Interviews

I love leading because I’m happiest when I’m bringing my creative ideas to life. Especially in a vibrant city where one can call musicians to play who have the ability to sit down on a […]

“Bandstand mentoring is still an important vehicle for those up and coming to be well-rounded musicians and to have a sustainable career. The bandstand teaches life.” Jacques Lesure I first “met” Jacques Lesure on Facebook […]

“…I wasn’t thinking at all about making a living; I was only thinking about making music.” Jon Herington I first found out about Jon Herington when I happened upon a one off album by a […]

“In one sense for me it’s been relatively easy to be honest. This isn’t to say that I haven’t worked really hard to make it happen, because I have put an enormous amount of time […]

“So we had to learn to kind of give it up, surrender, do our best and not worry about it. It’s very liberating, but that doesn’t happen by accident, you decide to do that based […]

“I, like many musicians, thought the major labels would come looking for me, wanting to sign me, but that didn’t happen.  As I have learned a lot about the industry I realized that had little […]

“I went to the University of Miami for a year and Queens College for a couple of years but I never graduated from anywhere. I haven’t really taken a guitar lesson since the age of […]

Sam Kirmayer is a Montreal based working Jazz Guitarist. In this interview he shares his musical upbringing, the genesis of his debut CD, and what it is like being a working Jazz musician. An insightful […]

“Experience has taught me that the problem was not so much my abilities as it was understanding what I needed to learn, and I have improved those aspects of playing a lot and will keep […]

“The guitar never changes.  The player always does, depending on the day in most cases.  I’ve dealt with crippling, near career-halting bouts of anxiety over the years and that’s significantly affected my playing.  I still […]