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About Me

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MySpace Layouts MySpace Codes MySpace BackgroundsI'm a Canadian composer/songwriter. I sing, play piano, keyboards, recorder, penny whistle, guitars and others. I've released four albums to date which are: August (1996) Fields (1998) Orion (2000) and Martin Road (2004) All these are available at www.kinesiscd.com under "Canadian artists"In addition to my solo stuff, I've worked as a keyboard player on recording sessions and live gigs. Some of the people I've played for are Ray Lyell, Jacob Moon, Melissa Bel, Steve Cochrane, Volume Water, Bipolar, Christine Leakey, Eden Hill and Neil W. Young. Former bands that I fronted are Perpetual Angelus and Nut Hutch.Lately I'm working on the next CD with drummer Chris Lamont, guitarist Andrew Aldridge, bassist Dino Verginella and singer Sue Fraser. I'm hoping to get it finished this year. I'm afraid that by "this year" I now mean 2008!

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Member Since: 10/15/2006
Band Website: kenbaird.net
Band Members: Ken Baird: Vocals/Keyboards/Others, Sue Fraser: Backing vocals, Chris Lamont: Drums, Dino Verginella: Bass, Andrew Aldridge: Guitars.
Influences: Genesis, Yes, Mike Oldfield, Kate Bush, Emerson Lake and Palmer, IQ, Van der Graff Generator, Abba, Supertramp, Nanci Griffith, Gordon Lightfoot, Jethro Tull, Enya, Clannad, Steeleye Span, Loreena Mckenitt, Split Enz, Crowded House, Level 42, Oscar Peterson, Scott Joplin, Bach, Beethoven, Holst, Prokofieff, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Portishead, Bjork, Spoons, Ray Lyell, Steve Cochrane, Jacob Moon, Rob Adlers, The Beatles, The Buggles, Asia, Saga, Rush, FM, Rick Wakeman, Tony Banks, Keith Emerson and the Nice, Fish, Marillion and many, many more.
Sounds Like: Genesis, Mike Oldfield, Rick Wakeman, Al Stewart, Nick Drake, Beatles, Pink Floyd and IQ.
Record Label: Perpetual Tree Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Why is this taking so long?

It's really been a while. My last record "Martin Road" was released late in 2003 but that was an age ago now! The current project mostly began around Christmas of 2005.It's taking FOREVER! Why? For on...
Posted by Ken Baird on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:39:00 PST

Blog Part 2: the sequel.

OK, I just got an IKEA flyer in the mail. There's no actual product called "Blog" in there but there is something called Blom. "Blom" seems to refer to a particular quilt. It looks quite nice. This s...
Posted by Ken Baird on Fri, 18 May 2007 06:15:00 PST

1982

1982 was a great year for Canadian music and culture, or is it just that I was 11 then and I'm being nostalgic again? Probably a bit of both, but I'm going to hold to the course here and comment on ...
Posted by Ken Baird on Sun, 06 May 2007 03:26:00 PST

Blog

Doesn't Blog sound like something you buy at Ikea? I'm sure I've seen Blog written on the side of some box or another there. I think it might have been a small table. Yes, it's my first blog in month...
Posted by Ken Baird on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:36:00 PST

Timmins

A hot, humid, sunny summer afternoon--the last day of June 2005--Must be 32 celsius and I leave my car parked in Ray's driveway and get into the van. We're off from Hamilton to Timmins, and then New L...
Posted by Ken Baird on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:10:00 PST

High points

I was just reflecting the other day, what have some high points been for me in my musical life? I'm turning 36 next year, so it's pretty common for me to be reflecting on what I've done, what I should...
Posted by Ken Baird on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:19:00 PST