Music, Youth, Kenora

As lots of people in Kenora and Northwestern Ontario realise there are quite a number of amateur musicians in this part of the world.

I’m friends with one or two… and acquaintances with one or two more. There’s a wealth of musical talent here, whether it’s vocals or music producing… but in my honest opinion they’re all being held back somewhat by a lack of a professional grade music studio.

I remember a while back I was working in the same office as my buddy Jordan McDonald and mentioned to him whilst listening to his music that I could tell it was made in a garage. He took it negatively but what I actually meant was the audio quality itself. You can quite clearly distinguish a recording made on $500,000 worth of equipment between a recording made on $5,000 worth of equipment.

It’d be great if we had a music studio in Kenora… people like Jordan could polish their awesome talent into overdrive and bust out onto the world stage ennit!

There’s plenty of youth from all different backgrounds in Kenora that share a common bond in music – a studio would help these youngsters realise their full potential.

I wonder if the Ontario Arts Council along with the City of Kenora would ever consider funding a studio.