WINDBORN

WINDBORN IS ACOUSTIC ALTERNATIVE MUSIC LIKE YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE. DRIVEN BY POWERFUL VOCALS, RIPPING GUITAR RIFFS AND HAND PERCUSSION, WINDBORN IS BUILDING A GENRE OF IT'S OWN. WINDBORN IS MAINLY JEFF PIKE'S SOLO EFFORT BUT FOR THE LAST YEAR HE'S BEEN JOINED BY SCOTT MELNICK ON PERCUSSION FOR LIVE SHOWS.JEFF HAS BEEN PLAYING GUITAR AND PERCUSSION SINCE 1997 WHEN HIS BROTHER'S BAND DECIDED THAT HE SHOULD BE THEIR DRUMMER. HE'D NEVER PLAYED DRUMS BEFORE BUT IT OPENED THE DOOR TO WHAT LEAD TO WINDBORN TEN YEARS LATER. FOR FIVE YEARS JEFF FRONTED A THREE PEICE HARD ROCK BAND CALLED AGENT-O. AGENT-O PLAYED ALL OVER ALBERTA, RECEIVED RADIO PLAYS ON 5 DIFFERENT ALBERTA STATIONS AND WAS FEATURED ON A NEW MUSIC SAMPLER FROM MUSIC CENTER CANADA IN CALGARY. AFTER RECORDING A SONG FOR THE COMPILATION CD AGENT-O WENT ON TO RECORD A 5 SONG EP IN THEIR STUDIOS WHICH YOU CAN LISTEN TO AT MYSPACE.COM/AGENTOROCK.JEFF MOVED TO KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 FROM ALBERTA TO BE IN A MORE CENTRAL AREA TO TOUR WESTERN CANADA. SINCE THE MOVE HE'S BEEN DOING CONCERTS FROM RED DEER, ALBERTA TO VANCOUVER AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. HE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN KELOWNA'S LOCAL MUSIC SCENE PUTTING TOGETHER CONCERTS WITH LOCAL AND OUT OF TOWN BANDS, DOING FUNDRAISERS FOR LOCAL COLLEGE RADIO AND PLAYING FOUR CONCERTS FOR KELOWNA'S SUMMER OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES, PARKS ALIVE. WINDBORN'S FIRST EP RELEASE IS CALLED RADIATE AND IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON ITUNES AND OTHER ONLINE RETAILERS.