Canadian Musician November / December 2019

iskwē & others with advice for your live show, Pg. 38 PROTEST THE HERO | ISKWĒ | SKYDIGGERS | R U B E N YO U N G Are You Stage-Ready? Rehearsal Tips, Tricks & Truths from Touring Pros Dominique Fils-Aimé Looks Back to Blaze Forward The East Pointers A Fresh Take on Traditional Sounds Need a Career Booster? Our 2019 Focus on Music Education PLUS: city and colour Talking Artist Development with Producer David Bottrill Makes a Case for Human Connection Est. 1979 COVER PHOTO: DALLAS GREEN OF CITY & COLOUR BY RENÉE RODENKIRCHEN INDIE INSIDER 10 ROAD TEST 20 Advice & Insight from a Studio Legend Shure’s MV88+ Video Kit, the MeeBlip Geode compact synth & Proel’s Session4 compact portable PA DEPARTMENTS 9 First Take 12 Changes 18 Canadian Musician Podcast 19 Events 64 Hot Gear 71 Advertisers’ Index 74 Tech Tools 76 Classifieds 78 Showcase COLUMNS 25 Guitar – Dru DeCaro 26 Keyboards – Daniel Wnukowski 27 Bass – Jeramy “HooGie” Donais 28 Percussion – Ted Warren 29 Woodwinds – Andy Ballantyne 30 Brass – Paul Baron 31 Digital Music – David Abravanel 32 Vocals – Aphrose 58 Writing – Ruben Young 59 Recording – Craig Broombaugh 60 Live Sound – Jacob Hamayda 62 Business – Darryl Hurs contents November/December 2019, Vol. XLI, No. 6 FEATURES City & Colour Returns with A Pill for Loneliness The East Pointers 34 By Adam Kovac To paraphrase Alexisonfire, the seminal Canadian post-hardcore band in which he first came to the national spotlight, City & Colour’s Dallas Green is not the kid he used to be… Are You Stage-Ready? Rehearsal Tips, Tricks & Truths 38 By Kevin Young Practice and rehearsal are about becoming more adept and flexible regardless of what your gig entails, but there are differences between the two. Dominique Fils-Aimé Looking Back to Blaze Forward A Fresh Take on Traditional Sounds 44 By Andrew King With their new album, Yours to Break, The East Pointers seem to be less concerned with upholding traditions and more with continuing to carve out some of their own. Striking a Balance to Boost Your Career Our 2019 Focus on Music Education 47 By Omar Shabbar As musicians, we need to find our own balance between education and experience because while we can focus on one, incorporating the other will always make us better. 42 By Andrew King “I believe everyone that wants to create, can create,” asserts Dominique Fils-Aimé – an idea that has come to define her artistic identity and subsequent career trajectory. The East Pointers’ ever-evolving take on trad music, Pg. 44

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