Layout of a 24-page newsletter for non-profit housing members with advertising, 6 times per year.  Electronic edition included bookmarks and hyperlinked advertisements. Visit onpha.on.ca/qc for complete archives. I was also responsible for research and writing of the “Going Green” section, focused on environmental initiatives and tips for non-profit housing providers. Going Green writing samples: November [...]

I recently purchased a new audio interface for my studio, after the mic inputs on my old one starting giving me static or no signal at all. I thought it would be interesting for others to see how I went about making the choice of which interface to buy, within the framework of the evolution [...]

Let's face it: home studio recording can be a pretty expensive endeavour, whether it's just a hobby or you're doing it professionally. It's also true that it doesn't actually take very much equipment to make a pretty decent recording. It really comes down to skill, attention to detail, and practice. I'm constantly being bombarded with [...]

This is the fourth year in a row that I’ve written an original holiday song. Previously, the songs were funny or cynical, or took a stab at conventional holiday sentiments like peace and love. Immediately after finishing last year’s song (perhaps the most scathing holiday song of the three) I decided to write my next [...]

I was privileged to work with Ashley Braga on her debut album of children's music, Ladder to the Moon. Ashley is a talented singer-songwriter and music educator with an incredible gift for melody and a beautiful voice. Ashley wrote several original songs for the album, and put her own special twists on classic children's song [...]

This song is a test case for the distance between an initial idea for a song and its execution. Through two completely different drafts, the idea remained the same, but the execution and treatment went on a twisted journey. A bad first draft The original idea was to write a song about the pervasive vocabulary [...]

I did a quick business card design for a music production client of mine who needed them for an upcoming show. I traced his hand drawn logo in Adobe Illustrator, and used existing artwork provided by the client.

For the London Health Sciences Centre's important renovations to the Emergency Departments at their two main campus hospitals, I suggested doing a special "before & after" slideshow, where images of the spaces before the renovations are transformed into the new spaces by laying in elements such as floors, walls, and ceilings. I worked closely with [...]

The Facilities Management department at London Health Sciences Centre needed to improve its public profile at the hospital, and one strategy was to produce a Year in Review report to deliver key messages and showcase good work. I wrote the content, took many of the photos, and designed the document for the 16-page report. Content [...]