Explore Your Musical Self

May 28, 2007

This coming Sunday June 3rd at 1 p.m. younger local musicians have a wonderful opportunity to learn from the pros about a wide variety of music industry variables. The event is called “Explore Your Musical Self: The Road to Summerfolk”, and it is being run through the Georgian Bay Folk Society. The event will take place at the Old Courthouse, 1235 3rd Ave. East, Owen Sound. Admission is free, and the workshops and mentoring sessions are available to all musicians between the ages of 13-20. Your friendly correspondent wishes he were 11 years younger! Workshop topics include Recording, Business and Promotions, The Art of Song, Performing With Confidence and Playing with Others. Included amoungst the workshop hosts are:

Justin Burgess: Operates a Recording Studio in Hanover, recording and producing projects for various artists.

Gregg Dechert: Keyboard player has performed with Bad Company, Uriah Heep and David Gilmore of Pink Floyd.

Richard Knechtel: Summerfolk artistic director has carved out a successful music career.

Steve Ritchie: Managed the booking for “Tanglefoot”, performing throughout Canada, U.S. and British Isles.

Corin Raymond &Sean Cotton: Create some of the country’s most unique music as The Undesirables.

For Information contact Ian Scott, Youth Committee chair- IRSCOTT@PERSONA.CA
The Georgian Bay Folk Society~www.summerfolk.org

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Written by adam · Filed Under Get Out, Music, Events, Community, Skills, Participation, theOwen

The Week Past, the Week to Come, May 28th

May 28, 2007

Last week here at theOwen.com was an exciting one. We completed and posted an artist profile for Allen Smutylo that included an audio clip from the reading of his new book, Wild Places Wild Hearts. We were also excited to have Josh Richardson into the office for an interview and brainstorming session. Plans were established to get a performance of his music produced under the pseudonym Tel Quel organized for later in the summer in partnership with theOwen.com. Thanks to Josh for helping us get his musician’s profile together and for dropping in for a short interview. Last week we also got a musician’s profile posted for Pete Devlin. Expect many more to come.
Through the upcoming week theOwen.com will be posting musician’s profiles for Joel Morelli, Josh Richardson and Brian Moniz. Last week we got a chance to sit down with Brian Moniz to listen to his fantastic new album. Expect some brand new tracks to be posted here at theOwen.com, along with an interview with Brian available in podcast form.
Also in the week to come your friendly neighborhood correspondent is going to have his head shaved for the Cops for Cancer fundraising event. So far my mother and I have raised nearly $700 dollars for cancer research, so a special thanks goes out to all those who have pledged me. If you would still like to offer a pledge just send me an email at adam[@] theOwen.com
Also this coming week some special buildings will be opening their doors around town for the Open Doors Owen Sound event. Take a look at theOwen.com’s feature story on the event for more information. Also, expect map links to be up and running in the next few days for each of the venues participating in the Doors Open event.
As you can tell, things are humming right along here at theOwen.com. You’re keeping us busy with all your bustle and creativity and we love it! You keep making things happen out there, and we’ll keep letting the area know what’s going on. We’re having a great time so far Grey-Bruce. Take care ’till next week!
Ryan & Adam

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Pete Devlin-Local Musician Profile

May 28, 2007

Pete Devlin

Pete Devlin is a native man born in Yellowknife(NWT), but raised in Owen Sound Ontario. By the age of 4 he already knew that he wanted to play music. His parents had a record collection full of Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Santana, and a lot of Blues. At 5 he started piano lessons. At 12 he started with the drums but his true calling was guitar. At 14 he got started with a few lessons but then taught himself, putting guitar before most everything else. During the summers he worked as an extra on Degrassi Jr High and Degrassi High and got his first guitar with money earned through this work. Nothing would ever be the same.

At 17 he helped form Blue Dog Pict with Keram Malicki-Sanchez and recorded two albums, “The Picture Album” and “Anxiety of Influence”. Blue Dog Pict played most of the Toronto scene by the time they were in their late teens. In the early 90s Blue Dog Pict got a song on the TV-movie “Degrassi: School’s Out”. After three years with Blue Dog Pict Pete hitch-hiked to BC and jammed at the Yale pub every Sunday in Vancouver for about 10 months. At this phase of his career he was practicing constantly. Pete identifies this as the point at which he earned his chops.

After this journey in the west Pete returned to Owen Sound to form Juice, a trio featuring Dave Mathews (aka Solomon) on bass and Jevon Austin on drums. They played every Sunday at the Crossroads bar for a year and a half. Juice went on to play gigs opening up for Wide Mouth Mason, the Headstones and some shows for the MP of Grey Bruce. After a few years Juice took a hiatus from which they have yet to emerge, but these long-time jamming buddies are always open to projects together.

Pete then hooked up with Joel Morelli and Rob Elder. The group evolved through several band names but have settled on “Hungry Life”. The band features Morelli on bass and vocals, Elder on drums and vocals, and Pete on lead guitar and vocals. At this time Peter was also working with an acoustic duo in Toronto. “Blue Orange” eventually forming into a 6 piece band playing in the Toronto area. Blue Orange is still in existence, playing gigs in the GTA and running a recording studio called Grey Fruit.

Pete Devlin In a leap of faith Pete quit his factory job to pursue music. He scraped by hosting an open jam at Jazzmyns Tapas and Taps in Owen Sound for two years. His experience running the open stage honed his special ability to entwine his voice and guitar within the sound of most any performer he encounters. At this stage in his career he developed a close rapport with singer/songwriter Brian Moniz and an acoustic group Farmer, Devlin, Reese & Morelli. Pete was accompanying a lot of people and recording demos in his home studio, but his emphasis was gigging with Joel Morelli and Rob Elder. “The Hungry Life” have been playing gigs for the past five years in the Owen Sound area and hope to expand into Barrie and Toronto. Just last summer they won the Last Chance Saloon and got a spot at Summerfolk 2006. Located in Barrie now, Pete is open for new projects or collaborations. The music posted is mostly instrumental, but Pete is always working and recording. We will be posting his new material as it appears.

Pete’s Influences

Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, the Tragically Hip, the Doors, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, the Band, Big Sugar, Pink Floyd, the Police, Motown Funk Brothers, old R&B, the Grateful Dead, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, EVH, Angus Young, Jimmy Page, the Edge and Gordie Johnson.

Pete’s Bandmates

Rob Elder:Drums,vocals guitar(robelder.ca), Joel Morelli:Bass,vocals,accoustic guitar, Dave Mathews (aka Solomon):Bass, guitar, vocals, Scott E Farmer:Keys,bass,vocals, Adam Reese:guitar and vocals, Brian Moniz:vocals and guitar, from Blue Orange Joe Dosanjos:ryhthm guitar and lead vocals, and Santino Degasparis:Bass, guitar and vocals. Other musicians from the Owen Sound area that you might see on stage with Pete include:Ed Morrow(drums), Tommy Brown(drums), and Mike Malone(drums), Beaker(drums), Trevor Mackenzie(guitar), Tommy Gilham (singer/songwriter), and Lars Jensen (guitar/singer/songwriter)

Listen to Pete’s Music

Track 1: Ordinary Day

Track 2: Motown Groove

Contact Pete Through Myspace

www.myspace.com/petedevlin

A massive thanks out to Peter for lending us his tunes, and a little plug to remind you that it’s easy to find more local musicians or create profiles at theOwen.com!!

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