February 1, 2020

FP NEWSLETTER Vol. 49 www.fusionpresents.com Page of 1 3

FP NEWSLETTER

WEEKLY WEST BEACH JAMS

TOP STORIES

FEBRUARY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULESAT FEB 1 GROOVE MACHINE @ SEYMOUR’S PUB, North Van - 930pm

SAT FEB 1 THE APARTMENT @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

SAT FEB 1 MIKE KELLY TRIO @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

FRI FEB 7 NIKITA NATION @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

FRI FEB 7 SCARY LIZARDS @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

SAT FEB 8 BEN DUNNILL @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

SAT FEB 8 CHANDRA RUSSELL BAND @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

FRI FEB 14 SAMI & KHYLA @ SEYMOUR’S PUB, North Van - 930pm

FRI FEB 14 GABRIEL HASSELBACH DUO @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

FRI FEB 14 WINGNUTS @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

SAT FEB 15 DON’T STOP @ SEYMOUR’S PUB, North Van - 930pm

SAT FEB 15 ALLEGRO TRIO @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

SAT FEB 15 MIKE KELLY TRIO @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

FRI FEB 21 STEPHANIE PEDRAZA DUO @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

FRI FEB 21 BENITO & FRIENDS @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

SAT FEB 22 HOT LUCY @ SEYMOUR’S PUB, North Van - 930pm

SAT FEB 22 BENITO & FRIENDS @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

SAT FEB 22 TOKEN RHYME @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

FRI FEB 28 DISPLACED TRIO @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

FRI FEB 28 SST @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

SAT FEB 29 SWAYED @ SEYMOUR’S PUB, North Van - 930pm

SAT FEB 29 TWO GUITARS @ MIXT LOUNGE, Surrey - 7pm

SAT FEB 29 DOUGLAS CROSSING @ WEST BEACH, White Rock - 730pm

Myles Philpott, Ayla Tesler-Mabe, Sami Ghawi and online music

education pioneer and Drumeo CEO, Jared Falk at NAMM 2020!

All Ages Welcome on Sundays . Full Backline Provided

Pro vocal coach Heidi McCurdy runs the f irst FUSIONpresents x Roland artist development workshop “Free

Your Voice” at the Roland Inspiration Centre in Surrey on January 28 2020. Next workshop “Come Together: The

Art of the Jam” is on February 11.

Welcome to the February edition of the FP Newsletter, Vol. 49, our monthly publication giving you all our amazing music news!

2020 started off with a wild and amazing New Year’s Eve party hosted by The Apartment at our newest venue partner, Seymour’s Pub in North Vancouver! FUSIONpresents has started managing Seymour’s music entertainment, so please check out the music schedule below for all our special events happening in North Vancouver and around the BC Lower Mainland in February. If you’re a band and are interested in performing at one of partner venues, please click here to join our online talent community.

If you haven’t already, please take a moment right now to follow us on your favourite social media platforms:

We also kicked off the year on January 10th with the amazing musical release of Sing With Nadine: Songs for Babies & Toddlers, a 15 song collection of re-imagined daycare favourites by Nadine Ghawi, recorded and produced by FUSIONpresents. The release has been met with truly beautiful reactions by so many young children and their parents and caregivers! If you’re a parent with little ones or know someone who is, please check out our album and tell us what you think. Stream it here www.singwithnadine.com

Immediately following the release, we headed down to California on January 15th with Ayla and Max of Ludic to attend the NAMM Show, the annual convention of the National Association of Music Merchants. We were graciously invited as guests of Fender Musical Instruments which launched its latest line of guitars, the American Ultra. Ayla and Max were requested to play multiple times at various events and were met with raving reviews! Stay tuned to our Facebook and Instagram pages to see pictures and videos from the various NAMM events we attended!

On January 28th, FUSIONpresents and Roland Canada started their free monthly artist development workshop series at the Roland Inspiration Centre in Surrey! The first workshop, “Free Your Voice”, hosted by professional vocal coach, Heidi McCurdy, was sold out! The next workshop, “Come Together: The Art of the Jam” hosted by Sami Ghawi, will be held on February 11. Register today by clicking here! And thank you for reading and enjoying our Newsletter!

Click on the icon

Ayla Tesler-Mabe rocking her

American Ultra Stratocaster at Fender x JammCard at NAMM 2020

in California!

February 1, 2020

FP NEWSLETTER Vol. 49 www.fusionpresents.com Page of 2 3

FP NEWSLETTERDRUMEO FESTIVAL

Ludic, the incredible Vancouver trio that features Ayla Tesler-Mabe alongside brothers Max and Rhett Cunningham, are set to treat us to their first two singles to a double A-side 7-inch via Kingfisher Bluez!

Both "2 Myself" and "My Love" have made quite a splash online, so it only makes sense that they'd each be treated with the respect they deserve (My Love has over 800,000 streams!). As such, the record will be available on two different colours of vinyl, with two different covers, respectively.

The release will drop on February 8. Ludic will also be available to sign copies of the vinyl when they play their release show at Neptoon Records that same day.

In other news, the band’s producer, Ryan Worsley has been nominated for a Juno Award for his engineering work on the Ludic song, 2 Myself! Check it out below!

BC ARTIST HIGHLIGHT :LUDIC When I was 15 years old, I attended my first ever drum festival.

I had a teacher named Gio who was really connected into the local music scene and he knew all the ‘drum guys’ at the music stores. So when he invited me to the Vancouver International Drum Festival, I was thrilled to go, but also super nervous. The lineup featured superstars like Simon Phillips, Terry Bozzio, Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, Matt Cameron, and Jack DeJohnette.

I remember walking in and seeing thousands of people in the venue. And I couldn’t stop thinking: “these are ALL drummers”.

