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I was born and spent my early years in Northern Ireland, and have been trying to master time travel since the day my family left.Music has always been the strongest current as my life flowed along. The earliest songs I remember writing would have been when I was in grade 6, and although nothing was put to paper, I can still at the very least remember the chorus to 2 of them. Look for them on my 14 dvd Anthology release in 2050.I play bass and some guitar, although I'm surrounded by so many talented friends that I tend to leave the guitar and keyboard to those who actually mean to play the sounds they make.After several years spent playing in bands, I now write and record at home trying to put an emphasis upon the feel of the music as much as the meaning of the words.And quite often taking my sweet time to do so

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Member Since: 11/23/2005
Band Members: Gary Caven: Bass, vocals, production, bad guitar, lame keyboards, rudimentary percussion Rob Willis: guitarist extraordinaire Wayne Woodworth: piano and keyboard plus..................very special contributions from many very special people... Inubia's amazing vocal on "Thousand Miles". Reggie Thompson's lead and slide guitars on "County Down" and "Another Plane" respectively, Chris MacInnis's acoustic on "Brighton Pier", "CD" and "AP"... and Chris McFarlane's drumming.
Influences: Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, The Beatles, Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Aimee Mann, Kate Bush, Tanita Tikaram, Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Peter Gabriel, Crowded House, Rush, Ron Sexsmith, Buffie Sainte Marie, Waterboys,
Sounds Like: Roger Waters, Leonard Cohen, myself
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Panning for gold

Can redemption and self discovery take place in Truro, Nova Scotia? Probably. But I have a feeling that what little there was in existence here has already been uncovered, mined, stripped,...
Posted by Gary Caven on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:16:00 PST

New song posted... All I Know - demo

This is a song inspired by the prospect of running into somebody I hadn't seen in years. While an element of this remains in the final lyrics, the song really became a declaration of satisfaction wi...
Posted by Gary Caven on Tue, 02 May 2006 05:34:00 PST

Living with War

I've been listening to "Living with War", Neil Young's hastily written and recorded diatribe against George W the past few days and am both jealous and blown away. He recorded it with a tight hard ro...
Posted by Gary Caven on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 06:11:00 PST

In the Back of Your Mind - a poem

In the Back of Your Mind As I watch the washer spin I can see you being torn From the wrinkles in yesterdays laundry And like the broken winged sparrow Half frozen to the spot where he ...
Posted by Gary Caven on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:42:00 PST

thoughts n such

It really sucks to be so far removed from the Halifax music scene when in actuality you're only an hour's drive away. I've been thinking lately about gathering some like minded folks together to get ...
Posted by Gary Caven on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:24:00 PST

Song of the week (okay...month or 2)

I could get lost, and have gotten lost, just sitting alone listening to Leonard Cohen's "Tacoma Trailer" on repeat, in the dark. To me, It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard...
Posted by Gary Caven on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:33:00 PST

You are what you eat?

What chocolate bar best describes you? Or better yet which chocolate bar would your significant say best describes you? Yeah yeah... you'd all love to hear "Mr Big", when in reality i...
Posted by Gary Caven on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:30:00 PST

I killed a man

The snow is melting in the rain here today, the whole day has a meloncholy, heavy wash to it. Catherine is away for a few days and I plan on working on some new songs, but maybe just taking in the g...
Posted by Gary Caven on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:09:00 PST

It hurts my think bone

Pen to paper. Ink to pulp. My writing has definately slowed down lately. The songs used to flow from me but it has been ground to a halt recently. Like my once free runnin...
Posted by Gary Caven on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:07:00 PST

M.I.T. wanted me to rule the world for them

Okay... on to the technical side of things... This is the setup I have for my home recording: It all goes through my pc beginning wih a small Behringer preamp mixer. I just have ...
Posted by Gary Caven on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:59:00 PST