CxViolet comes into the studio for a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance, and talks to Bob Jonkman about his start in music, vocal training, composition, trying new things, and his upcoming EP Hackerboy and an album with The New People.
We are having a technical difficulty! Talking about Glimpse of Us by Joji. The musician or artist isn’t always in control of creating music or art. Inspiration from Mr. Alonzo in high school, then to university for a Bachelor in Classical Music, the Romantic Era. CxViolet doesn’t play much of that any more, but it influences composition now. Introducing the Introduction Piece.
Talking about CxViolet’s vocal range and voice training — everyone can find the voice they have to shape the art they create. Talking about the origins of Hackerboy, and the origins of CxViolet.
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Bob makes a pitch to local musicians to submit their music to office@radiowaterloo.ca with KWCon in the subject line for people from Waterloo Region, and CanCon for Canadians further away.
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CxViolet has played locally, but right now is taking time to hone his composition. CxViolet likes taking spaces that normally don’t play music and turning them into musical venues. Looking for venues and opportunities! Contact @_cxviolet on Instagram! Talking about other social media presences. The first self-hosted show was at AOK, a video game bar. Performing with The New People, working on starting a label / publishing house / band. Introducing “the roadies” Stevie and Naomi, and the next song, still untitled.
Is this song autobiographical? All songs carry some biographical fingerprints. Talking about guitar technique. CxViolet is self-taught, claims he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Recently took up rock climbing, the forearm muscles are killing. Lyrics first, or music first? For this song, it came all at once. CxViolet pushes beyond the familiar, trying new things outside the norm. CxViolet writes for CxViolet, and the fans follow along. CxViolet doesn’t perform covers; for anything he likes well enough to cover he wants to do it justice. Talking about performance rights, SOCAN; any agents or managers should contact @_cxviolet. Music is a full-time gig, but CxViolet is sitting in the broke-artist trope. CxViolet got some grants from arts councils to offset recording expenses. CxViolet plays, records, produces everthing with the help of friend and artist-partner Stevie (more than a roadie!).
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Bob asks for another song, CxViolet sets up to improvise something. Asks Bob for a key (G), sad or happy (happy), something for end-of-summer.
CxViolet claims not to have practiced this before the show, he just knows some chord progressions. Talking about piano lessons.
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What’s coming up in the future? The Hackerboy EP in late September, followed by The New People album in October. CxViolet is working on 40 songs, ready to come out. He’ll be putting out music until he has no more music to put out, but feels there’s an infinite reservoir inside him. CxViolet has a three-year plan, maybe ending with a world tour. Playing outside Waterloo Region, playing at festivals, and playing in the classical sphere. CxViolet wouldn’t go back to playing classical, but might put those skills towards film scoring or video game scoring. Doesn’t do the restaurant / bar piano gigs, except for the pay. Prefers performing in non-musical venues. Maybe turn his attic studio into a venue, to host maybe ten people. Maybe doing secret concerts like Sofar Sounds. Working with The New People to help others find their voice, and playing with other artists.
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Appearing in the Jillian video with I, The Mountain. CxViolet received the sweetest worded e-mail ever, and couldn’t say no after that. The idea was to get people together who are a little bit unique and have a unique sense of self. CxViolet was very impressed with how the production came together.
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Dealing with an unreceptive audience: CxViolet hasn’t really experienced that, has some tricks up his sleeve, such as asking “Name a key” and making an improvisation. But the fan base is well curated, so that hardly ever happens. The fan base exists as far away Europe and South America.
And Bob gives the end credits.
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume Your eyes were filled with love the way they used to be Your gentle hand reached out to comfort me Then came the dawn And you were gone I had too much to dream last night
The practice of “place making” in urban design and “pedestrianisation” of urban spaces and downtown cores have been methods used to address well-being and connectedness of a city’s residents and boost health and safety of an entire population.
In 2019, noting the lack of a permanent pedestrian zone in the downtown and being long concerned about the safety of residents when getting around the city while not in their cars, local musician, community organiser, downtown shop owner, and Kitchener resident Sam Nabi amplified an idea on twitter – transform “Gaukel Street”, the short quiet road starting at city hall and leading down to the entrance to Willow River Park (aka Victoria park), into a pedestrian zone.
In Waterloo Region, while the number of collisions involving automobiles being driven into pedestrians and cyclists has been trending down for years, in 2020 (which is the most recent year with data available) there were still 67 people not in a car or on a bike who were driven into by driver of an automobile, and another 78 collisions involving people driving automobiles and people on bicycles. The plurality of these collisions occur at intersections or in crosswalks where the pedestrian or cyclist has the right of way, and the driver of an automobile was found to be inattentive.
Over the years in Kitchener, local advocates and some dedicated city staff have worked to implement more accessible, friendly, and safe neighbourhoods with a lot of attention being focused in the downtown core. For many years, King St through the downtown has been occasionally closed to car traffic during certain days or weeks for special events or holiday markets, but the area was always returned to its car-centric design for the majority of the year.
As popular “human scale” urbanist Brent Toderian has said, “The truth about a city’s aspirations isn’t found in its vision. It’s found in its budget.”, and through the cooperative efforts of community members and city staff, funding for Gaukel St pedestrianisation was included in the 2019-2020 budget. Subsequent years’ budgets have seen continued funding to accomplish a more comprehensive project.
In May and June 2023, after several years of more casual organising around the space, as approvals and permits were worked out, the first section of the fully pedestrianized Gaukel Block opened with more permanent features, dedicated booking options for the public, and a full schedule of community events through the summer.
