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dwight schenk

About Me

Dwight Schenk is currently putting together a band to play his songs. He is also currently working on many comics, and graphic novels (some of which can be seen in gangLion), and is getting set to work with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on 2 projects that he co-composed with Scott Good. Also, he will start working at Glasgow Sound as an Engineer/Producer/Composer.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/06/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/slipperorchestra
Band Members: DWIGHT "SLIPPERS" SCHENK: vocals, guitars, piano, bass, keyboards, drums, mandolin, mandola, toy accordion, melodica, glockenspiel, MC-505, harmonica, percussion, trombone.
Influences: Ween, The Dead Milkmen, Leon Redbone, Clutch, Hayden, Slowdive, Tom Waits, Beck, Black Sabbath, John Lennon, The White Stripes, Air, Weezer, the Flaming Lips, Radiohead, The Toronto Indie Scene, The Pixies, Spiritualized, The Beta Band, Sigur Ros, Iron & Wine, DJ Shadow, Sufjan Stevens, Kenny Rogers, and The Band.
Sounds Like: Yoko Ono
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

how to get my album

these are the ways you can currently get my album1. soundscapes (college st, toronto)2. ask me through email/myspace/facebook)3. you can hear some of it here4. you can hear the whole thing on cbc radi...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:55:00 GMT

EYE review

A fixture on the local scene for upwards of 20 years now, multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/graphic novelist/bandleader Dwight Schenk may not be a household name, but his influence is lurking under the...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:03:00 GMT

The Natural Disasters Colouring Book

Please feel encouraged to download the pages and colour them. You can do this by printing them off, or loading the jpg in a program like photoshop.I also encourage you to share what you've done.You ca...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:13:00 GMT

The Making of Natural Disasters

RecordingThis album took a long time. It took a long time to record. It took a long time for me to start it. I was 32 or 33 when I started. Before this, I had done dozens of albums worth of home recor...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:59:00 GMT

the slipper orchestra has included...

When I play live shows, I've normally invited a group of friends out to improvise over whatever the hell I'm doing. I call this group 'The Slipper Orchestra' and usually get them to wear slippers. Mos...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:28:00 GMT

the bands ive been/are in

name/year/genre*years may not be bang on.the camoflage fishing poles (1988) punk, rock, spazsliverous flowers (1989 - 91) (2008 - present) rock, folk, punk, joke, spazthe synge (1989 - 90) rock, U2 co...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:56:00 GMT

"MOTHER" (Graphic Novel) first 30 pages are up

I have been working on a full length graphic novel for quite a while now. I started it in 2005 I think. It will still take quite a while to finish it, but I thought I'd put up the first 30 pages of Pa...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:14:00 GMT