Music School

Ohad Benchetrit

Do Make Say Think – Broken Social Scene - Years

PUBLISHED May 23, 2009

Descending the stairs to Ohad Benchetrit's basement studio at his lovely home in Toronto's Cabbagetown, it seems improbable that truly impo...

Music Summer School

Road Rules

PUBLISHED May 23, 2009

Hey bands! Before you hit the road this summer, here are ten things that will totally improve your life on the highway. 1. Take digital ph...

Waye Mason

Executive Director of Halifax Pop Explosion and Instructor, Nova Scotia Community College

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2009

A 20-year veteran of the Canadian music industry, Waye has booked bands, founded a label (No Records), and worked as business management co...

Jeremy Schmidt

Black Mountain / Sinoia Caves

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

Over the years, Jeremy Schmidt has been called an analog synth wizard, a cosmic voyager and even Vancouver's godfather of contemporary spac...

Schooling the Music Biz

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

What do you need to become a rocket surgeon? A high school diploma, a BSc, maybe a BEng, for sure an MD and a couple of PhDs. But the musi...

How to Work with a Producer

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

In the days Before Digital, the process of recording, mixing and releasing music was to today's musician unimaginably difficult and cumber...

Moe Berg and Laurence Currie

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

Former Pursuit of Happiness front-man-turned-producer Moe Berg (the Cliks, Robin Black and the Intergalactic All-Stars) and engineer/produ...

Mansa Sissoko

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

"When it plays music, people listen," says Mansa Sissoko, Canada's best-known kora player. The instrument is a magnet for attention - it's...