Polyester Heart's Music Blog

Sunday night marked the 3rd 'annual' or rather installment of the Matinee series and included guest Shawn Clarke. Not only does Shawn have a great blog, but he's a great artist and fit really well with the mood of Polyester Heart.He played some well selected covers and gave them his own twist as well as played many originals that had a flare all their own. I look forward to seeing him out again. Check out his myspace page for more details on this fab musician.

Tuesday night was the weekly jam night - this one hosted by Mike Hopkins and Marshall Bureau. This one was special because I got to see alot of different types of acts.
From funk, to old school blues, indie rock AND a quick electronic set by Marshall and Dave Marcotte (yes, I know Polyester Heart). Andrew Hickey played a sweet set, his vocals standing out - a polished raspy edge to it. The Blues set featured the 'house band', the resident James on keyboards, and 2 newcomers (for me) on guitar and vocals - great stuff...and I am not the biggest Blues fan.

I am sad to say I was not able to play my glock - though I was ready for action (tucked away beside me at all times). There was a mandolin player, which was pretty cool.

Dates to look out for:

Next Tuesday Jam with Mike and Marshall - Dec 23rd or Jan 6th
Next Sunday Polyester Heart Matinee - Jan 4th (guests TBD)  

You are now used to seeing somewhat serious posts about live and recorded music here - so I will warn you now, this will be quite the opposite. I thought I’d throw a little bit of random to everyone, because we all need that now and then.

I recently took up the Glockenspiel (“glock“) - due primarily to people’s advice that the violin was just to hard to learn. Here I will share my thoughts, pics and commentary on this intriguing instrument.

Glock Definition

Wikipedia says:
German, "set of bells" or "play-[of-]bells", also known as orchestra bells and, in its portable form, bell lira or bell lyre. Part of the percussion family.

Lindsay says:
Metallic heaven.

Learning the scales on this sucker was certainly much easier then the violin. It’s always in tune! Imagine that. For a beginner to playing music, this sure is a good introduction. To date I have jammed with one of the members of Polyester Heart - Dave Marcotte (much to his dismay), AND played my first tune live along side the talented Ryan Partridge. All of this in just a few months. So this is where I start, where I will end? Who knows…

Glock on Location

Some locations of my cross Ontario tour:

so we're continuing our monthly series this coming Sunday at the Press Club at around 7pm.  This time around, we will be upstaged by the Nick Zubeck, and Olenka and the Autumn Lovers.

Both acts are among my favorites, and they should not be missed if they're playing anywhere near you.

check them out:

Nick Zubeck

Olenka and the Autumn Lovers

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