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October 17, 2016 by Joy On Drums
BC Drummers Part 2- Rad Juli and Leon Power
Here is the second installment of BC Drummers for BC Musician Magazine. This article talks to folk/rock/country drummers Rad Juli and Leon Power. These hardworking drummers tour BC on a regular basis and have worked with many artists over the years. BC DRUMMERS Part 2: Folk and Country
May 30, 2016 by Joy On Drums
E.S.L. Heart Contact EP Release on Coax Records
E.S.L. is back with a new ep out on Coax Records. We will be doing a short tour to celebrate our new release. This album features songs in 5 languages (English, French, Polish, Spanish and German), a song written by Geoff Berner and Dan Mangan getting down on our song Superbaked! http://ridethetempo.com/2016/05/28/listen-esl-heart-contact-ep/
May 30, 2016 by Joy On Drums
We’re Making A Band: A Study In Movement
Justine Chambers residency at The Dance Centre has given time for some research. In this project, drummer Ben Brown and Justine Chambers collaborate to do a study on the movement of drumming. Mili Hong and myself are the drummers and dancers Ashley Whitehead and Kevin Li examine the way we move as we drum. http://thedancecentre.ca/blog/view/2016/02/we_re_making_a_band […]
May 30, 2016 by Joy On Drums
BC Drummers Part 1-Mili Hong and Ben Brown
Here is a new series of articles I am writing for BC Musician Magazine. It features 2 drummers (1 female, 1 male) in a genre. This first article talks to jazz and experimental drummers Mili Hong and Ben Brown. I had the opportunity to work with both of these drummers on a project called “We’re […]
March 22, 2016 by Joy On Drums
Fortresses Cassette Release
Super stoked to be announcing a new project that I have started called Fortresses. We are a Vancouver based psych post-punk project with the super dream team of Ora Cogan on synth and vocals and Matt Duiry from Summering on guitar. We accidentally became a band after Ora Cogan asked Matt and I to back […]
March 22, 2016 by Joy On Drums
BC Musician Magazine- Instrument Builder #2 – J. Romero, Klemm Drums and Mountain Fruit Folklore Centre
Here is the second installment of articles written about local BC builders. In this one we talk to J. Romero Banjo Co, Klemm Drums and Mountain Fruit Folklore Center. http://www.bcmusicianmag.com/bc-instrument-makers-part-2-banjos-snare-drums-marimbas/
January 8, 2016 by Joy On Drums
BC Musician Magazine – BC Instrument Builders Articles #1- Goldline Drums
It has been a lot of fun to work on this 3 part series for BC Musician Magazine. There are many talented builders that are working locally to produce quality instruments. This first article is about my dad, Bill Machuga, who not only was the person who taught me how to play drums, but also […]
November 28, 2014 by Joy On Drums
Mind Of A Snail and Emily Rose Nyberg Parker House Productions House Show
Parker House Productions and Small Room Series present an evening of shadow puppets and music. Mind Of A Snail present Shadows and Sound: Inside Outlet Emily Rose Byberg Saturday, November 29 Doors at 6 pm, show finished at 9 pm Free and all ages 1715 Parker Street (corner of Commercial and Parker, above Dream Designs) Unfortunately, […]
August 6, 2014 by Joy On Drums
From The Archives: Healing With Magnets
Here is some older material recorded in 2003 at Studio 80 in Nelson BC. These songs have never been posted on the internet before, so I thought it would be fun to have them available for folks to listen to. This was a project that I played in with Warren G Funk and Jacob Mullen. We […]
April 30, 2014 by Joy On Drums