Challenge 2 of the 4X4 SAC Songwriting & Blogging Challenge 2016 Lyrics and Storytelling By Bryan Potvin Challenge: Write a song that tells a story. It can be in any genre. This is a very lyrically driven song that heavily …
Challenge 1 of the 4X4 SAC Songwriting & Blogging Challenge 2016 Great to see so many songwriters back, and awesome to meet so many new ones. I really, really enjoyed the last challenge, SAC 2015. From that Challenge, I recorded …
I really enjoyed performing in Cathedral Village Arts Festival (aka CVAF). The 5×5 Gala was a spectacular event, indeed. I have to say my favorite was the first and final events. Act 1 was entitled Drum & Dance with African …
From Cathedral Village Arts Festival to Regina JazzFest 2016! Read more »
I am so pleased to be participating in the Cathedral Village Arts Festival (CVAF) this year! I wanted to write a song that somehow captures the theme, “Paint the Town” for its 25th Anniversary. I thought one way I can …
Mr Bob Boyer, the “Carousel of Life”…and my new song Read more »
I wrote a new song, “Running Away with the Stars” and got to perform it with jazz trumpeter, Vlad Osatiuk, from the brass quintet Flow Brass. “Running Away with the Stars” was written in celebration of the 30th anniversary of …
Music outdoors… music in the sunshine …music in the rain…. I have applied to several festivals, nothing like playing music in the midst of Mother Nature in Spring/Summer. Currently, there are so many interesting Music Festivals around Canada. Despite recent …
My head is full of music. My head is full of songs. My head is full of lyrics. My head is full of songwriting techniques. My head is full. I attended a Songwriting Master Class 2016 with Mr. Jason Blume. …
Thanks Mr. Jason Blume! My Head is Full of Songs Read more »
We have ushered in the New Year 2016. Or have we? My track “The Chronoscope Trips” gives us pause (a chronoscope is a highly accurate time piece). He was inspired by the theoretical physicist, Dr. Brian Greene, and his book …
I had a wonderful time performing with Joanne Crofford and her Drum Circle this December. I cannot believe how many instruments her crew played with me, including the congas, the claves, the chimes, the djembe, the doumbek, the triangle …and …
Thanks to Drum Circle & New Release is 929JackFM Download of the Week! Read more »
Have you ever closed your eyes, and pictured Christmas as it was when you were a child? The ‘free-range’ and ‘un-pruned’ Christmas trees, the adorning solid-coloured big lights, the tinsel garland and the forever-tangled icicles, the shiny ornamental balls? And, …