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Mike Duguay

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About Me

mike duguay, born crosseyed in the spring of '86, likes to read & sing. he was raised on synth-pop and developed an apreciation for jazz, showtunes and klezmer music later in life. a student by day, a barfly by night and a musician, writer,director and actor sometime in between, mike currently resides in a circus named peterborough, ontario. he has been known to cook in the dark.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2006
Band Members: mike duguay performs solo, with his kazoos and drum machine, and can be seen peroforming with a hell of alot of other bands most any night of the week. mike is also an established actor in independant theatre and film, as well as a director, poet, visual artist, novelist and playwright. he is currently working on a new solo album, a photo-documentary, and a collection of poetry.
Influences: tom waits, vic chesnutt, irving berlin, mathias kom, david bowie, neutral milk hotel, john steinbeck, cole porter, of montreal, geoff berner, charles bukowski, the pigs ear taverns' weekly open mic, thelonious monk, neko case, blondie, the beatles, nick ferrio, stephen sondheim, veda hille, gin, dylan thomas, oscar hammerstein, chopin, charlie glasspool, busby berkley, the backmeadows music festival, billy bragg, jenny mitchell, devandra banhart, final fantasy, iron & wine, gershwin
Sounds Like: broadway in a back alley . . . .' . . In short, what sets Duguay apart from many other artists is his integrity and his veracity to produce something completely absurd and make it accessible to anyone . . .'
Record Label: cannery records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

exciting things

a few exciting things have hapenned in the musical side of my life over the past few weeks including (but not limited to): bloody miracles getting a review in excl.. Bloody Miracles - s/tBy Vish Khann...
Posted by Mike Duguay on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:39:00 PST

tap dance

ive recently become affilliated with a stand-up guy who plays stand-up bass but in order to form a perfect trinity i need a percussionist. it has been suggested by my friends sarah and kirsty tha...
Posted by Mike Duguay on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:26:00 PST

tap dance

ive recently become affilliated with a stand-up guy who plays stand-up bass but in order to form a perfect trinity i need a percussionist. it has been suggested by my friends sarah and kirsty tha...
Posted by Mike Duguay on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:26:00 PST

treasure island soundtrack

last tuesday i recorded a score that i wrote for Arbor Theatre's Kids Christmas Version of Treasure Island. It was a pretty wacky experience, and its a pretty wacky score but i was given an opportunit...
Posted by Mike Duguay on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:46:00 PST

montreal &bust

montreal & bust 7:56pm Wednesday, Aug 23 | Edit Note | Delete well we took off from the cultural homestead in a borrowed four door minivan with a small entourage and what we thought was enough c...
Posted by Mike Duguay on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:39:00 PST