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dean drouillard


"the dragon is coming.

About Me

I play a bunch of instruments / Some better than others / I became addicted to the guitar at the age of 10 / But I love just about anything that makes sound / With the exception of Kenny G / /I grew up across the river from Motown / in the forgotten city of Windsor, Ontario / where I was first influenced by my parent’s 70s pop records / and The Beatles – lots of them / then New Wave came around / the original new wave //I’m a steadfast music fan / I admire producers as much as I do musicians / And hope to one day have the chance to score for film //I find texture and mood fascinating / And do my best to tell a story / When performing, writing or recording //As a result / I have been fortunate enough to work with some very talented people / Both as an instrumentalist and a producer //I have numerous musical releases / Most of which will never be heard / If I have anything to do with it / My first cassette was released in my last year of highschool / It is now safely locked away / With the others //I am most proud of Dream At Harmony Motel / And the DRAGON! e.p. //Some of my music has been used in film and television //I enjoy listening to sixties lounge music, surf, neo-classical and minimalism film soundtracks, mellow singer-songwriters / And just about anything else / Except Kenny G //I’ve been told my sense of humour can be too dark / But I took care of that person //I am extremely proud to be involved with the music / And the people behind the music in my life //If you were hoping for something more specific... Click here I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 9/5/2005
Band Website: deandrouillard.com
Band Members: dean drouillard & a revolving cast of characters including: adam warner, adrian lawryshyn, wes neal, bryden baird, christine bougie, and more
Influences: burt bacharach, beach boys, beatles, beck, jon brion, bukowski, thomas dolby, nick drake, brian eno, morton feldman, fleetwood mac, nigel goderich, bernard herrmann, mark hollis, michael lockwood, aimee mann, ennio morricone, jim o'rourke, radiohead, marc ribot, paul simon, smiths, elliott smith, talk talk, thompson, ventures, tom waits, brian wilson, xtc, zamfir
Sounds Like: attention deficit
Record Label: no
Type of Label: None

My Blog

show in toronto this saturday (april 14)

short and sweet   this saturday night tranzac (brunswick & bloor) adam warner (full band w/ christine bougie, scott cooper, myself) dean drouillard (that's me - w/ adam warner, adrian lawrysh...
Posted by dean drouillard on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:36:00 PST

my new indie rock collective

the clap your hands and party out out loud loud yeah yeah yeahs featuring all your favourite local music nerds and people who are too good to talk to you
Posted by dean drouillard on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:39:00 PST

last minute - as usual

1) tomorrow - ron leary & dean's DRAGON at mitzi's sister 2) ron and dean in montreal/ottawa 3) what's up in april - just cuz     1) thursday, march 29 - ron leary, dean's DRAGON, adam ...
Posted by dean drouillard on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:10:00 PST

dinosaurs - experimental project

in january i completed part one and part two of dinosaurs. both parts contain several varied-length instrumental pieces that are meant to be listened to as a whole. each of these 'improvisations' we...
Posted by dean drouillard on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:44:00 PST

the indulgent year-end post

things i'm proud of from 20064 a.m. chosen as theme song for cbc drama 11 camerasrecordings produced for ron leary, ten year drought, amelie, christine bougie (released in 2007)the celebrated 10th ann...
Posted by dean drouillard on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:47:00 PST

dean's dragon - my instrumental project

please go and check out my other main musical project.  instrumental surf, lounge, pop.  www.myspace.com/deansdragon.
Posted by dean drouillard on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:09:00 PST

Mad Bastards 10th Anniversary!!

Whos turning 10?"garage jazz cabaret noir" ensemble the Mad Bastards. Thats who.Can you believe Kevin Quain & The Mad Bastards have been playing the front room of Torontos Cameron House for a deca...
Posted by dean drouillard on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:49:00 PST

hot and heavy (or) unleashing the dragon

i have a new musical project starting that i'm pretty excited about. in talking about it, and for at least our first show this coming tuesday, we will be called dean's dragon. whether or not that name...
Posted by dean drouillard on Fri, 26 May 2006 09:00:00 PST

so you wanna read a blog?

... then why not check out the one i actually update regularly?  (sorry, it's off the myspace grounds).  it's here. i simply don't have the time to maintain 2 separate blogs.  but over ...
Posted by dean drouillard on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:54:00 PST

unstable

by that i mean 'myspace'.  i can never get any of the music searching, directory, browsing... to work.  does anyone else have this trouble?  i've been trying to look for other artists ...
Posted by dean drouillard on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:50:00 PST