Dom Famularo came out for his opening talk. He has always been such a passionate speaker. I sat there in awe listening to every motivating word and thinking “this is where I belong”. And then I watched with my jaw on the floor as Simon Phillips seamlessly played both right and left hand-lead. Terry Bozzio came out, sat behind his kit, said a short prayer and then proceeded to play a 60-minute solo that was more like a musical composition. And then Horacio Hernández came out and as he played it felt like there were eight people drumming at the same time.

Going home after the festival, I felt like my life was changed forever. I remember getting behind my kit and playing my own 60-minute solo in honor of Mr. Bozzio. And even now as I look back, I still get inspired by the feeling at that event: the vibrant, positive energy, and the belief that I belonged to a community way larger than I’d ever imagined.

Fast-forward to today -- festivals are few and far between; music stores just don’t have the budgets to put on events like that anymore. And drum communities have changed, too. There’s a good chance that you know more drummers ‘online’ than you do in your local city -- especially if you’re a part of a community like Drumeo Edge where you can connect with other students and teachers from around the world, anytime.

It goes without saying that I’m a big believer in online education. It’s accessible, it connects you to a world of educators that would otherwise be impossible to learn from, and it’s affordable. But I also care deeply about building deeper relationships and experiencing musical performances.

You can watch a drum solo on YouTube and be amazed, but if you’re in the room for that very same solo it might just change your life. And you can chat with a fellow drummer online, but once you meet them in person you can forge a friendship that’ll inspire you forever.

So when I decided to create the Drumeo Festival, it was designed to give you the same feeling that I had when I first entered the festival hall as a 15 year old kid.

It’s crazy that Dom Famularo was the host back then and he’s also agreed to host the first ever Drumeo Festival as well. And Horacio Hernández is also going to perform. It’s all coming full circle. We’re going to have an AMAZING lineup of drummers. We’re busily preparing the final lineup with 10 total spots for the two-day event and some very special extras for the VIP attendees.

I hope you’ll join us so you can experience being in a room where you’re amazed, inspired, and can say without question that “this is where I belong”.

To Your Drumming Success,Jared Falk, Drumeo Co-Founder & CEO

NEW MUSIC RELEASE!

A debut album of Montreal-based early childhood educator Nadine Ghawi. The album

is inspired by Nadine's work in an infant-toddler classroom and includes 15

reimagined classics and daycare favourites like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," "Old

MacDonald Had a Farm," and "The Wheels on the Bus." A sibling collaboration, the album

features musical arrangement and production by Nadine's brother, Sami, as well as back-up vocals by their younger sister, Christine. With

colourful instrumentation and pleasing harmonies, the album is meant to be

enjoyed by children, parents, and caregivers alike. Released on Jan 10 2020.

SING WITH NADINE : Songs for Babies and Toddlers

by Jared Falk reprinted with permission from Drumeo.com

Feb 21 & 22 2020Reserve your seat here

February 1, 2020

FP NEWSLETTER Vol. 49 www.fusionpresents.com Page of 3 3

FP NEWSLETTERLEARN MORE ABOUT OUR

PROFESSIONAL MUSIC SERVICESFUSIONpresents is proud to have offered the highest quality services in professional artist development, music entertainment, and creative music services for nearly 18 years. We have entertained thousands of delighted guests, mentored hundreds of aspiring artists, and collaborated with countless amazing people. We love what we do and are passionate to do more of it. Contact FUSIONpresents

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST DEVELOPMENT

FP FOOD FOR THOUGHT Don’t postpone today’s tasks till tomorrow.

Arabic Proverb

Helping artists do what they love. 778-892-7625 or 604-800-0989

info@fusionpresents.comwww.fusionpresents.com

QUALITY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

CREATIVE MUSIC SERVICES

BRUCE’S CORNERLast week the retired basketball star Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash. To those who do not follow sports or just don’t follow basketball, I’m sure the level of the outpouring of grief caused by his death may be a little surprising. While I do follow sports, I have never been the biggest basketball fan but was aware that he was an exceptional talent.

A sudden death is hard to prepare for compared to a death due to a long illness and the reaction to it is intense. I suppose that the size of the reaction is in relation to the positive impact that the person had in his or her life. And as we grief for Kobe, I am struck with the thought that there were other people who lost their lives that day and, other than his daughter, nobody will remember where they were when any of the others died. Think of Stevie Ray Vaughn and his helicopter crash. I remember where I was when I heard about his death, but have no idea how many other people, or their names, died with him that day. Just the way it is.

Another thought that crossed my mind is that he was only 42 years old. Elvis died when he was 42. So did Gary Coleman. Alas, so did Bobby Kennedy.

42 is young, especially the further away you get from it, and I ache for what we have missed in our lives when a great talent is gone too soon. John Lennon was 40 years old and I consider him to be the greatest loss of an iconic influence in my life. It still hurts 40 years later. And lest we forget the artists that died at 27 years old. Morrison, Hendrix, Joplin, Winehouse and Cobain. What did we lose with their deaths?

But here’s the moral: Respect each day because you just don’t know what is just around the corner.

by Bruce Connick

ARTISTS WE LOVE & WORK WITH

POCKET. GROOVE. SKILL. BRAINS. POSITIVITY. Myles started working with FUSIONpresents back in 2008, joining the Artist

Development program taking guitar, bass and singing lessons. After excelling at the Terry Fox Rock School and founding Royal Oak with fellow musician and friend Brayson Wong, Myles eventually came back to FP to

join The Apartment and very recently become part of FP’s executive management team. Myles has been called “one of BC’s best young

drummers”, and in our opinion, is not only one of our most skilled multi-instrumentalists, but also a strategic business man and all around excellent

person. We’re thrilled and honoured to work and play with Myles!

Follow Myles on Instagram

MYLES PHILPOTT