Noah Vachon was raised in the woods of Quebec's Eastern Townships. At 18 he moved to Montreal and spent 5 years studying in 5 different fields before finally accepting his fate: Noah is a singer and a songwriter. He has been since the age of thirteen, it just took him a while to accept it.Since moving to Toronto in 2003, Noah has been regularly playing solo shows throughout the city and building a fast-growing local fan base.Noah's secret ingredient? Like all the writers that have inspired him - Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake - the magic is in his songs.Songs so deceptively easy to listen to that you'd swear that he couldn't possibly have road-tested them in front of hundreds of microphones, that he must have just bought them somewhere instead. Songs that have actual melodies - ones that swoop and dive across octaves, no less, and ones that belie the hours spent honing them. Noah's songs grab you by the collar and say, "Listen."And the best part is you actually want to."I strive for honesty," he says. "Here's an example. I've written in journals my whole life. But the funny thing is I tend to leave them on coffee tables, where anyone can read them. My songs are like that, too. I figure if I feel something strongly enough to write it down, then I should be able to share that with anyone who comes along."He continues. "Actually, the journal example is really appropriate, because I find my songs end up being a lot like entries in a diary. I'm not a philosopher. I don't make political statements. I'm concerned mostly with personal experience, and my songs really reflect that. They're extremely personal for me, very cathartic."His first collection of nine of those songs, recorded December, 2004, in a home studio in his old bedroom in the Eastern Townships, is called, simply, "Noah Vachon." The title is not a boast, but a promise.One of the songs featured on the album, entitled "Drop Your Bag", has recently been selected for use in the "Short Tracks for Short Films" compilation CD being produced by the Canadian Film Centre to promote the use of Canadian independent music in film.
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