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About Me

ok for right now it's basically me (Jayson Ford) on guitar, writing and recording some songs, with some help of some new-found friends to fill in the bits i can't do. ok so its more than bits. A big thanks to Jared Robinson (Lunar Theory) and Nate Wall (Tripmeter) for going above and beyond the call of duty.I'm realizing that the songs are kind of like snapshots in time. Sonic photos. And the first bunch will be different than the stuff that gets done down the road, because there certainly is a learning curve. Even if the miles I've traveled down my musical journey (thank you larry mullen jr) have been long, there is always something to learn.My musical tastes and influences have always been all over the board, from ABBA to Slayer. OK maybe not all the way to Slayer. Maybe back it up to Pantera. The common thread has always been a decent song. I'm a sucker for a hook and a groove (see Butch Walker).If I've learned anything, it's that everyday is a success if I continue forward in putting together some pop tunage. Not every one piece is priceless, but you can only take songwriting so seriously when you're in your underwear on the couch playing to your two cats. And it fascinates me how that chord pattern, lyrics and melody can affect people, often far beyond what the writer ever imagined.ok, so if anybody needs me, i'll be on my couch.
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Member Since: 10/12/2006
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Influences: hoo boy. potpourri for 200 Alex. Beatles, the Beach Boys, Jennifer Rose Clark, AM Gold, ABBA, Boney M, Kenny Rogers, hot wheels, lego, K-Tel, Rock 80, early Bryan Adams, Mike Reno (Loverboy), the portable 8 track, dual cassette players, Phantom Rocker & Slick (the original men without shame), Kings of the Sun, INXS (rip Mike), Leppard, Jeff Keith (Tesla), Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Tonic, U2, Pearl Jam, early Hip (come back to us Gordie), Collective Soul, Crowded House, Saigon Kick, Live, Stone Temple Pilots, Snoopy, Garfield, The Far Side, Bloom County, MXC, Simpsons, Family Guy, Guinness, Newcastle, Kilkenney, rye and gingerale, spiced rum and coke, tequila gold, tastes of paradise, Budweiser, mexican pizza, Sunnyside Beach, Kelowna, Prince Albert, Princess Margaret, WJ Berezowsky, Mrs. Mancini, Melfort, MUCC, Susan Helstrom, swing choir, the cheerleading squad, Buns, Mike Abbott, Foltz, Mailer, Kade, Ole, Siba, Rapid City, Mr. Hubert, Hilda Grodzinski, Heather Heavin wherever you are, the water treatment plant staff, dees gastown / damar shell, 8th street, galaga, McDonalds, boots and salutes, CJVR, dollar 99 fm, Shake, Toddly, Dexter, Carlson, Nic & Roddy, Moooooooooon Rrrrriverrr, Whiskey Jacks, Wash n Slosh, Coca Cola, 24 hour drive thrus, Geoff Moore, Russ Taff, Whiteheart, Rich Mullins, Phil Keagy, Marvelous 3 / Butch Walker, Cheap Trick, Age of Electric, Goo Goo Dolls, Foo Fighters, Almost Famous, Team America, Space 1999, Logan's Run, This Is Spinal Tap, Monty Python, Animal, Beeker, the 2 Ronnies, the Flintstones, Good Will Hunting, agent 88, sigue sigue sputnik, snake dances, agbagdrags, crushed velvet elvis, 1995 thru 1996 aka the missing years, dead heckler, claude eche, dirksy, the sAINT, gary o, lb barnum, johnny bravo, kubee, killer, darcy clayton magnet, evil ted, relitz, very wild cherry, sister golden hair, moon, clippy, greasy, brewster, schnarr, artie, niffer, chris real, line up in paris, educated guess, touchtone gurus, the affordables, white knight, witness, 99 in the shade, misder completely, lemon, zoo 2k, slow motion walter, bazooka joe, aries, Sunnyside Neighborhood Pub, Hugh Williams, Carrie, Trace, the hallways & cafeteria of Carlton, the internet, Deputy's / That Bar, Slicker's, The Belly Up, The Heritage in Melfort (worst gig ever), The Bee Hive (Tisdale; a close second), the Outer Limits, The New River, The Icehouse, The North 40, The Kingfisher, The Brunny, The Royal, The Pump, The Millenium (rip), The Northlands, The Zoo, Reds, Globe Tap Bar & Grill, and every shit hole you can imagine from Victoria to Thompson, Prince George to Winnipeg, LA to Weyburn (all glorious times)
Sounds Like: teen spirit. no. wait.of course it sounds like something. i'm too much of a popaholic to sound like art school rock. too young for flying arpegios and whammy bar solos. too old for angst rock. too smart for fad rock. i just do what i do.
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baileys and coffee

i love coffee with my baileys. seriously. what a perfect concoction. wow i love saying concoction. concoction. sounds more than slightly dirty. one thing though: it apparently affects my typing skills...
Posted by flyboy on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:41:00 PST

monkey at the typewriter

or in my case, at the guitar.i've committed myself to two evenings a week in the studio for the next 3 or 4 months. so this means finishing writing some actual songs. from scratch. no problem. oh wait...
Posted by flyboy on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:32:00 PST

LA

LA is song i've been working on for too long. it started a long time ago as a guitar riff that originally was me trying to do something else, then i screwed it up, and the screw up sounded better. the...
Posted by flyboy on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:56:00 PST

back in the studio

finally i know.  i can be such a procrastinator.  not one of my better talents.  but the bottom line is that i was able to get back in the studio this past week and lay down more guitar...
Posted by flyboy on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:40:00 PST

wind / snow / etc

(just something i posted on my facebook last night.  i know, i know.  i'm having my cake and eating it too.) j ok i know there is nothing you or i can do about it, but still, this weather is...
Posted by flyboy on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:10:00 PST

flyboy on shaw cable?

yeah yeah yeah.  its been a while.  been busy to say the least.  got hooked on facebook aka the death of mankind.  but i will try to do both myspace and facebook.  sure. ...
Posted by flyboy on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:31:00 PST

i have a confession

i've been meaning to do this for a while... i've had some people asking me about where the subject matter comes from for the songs... and i know some musicians will shy away from that kind of thing, i...
Posted by flyboy on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:55:00 PST

back

regardless of what has happened, or whatever the future holds, i have decided to gert back to business.  because music is who i am.  and to deny myself the satisfaction of writing and record...
Posted by flyboy on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:50:00 PST

a break

crazy times.  i'm taking a break.  from writing.  from the studio.  everything.  i have shit going on that is way more important than music.  so i've taken a week off wor...
Posted by flyboy on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:38:00 PST

guitarday

i almost called it guitarded.  but couldn't do it. yesterday's session in the studio was all about tracking the guitars for 'l.a.'.  and the more i play guitar, the more i love to play, and ...
Posted by flyboy on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:33:00 PST