Excerpt from the bio for my latest album at http://robreid.ca
Raised in Nova Scotia, Rob has played guitar since age 11 with a succession of young rock bands. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in classical guitar at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and a Masters at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. Johns. It was at the latter school that his songwriting kicked in.
His classical kn...
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Excerpt from the bio for my latest album at http://robreid.ca
Raised in Nova Scotia, Rob has played guitar since age 11 with a succession of young rock bands. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in classical guitar at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and a Masters at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. Johns. It was at the latter school that his songwriting kicked in.
His classical knowledge notwithstanding, simpler roots music has been Rob’s primary influence, and meticulous finger style acoustic guitar forms the axis in many of the songs. He pens words and melodies he suggests, with the combination of an acoustic guitar and a cold beer. “It usually begins with one line, and that’s the easy part, then I have to figure out where it all fits together. I can feel the ideas unfold.” He avoids over-analyzing the process. “If you judge yourself too much you can fall into a writer’s block and not come out for six months.”
Historically, Northern singer-songwriters share a legacy of instilling locale into their songs; reflections of territories where deep winters are crosscut with the blazing sunsets and the promise of warmer seasons. With Paradise, the songs of Rob Reid serve as a sonic compass to his truth.
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