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The Ottawa Rock Lottery

I’m helping to plan a local event called the Ottawa Rock Lottery.

The gist:

• 25 musicians from all different genres and bands.
• 5 bands determined by randomly pulling names out of a very stylish hat.
• 24 hrs to create a 20 – 30 minute set of all original music.
• 1 night only.
• All proceeds go to The Ottawa Food Bank.

No matter how you cut it, it sounds pretty wicked, right?

I (along with my roomie and co-conspirator in the filmy-type business) am also making a documentary about said event and how it fits into and impact the Ottawa music scene. This involves going to shows, interviewing musicians and filmmakers and planning for the madness
that is the day of Rock Lotto. It’s a blast but it also means that free time is becoming hard to come by.

4 in 1

I’ve also just started shooting these. In case you are too lazy to click the link, they are live acoustic sessions that will be taking place every second Sunday for the whole summer (starting yesterday) in various Ottawa parks.

Here’s a pic from yesterday’s!

^ These guys are also participating in the Rock Lottery! Ooooh…crossover. And they’re called Aardwolf so that’s pretty awesome.

QB Kids

Aaaaaand I’m continuing my usual work with the QB Kids, most notably the ever-hilarious ‘The World Today’, a weekly comedy news show.

http://www.qbkidsproductions.com/2012.html

…And I work full time. But no one wants to hear about that.