Vote for Your Favourite in the SOCAN Songwriting Prize 2015!
I’m helping out with the SOCAN Songwriting Prize again. Do me a favour and vote for your favourite song! Coincidentally all the nominees this year happen to be by female artists. BOO YEAH GIRL POWER.
View ArticleI Went to Bestival
A few weeks ago, I went to Bestival. While the music was heavy on DJ sets (which I’m not the biggest fan of), I still had a lot of fun. There were a lot of things that this festival did differently...
View ArticleI Saw Jurassic World in D-Box
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched Jurassic World this post might reveal some things you didn’t want to know. Last night we saw Jurassic World in D-Box. It was my first experience in one of those...
View ArticleWhat Does Canadian Music Mean?
It’s Canada’s Day here! To celebrate on my blog Ride the Tempo we wrote a huge feature on what Canadian music means to a variety of different artists. Head over here to read it now!
View ArticlePanamania
Out experiencing what Panamania has to offer! The games has brought to the cities a ton of free entertainment and activities. Will catch up with you guys soon <3
View ArticleMy First Atomic Lollipop
Nash and I attended our first ever Atomic Lollipop this past Friday and Saturday. It’s a unique convention that was a mixture of Comicon, Anime North with the 90s mixed in. There were many stores...
View ArticleFound my WayHome
Last weekend, I attended WayHome music festival in Oro-Medonte, Ontario. I finally have all the photos and reviews up on Ride the Tempo. Read them here. I’ll have a food and non-musical adventure...
View ArticleExploding Kittens
I finally received my copies of Exploding Kittens aka the most funded Kickstarter thing like ever. It is a game created by Elan Lee, Shane Small and Matthew Inman, who we all know as The Oatmeal. I...
View ArticleHave the Weirdest Tuesday!
Over on Ride the Tempo we released a compilation of the weirdest Canadian tunes we’ve posted so far on Tuesdays! The compilation is a free download on Bandcamp and CDS are available for a small fee....
View ArticleNew Card Wars Deck
I found two new Adventure Time Card Wars packs! Ice King & Marceline and Lemongrab & Gunter! Both these decks add a new level of play: The “Frozen” status. Before there were no such states. I...
View ArticleTwitterature
While having a mini adventure at BMV, I stumbled on this little book I had to have on my work desk (since I do social media as my day job). It is a collection of “Twitterature”: reworkings of...
View ArticleAdventure Time Card Wars (iOS)
I caved and purchased the Adventure Time Card Wars game for $4.95. Despite it being a paid game there are still in game purchases such as heart energy and premium games. However the quality of the...
View ArticleThoughts on Apple Music
Tomorrow is exactly 3 months from the day Apple Music first launch, so it means that those of us who signed up on the first day for the free trial will realize that it comes to an end and be charged...
View ArticleGo Blue Jays!
I know we lost yesterday but let’s hope we can come back tomorrow! Let’s go Blue Jays! First time at the playoffs in 22 years
View ArticleI Went To My First Book Signing And Met The Bloggess
Today I went to my first ever book signing. Jenny Lawson (aka The Bloggess) was making her only Canadian stop for her new release Furiously Happy, which shares her stories on depression and mental...
View ArticleNever Lose Hope
Whether we win or lose this series, the Blue Jays have taught me one thing this year: to never lose hope. No matter how they have been beaten this year, they always come back fresh the next game. Even...
View ArticleInvesting in Sound
I’ve wanted a better record player for ages. I had one of those 3-in-one box things that were a CD player, radio and vinyl player at the same time. The problem was that it often didn’t work well for...
View ArticleI Binged On Master of None
I spent most of the weekend bing watching on Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix series Master of None. It was so great. I think my favourite part of it was the real life lessons and (often taboo) topics were...
View ArticlePresenting Ride the Tempo’s First Show
For the first time ever I’m presenting a show as Ride the Tempo. I have always wanted to host a show but have been a bit reluctant because I was scared that it wouldn’t go perfectly, or that people...
View ArticleThat Time I Saw The Weeknd
I haven’t been in the audience of an arena show in a long time. It was quite spectacular to see The Weeknd, Banks and Travis Scott when they were in Toronto on November 5th. Being part of the crowd as...
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