1833 Radio

Over the past few months I have been designing a website for an online music hub showcasing indie and underground music. The goal of the site is to provide what FM radios don't and that is non stop music without any duplicate songs or commercials. Right now we've got about 10 hours of music.

The site will feature different genres of music, top 5 songs and albums of the month. Down the road we are hoping to also do interviews with bands.

We have also teamed up with ING Cafe to put on a concert each month where 1833 Radio will find the talent and ING provides the space. All the proceeds of each concert go to #SingItFwd which helps kids at the Saint James Music Academy. Each session will be filmed and uploaded to the website as well. The next show will be Thursday May 30th.

Please check it out and give me any feedback.

When it rains it pours

Well first off I know the above is true 'cause I live in Vancouver. But I'm talking about being given the opportunity to get my creative and multitasking sides going pretty hardcore. I was approached a week ago to come onboard as a producer of two projects a period piece and a superhero short. Which of course being me who can't say no I said yes. The period piece is in full swing. In under a week I pulled together some remaining crew and applied for a summer program that I hope will let us shoot a demo in May.  I've also begun prepping for another short as well. This is a contemporary short but with one set build, which I also hope to shoot at the end of May beginning of June. Aside from that my slate kind of looks something like this:


1 TV show in production
1 Concert series in production
1 Short film in prep
1 Demo video in prep
2-3 Feature films in development
3 Short films in development
1 Web series in development


Yes I know this looks scary but that's where timing and multitasking comes in.

Earth Hour

This year for Earth Hour I ended up filming a candlelit concert in a bank!

ING Direct Vancouver sponsored the space and the drinks for the show. 1833 Radio, found the talent. And I shot the show (on battery power of course).

We had the lovely Tamara Nile play an unplugged session on her guitar and banjo. It was the first of a series of concerts ING is doing in Vancouver to give back to the local music community.

It was funny mix of people from bank staff to a couple who came to use the bank's ATM and stayed for the session as it turned out it was their first date. And then some tourists who just arrived in Vancouver joined mid way through and couldn't believe that a bank in Canada would host a music performance and provide some drinks.

I would say my Earth Hour 2013 was a hit.

Find out more about Tamara's Band on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/tamaranile

Check out other local artists on www.1833radio.com

Follow ING Direct on Twitter for more info on upcoming shows @OrangeYVR