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Gord Light

About Me

I've been playing in a bunch of bands around the Greater Toronto Area for some time, but have always been composing music that didn't quite fit with them... so I figured it must be mine. Lately I've been thinking I should get out and play some of these songs for people, just in case it turns out they like them.
At the moment I'm also a member of The Gospel Sundays, playing acoustic guitar and singing, Goodhue , playing bass and singing backup, and Shark Week! , playing bass and singing emergency leads; I've been backing up Séan Cullen at The Séan Schau , playing bass and keyboards and singing backup; I've been playing bass and singing backups with The Jimmy Bowskill Band ; I've done some gigs and some recording with Patrick Brealey & The Knives , playing bass and singing backups; and I do bass tech for White Cowbell Oklahoma . Under promise of death.
Oh! Interested in learning to play the bass or guitar and live in Toronto? I can help with that. Drop me a line and we'll figure something out.
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WHAT THE HELL AM I LISTENING TO?
"After School Sports Break" - A piece of music I composed for the Sons of Shadow film. One of the characters watches TV; this is the music on one of the shows he watches.
"A Left Turn At Albuquerque - Goodhue version" - This is the version of this song that will appear on the new Goodhue album, which is on the way as fast as we can finish it.
"Long Way Home (bluegrassy)" - A quick demo recorded at Meher Steinberg's house. It came out more bluegrassish than I expected/intended, but I kinda like this version.
"Are You With Me?" - A quick demo recorded at Dylan Goodhue's house.
"Beat Of My Heart" - Another demo from Dylan's house.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/12/2006
Band Members: GORD & THE FLAPTONES:Rob Fenton - electric dobro and violin Gord Light - vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, occasional piano Don Arsenault - bass and backup vocals Dave Pontello - drums and percussion
Influences: Frank Black; Mike Keneally; David Bowie; Radiohead; Frank Zappa; King Crimson; John Frusciante; Mr Bungle; Ben Folds; Soundgarden; I'm sure there's a lot more.
Oh, and I can't stop watching THIS:Barney is gangsta!

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Sounds Like: Pop-rock with ugly or confusing stuff thrown in to ruin it sometimes. So far.
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Getting back on the horse made of last-minute gigs.

Essential unemployment, so far, I find quite relaxing. I recommend it to anyone who can pull it off.Well, onto the stories.On Monday, after mentioning it briefly on Sunday, my friend and cohort Dylan...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:37:00 GMT

Now I remember!

(This is what happens when you don't blog for months at a time. You forget to mention stuff. Like this. Just try to imagine it happening in the blog I just posted...)Also, Goodhue (Dylan Goodhue, D...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:06:00 GMT

Huh? Blog?

Yeesh, lessee. Well, it's been a while, but finally a bunch of those resolutions I've been waiting for have actually happened and I feel I can finally blog again. Whoop.I recently left the country f...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:30:00 GMT

Apes renamed! And the joys of late-night photoshop

Hey hey! So we've managed to rename the Statutory Apes (OUR Statutory Apes, not the other ones, who get to keep the name, dammit); we are now known as THEY'RE IN THE WALLS. To celebrate our naming, ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:34:00 GMT

Movie trailers and highschool bands

Hey hey! I've been trying to score a film for a LONG TIME. I'm not kidding. It's been going on for a while. Anyway, the director just posted the official trailer for the film, and it's chock full ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:26:00 GMT

Film Scoring

It's 2:30am here... I've been recording classical guitar tracks (NOT my first instrument by a long shot) for four hours for film cues for my friend's film I'm trying to score... I was really nervous a...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:38:00 GMT

Renaming the Apes.

Just found out that there is indeed another band working out there called The Statutory Apes. What are the freaking odds? They even have a MySpace page. When I first heard of them, I was hoping the...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:02:00 GMT

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody! I had a great time at the Cloak & Dagger last night, myself. Personally, I'm glad to see the back of 2006 and am looking forward to the potential awesomeness of 2007. This...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:15:00 GMT

On the grid.

Ye gods in heaven, I'm online. Still trying to figure out how to use this stuff... I'll keep you posted the best I can. Whee!
Posted by on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:23:00 GMT