Summer Music

School is finally out for the summer! Owww! I have 2 well earned months off from work and Kelsey has the next 2 weeks off. Not fair, I know.

To start, PrePost had 3 gigs in 6 days. All 3 were outdoors and public, a nice change from the late night indie scene. We played two shows at the Works festival downtown. Big stage, good sound. A great time. The band is sounding really good since our last show at The Pawn Shop.
We finished the 3 with another outdoor show at Borden Park for Canada Day. Although there were some technical glitches, it might have been the biggest audience we've ever played for. Not sure how many, but it numbered in the thousands!

Mid June we went down to Consort, Alberta for Kelsey's bro's wedding. Believe it or not, this is the only picture we have of Kevin and Lori on their wedding day. They're flanked by grandparents, smiling for the "official" camera.
The wedding was a chance for me to stretch myself musically, as I provided the tunes for the ceremony. I found out later that they actually only asked me to play the guitar, not to sing. I did both and nobody got hurt.
And this is just a cool shot. Dads front and centre. Best Man / Brother on the left, and Mom helping ol' uncle Clifford or the right. They look like the coolest band around!

That's all for now. We're heading into the mountains for a week, so you know what to expect on the next post. I'll try to get a hold of the camera so it won't be the all-Ty show next time.

What I've learned today: it's a lot of work to get ready to go camping!

- Tyrn

I'm a plant in the school play

On Saturday I played a gig with Pre/Post, a slick new project headed by former Plainsay frontman, Mat Halton. Despite the fact that it looks like we're just playing in our living room, there were lots of people in the room and they were diggin' it from what we heard. I'm looking forward to a club show with this band. Stay tuned. The gig was part of the Kaleido Arts Festival put on by Arts on the Ave in Edmonton. You can probably tell we didn't play on the mainstage this weekend by the fact that I'm wearing a tree, but the venue was probably the sweetest of the fest. It was at The Carrot, which is an arts and coffee house on the corner of 118 Ave & 94 St. This area is really spurring an arts community and so if you have a chance, stop in for a great coffee and listen to some tunes or browse the local artisans' offerings du jour.
You can tell by the look on my face in this next one that I had to concentrate really hard in this gig. There was basically no sound monitoring so I had to headphone Jon's beats while trying to sound check myself for the room and the rest of the band. Put me to the test.
keep it funky,
T.