Motown, Magic and Xmas….
Well, the next few weeks is full of good stuff. This Wed Nov 18 is the taping of my own CBC Radio special, Canada Raves on Motown. I’ve got a 13-piece group playing Motown classics at the Glenn Gould Theatre in Toronto. The Santa Claus Parade is this Saturday, fun working on that. Been busy on CBC’s The Ron James Show, watch for those Lil Ronnies! I’m playing with my group The Dexters at the Orbit Room on Nov 21st for the club’s 15th anniversary…and if that weren’t enough, Michael Buble’s CD Crazy Love...
read moreIts summer and its busy.
Why are summers so busy in my business? Well, you’ve got to take it when it comes. I’ve just agreed to MD a CBC-Radio show featuring the music of Motown, which ought to be a lot of fun. That’s Nov. 18th at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. I also just finished all the songs for the new CBC-TV Xmas movie called “Christmas Dreams“, featuring Ed Asner, Tom Cavanagh and Cynthia Dale. Also just wrote the theme for the new reality series called “Chef Worthy”. And I just finished the score for a magic...
read moreHappy Spring! – April 30, 2009
Sorry, it’s been awhile, but i’ve been hibernating and travelling over the winter. I never posted to talk about the Michael Bublé CD I worked on in December. Michael says it will be out this fall. I ended up doing the string and horn arrangements on 6 tracks ( but in this business you never know how many will end up on the finished CD ). I had a great time…..Michael had a terrible cold when i arrived, but started to feel better towards the end of the week. We recorded at The Warehouse in Gastown in downtown Vancouver....
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