Today’s show features an interview with Sam Nabi about the successful campaign to have Gaukel Street in downtown Kitchener, converted into the “Gaukel Block” pedestrian area, as well as a discussion of budget priorities, the effects of neoliberal economic thinking on public space, the importance of grassroots place making initiatives, and what is happening on Gaukel.
This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, Heritage Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
First the podcast. In this episode of my radio take-over podcast I talk about the “Dark Side” of Eurorack. How can you get your hands on cheap modules? And if so, at what cost? During my second hand gear dealing I came across this episodes feature artist….
The featured solo artist is SICKLE aka Donovan Stringer. Check out their soundcloud page and support their music here: https://soundcloud.com/vaesolis
FREE COFFEE #2
Here are the clues for you to find your FREE COFFEE it is at this location:
This isn’t an official location and parking isn’t the greatest. You might need to park at a nearby location and walk a bit to get to this fantastic look-out. Even if your not going for the free coffee this is a great spot to look out over the City of Waterloo. The video doesn’t do justice to how great this spot really is.
If you have no idea where this might be, the first comment in this next video will help you to find the location:
Note: There is a little bit of searching necessary so that not just any muggle walking by could find it, however if you have found the location and have looked around it could mean someone has already found it. There will be another coffee hidden with the next podcast post next weekend.
Radioscape Waterloo will cover local news, events and will interview local interesting people. Mark will play a wide variety of music throughout the show. Most of it will be of the rock genre.
Radioscape Waterloo is hosted by Mark Drew Waddell. It is not currently on the CKMS-FM schedule.
Last week I came across this terrific documentary on YouTube called Before 1976 Revisited: How Punk Became Punk and was inspired to search out some of the music that led to the punk and alternative movement. Hope you’ll enjoy!
First the podcast, where I chat about what you can expect at the KPL Modular meet-ups that were happening monthly throughout the winter and about how once you get into modular you start to notice it everywhere like with this feature artist that I went to see.
Here are the clues for you to find your FREE COFFEE it is at this location. One of the first stops of the Robot’s summer tour was here:
CKMS is one of the 9 wonders of the KW Region! If you are unfamiliar with the area and the station a comment in the next video (another Robot performance) will give you a Google Maps Plus code to get you to the right area.
Note: The Robot Apocalypse chip and coffee card is not in the CKMS station. You do not need to try and get in. It will be accessible to the public. If it is not easily found it probably means someone has already found it. There will be another coffee hidden next weekend.
The 2023 Annual General Meeting for Radio Waterloo will be held on Saturday, 26 August 2023:
What: 2023 Radio Waterloo Annual General Meeting When: 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Saturday 26 August 2023 Where: CH Meeting Room, Country Hills branch, Kitchener Public Library Location: 1500 Block Line Road, Kitchener Map Online: https://radiowaterloo.ca/meeting (Google Meet)
For those who can’t attend in person and can’t use Google Meet, a phone number for dialling in to the online meeting will be provided closer to the AGM date.
A complete package with information for the Annual General Meeting is available to members on request. It will contain the meeting agenda, last year’s AGM minutes, financial statements, current and proposed by-laws, and a proxy form for members who can’t attend the meeting. Printouts will not be provided at the AGM, please bring your own printouts or a device to display the PDF file (approximately 50 pages, 1.0 MBytes).
Election to the Board of Directors is open to members. Nominations are being accepted until 11:59pm on Wednesday 23 August 2023. Members can contact the Board for the nomination form.
This is a public meeting, everyone is invited to attend. Only members in good standing can vote on motions, or for the election of members to the Board of Directors.
Agenda
Year in Review (Nat Persaud, President).
Approval of 2022 AGM Minutes.
Vote on By-law changes.
Finances
Review 2022-2023 budget.
Vote on 2023-2024 budget.
Vote on Review Engagement.
Election results for Board of Directors.
Members’ Forum.
Adjournment.
A brief meeting of the new Board of Directors will be held after the AGM.
Please join us at 8:00pm that evening at Ouroboros Sports Lounge, 101 Hazelglen Drive, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Street Hop with DJ Carmelo!
After broadcast on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-163878073/sets/quinte-jazz
Marcia Miget 80 West Single 2023 www.mee-j.com/music Nicole Zuratis Travel HOW LOVE BEGINS 2023 www.nicolezmusic.com Jason Jackson Through The Night ALL IN 2022 jasonjacksonsax.com Sammy Figueroa Margie SEARCHING FOR A MEMORY 2023 www.latinjazznet.com/artist-profiles/master-percussionist-sammy-figueroa/ Jeremy Dutton Mirrors ANYONE IS BETTER THAN HERE 2023 www.imjeremydutton.com Nick Maclean Quartet Butterfly CONVERGENCE 2023 https://nicholasmaclean.com/nickmacleanquartet Marc Jordan Cradle To The Grave WAITING FOR THE SUN TO RISE 2023 www.marcjardan.com Scott Henderson Blood Moon PEOPLE MOVER 2019 www.scotthenderson.net Walter Kittle Surrounded By Love Single 2023 walterkittle.com Patrick & Daniels Good Vibes GOOD VIBES 2023 www.patrickanddaniels.com/about Jalen Baker Herzog BE STILL 2023 www.jalenbakermusic.com
Chris Garrits is in the studio with The Agriculture Show. Chris is the mayor of the Township of Amaranth, Dufferin County where this years IPM will be held September 19. Check out the Dufferin Museum for some background on some of todays song selections. Our playlist:
Starting this weekend I will be re-vising some of the sites that the Robot visited on it’s summer tour and leaving a coffee there for someone to find. Hints will be given in future posts while I’m posting my first year in Modular podcasts here on radiowaterloo.ca! So if you like coffee and free coffee and visiting cool places and geocaching visit radiowaterloo.ca often …… maybe I explain it better in this video?!?!
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