Every once in a while I get to do some really cool shit. Like today. Hang at the Armoury studios and watch two masters at work. Totally inspiring. That’s Paul Silviera on the left and Devin Townsend on the right. In 94, I met Paul. He was the runner at the brand new Armoury studios, and I was teaching my first album. I was 19. The Producer was Bruce Fairbairn (Bruce is the guy that...
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Beyond this door lies a room that smells like gasoline, and houses my young soul, for it is in this place from whence i came. Behold! MrCrippin. I was just 18 when i started renting a space here. This door is one of those old school, sliding to the left on a wheel, on a thick metal band types. We were called The Smoke Eaters, and we played experimental rock tunes and dammit I cannot find our...
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No rest for the weary. On the train to Montreal, and still plowing away at the new MrCrippin record. After you write about 6 new songs, a more defined and focused sound begins to appear. After your next 6 you can start to sense and album, and still more direction. Then another batch makes you think the first batch sucks and that your second would be pretty strong B-sides. Then that keeps...
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It’s not at the beginning. There aren’t any photos of that. I think I was camera shy, or maybe there wasn’t enough to think it worthy of photo ops. After a year Tarek had set up his first studio outside of his home. It was fortunate that we managed to live in the old NAL building for another 12 months before it fell to the unyielding need for growth and another Starbucks...
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Working away at new things. We’ve got a long term plan and are planning to share some demos in June this year. Check here for them: https://mrcrippin.com/product-category/qhrys-and-duece/
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