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What it’s like on the judging panel for the Boss Canadian National Looping Championship

November 6, 2011 in Behind the scene at the Gigs with 1 Comment

Today I was honored to be asked by Roland Canada to be one of the judges for this years Boss Canadian National Loop Station Championship!

This years event was held in Vancouver at the Vancouver Croatian Centre.

I arrived at 1:30 pm to go to the pre-contest meeting. There we were given our judging ballots and judging criterias.

Along with me on the panel was Dave Martone, Danger (DJ with Vancouver’s FM99.3 the Fox) and Peter Lafferty the Boss Product Manager

The judging panel for the Canadian National Loopstation 2011 Championship from left to right... Dave, Danger, Myself & Peter.Photo by Adam Besse

Here's me being Simon critiquing the competitors!Photo by Adam Besse

At 2pm the competition began!


Jon Rosner Montreal, Quebec	Papa Josh Pemberton, British Columbia	Armen Bazarian Toronto, Ontario

You can click on the contestants name to view their performances on youtube!

So first up was Papa Josh, then Armen and Jon. This was a tough one to judge however the winner was….

“Papa Josh” – Congrats!!!

Prize: a $3000 BOSS/Roland Product Voucher and an all-expenses-paid trip to Frankfurt, Germany to be Canada’s representative at the International Finals in March 2012.

Jon took 2nd prize winning a $2000 Boss/Roland Product Voucher & Armen took 3rd winning a $1000 Boss/Roland Product Voucher!

Congrats to everyone and be sure if you are a looper to enter into next years competition!

Now I’m off to my next gig tonight…

I am a Viking (Flamenco Version) by Yngwie J. Malmsteen

October 23, 2011 in Day to Day with 0 Comments

For all those who missed Ben Woods and I at Blue Frog Studios, here’s a video of us performing Yngwie Malmsteen’s I am a Viking on flamenco guitars.

Performing solo fiery Rumba Flamenco guitar at Iris, West Vancouver

October 21, 2011 in Behind the scene at the Gigs, Guitar Slinger with 0 Comments

Today I’m back performing for Iris Optical. This time it’s in West Vancouver.

As you may or may not know, Iris plays my music at their branches across Canada. They also performed my laser eye surgery last April. It’s always such a pleasure working with this wonderful company.

So for today’s event I’ll be performing solo guitar from 6 pm to 8 pm. It’s a short gig for me in a small venue. For this gig I’ll use a couple of small speakers.

Join me again behind the scenes…