind of balance that allows her to captivate audiences around the world.… Read the rest

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Nicky and Phil

Finding her own voice in Jazz: Nicky Schrire

Nicky Schrire is a British-South African vocalist and composer based in Toronto, Canada. Her work has seen her likened to vocalists Joni Mitchell and Esperanza Spalding with The Boston Globe’s Jon Garelick noting that “though her approach has earned her comparisons to Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens, the similarities are superficial.… Read the rest

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Trevor and Neel

The Magic of Songwriting with Econoline Crush’s Trevor Hurst

When The Devil Drives is the latest album from Canadian rock veterans Econoline Crush, formed some 30 years ago by frontman Trevor Hurst, now the sole original member. The band’s first full-length album in over a decade, and documentary film, Flatlander, about a rocker from Brandon, Manitoba’s second career as a psychiatric nurse, will be out later this year.Read the rest

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Susan, Neel, and Pete

Pete Eastmure: Writing with Images

Pete Eastmure is diving deeper into the Americana/Canadiana genre with his new album “Devil’s Taxi”. The album was created during the “Shutdown” and is a follow up to Pete’s acclaimed album, “Keep Your Love Steady” from 2019.

The single “Devil’s Taxi” is an evocative and emotional journey song rooted in the story of Robin Hood, and seen through the lens of a modern world gone mad.Read the rest

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Neel, Phil, and Andrea

Writing a long song with Civil Wray

Sparkle. It’s exactly what Civil Wray does on her brand-new single, appropriately entitled “Sparkle”.  Civil Wray, the nom de plume of Toronto singer songwriter Andrea de Boer, worked with producer Matt DeMatteo (Danko Jones, Big Wreck, Ashley MacIsaac) in creating an ethereal, dreampop song, that may remind listeners of artists like Fiona Apple, David Bowie, and Tame Impala.… Read the rest

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Neel & Phil

Happy New Year and some random stuff

For our first episode of 2023, Phil and Neel hung out to talk about a bunch of things on our minds.

We talked about:

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