I’d like to introduce you all to my new band, Hello Amora. We’ve been recording for the past couple of months and we would like to show you a song we have while we continue to record new ones. We will be working on a set-list shortly and we plan to see you all very soon! Until then, like us on Facebook, Listen or Download our song ‘I’d Tell You To Get Lost, But You Already Are’, and please let us know what you think of it! Beefs? Likes? Tell us! <3
Love,
-Nich
It’s finally here!
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Love,
-Nich
Here’s a song I got hired to record at Fanshawe College. When I got into the studio late that night I had no idea what the song was or even sounded like. I was then tasked with learning and writing all the drum parts in under half an hour. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!! I could feel the constant 16th in every riff of the song, so I really wanted to bring that out in my playing. I also wanted to add a nice bounce to it, that’s where I came up with using the double snare hits on beats 2&3 as a reoccurring theme. You’ll notice it changes with every movement of the song but there’s always a fast bouncy feel present. So give the song a listen through and pay close attention to the fun fills and bouncing. 
Enjoy!
Love,
-Nich
Here’s the final mix I received for the lift of the Paramore song ‘Misery Business’. I had a ton of fun learning this song and don’t let the song deceive you – Paramore’s drummer, Zach, is a beast. Give it a listen, enjoy, and let me know what you think!
Love,
-Nich
We have a little tease for you guys! Goodbye Sky Harbour is in the middle of putting together our release of our new EP entitled, ‘Tired Hearts‘. It’s going to have six songs total, and the first on the EP is this little doozy of a song! It’s a fun upbeat tune with lots of fast and quick hand work and powerful bridge and outro. If you’re able to, take a close listen to the drum parts and air drum along. It’s some fun work outs! Hope you like it and let me know how you feel about it!
Love,
-Nich
I’ve been recording a song for the past week entitled It Was The Sharks. This project was very interesting from the very beginning. It had me using the program Garageband, standard on all Mac computers and available on all iOS devices, for my very first time. As well it’s the first song I’ve written and recorded on my own. It was a very fun self experiment to take part in and I think it came together quite well. There are still a bunch of obvious errors and fixes needed, but I’m honestly too impatient and would rather record at Webber Studios instead of working on it for another week. So this is a good example of what one can do on their first use of Garageband. If you too own a Mac computer and have an interest in recording your ideas, I highly recommend you take the time to do so. It’s easy, fast, and the end result is convincing. Here it is… It Was The Sharks (Garageband Version).
Enjoy! (Try not to cringe too hard. A better version will be coming shortly.)
-Nich
Click HERE to download the song or click play below to stream it! If you’d like to donate and help fund more songs, do so over on the right hand side. >>>
Thank you and ENJOY!!!
-Nich
After over two years of being on hiatus The Lakeside Is For Killers is back writing new songs, playing new shows, and spreading the dirty love. Our debut show on February 9th with Dancing With Paris, Lifestory: Monologue, Bare Bones, and A Sight For Sewn Eyes went outstandingly well. Every band that played that night had me taking a bite of a big ol’ breeze burger (My mouth was open in amazement the entire time). If you haven’t heard of any of those bands, I highly recommend you check them all out. All amazing people writing amazing music. Our set that night went over very smooth, we played all the new songs tightly, people were singing along to the old songs, and we even had a handful of people come up on stage for our last song of night and sing along beside us. I couldn’t be more proud of my brothers for putting on a great show, especially Lee who hasn’t been on stage in five years. Welcome back, my friend. I’m happy to be doing it along side you.
If you live in London Ontario and didn’t get a chance to check out the show, don’t kick yourself in the ass just yet. We have a brand new show coming up on March 3rd at The Music Hall Lounge with Sights And Sounds, Lifestory: Monologue, and Gracefield. You can check out all the details on Facebook HERE! The last show was an amazing time, but this show is going to be even bigger! Don’t miss out!
-Nich
I’m back from the long winding halls of Fanshaw College with my machete in hand ready to make yet another notch in my session bedpost. I don’t think it could have gone any better then it did. If you’re wondering, “What the hell is he talking about?!” I would like to refer you to my last post. It started with a late post practice/double birthday munch-a-thon at our local Denny’s where Adrian and myself got to claim our free birthday breakfasts. Johnny, sadly, was the only one who had to pay full for his meal. Luckily he’s a straight up baller. Shortly after eateries concluded, Johnny and I made our way to the gates of Fanshaw where we were to begin our laying down of the drum tracks for our lift. Getting into the studio involved recollecting all the lessons I learned from the classic Jim Henson movie, ‘The Labyrinth’. Our studio time was booked from 2am until 5am, and it turns out after regular classes finish the school enters a sort of lock-down mode where almost every door is locked, chained, and watched by two armed guards… Not really. But it was quite the adventure. Once we dodged the cleaners and met up with Ludo, we were able to find our way to Studio 1. The next little bit includes a bunch of very uninteresting mic identifier and positioning terms, but once we had the studio kit set-up, ready to play, and mic’d it looked glorious…
Drum Pron
It took about six takes to get it all played through. I definitely could have done better if I buckled down the few days before the recording but now I’ve learned a valuable lesson, you can always practice more. A lesson which had amazing timing as our studio help for the session, Ryan, was also doing a lift for the same class and needed a drummer to play on his song, Misery Business by Paramore. I’ve heard the song a bunch of times but I’ve never took the time to learn how to play the drums to it. We sat down for a bit and I air-drum-learned the song in about half an hour. We took about four takes of what I could manage to play. It turned out okay considering I just learned the song on the spot. Obviously the takes we took weren’t usable in a final studio mix of the song but it gave him some material to work with drum sounds. He was very kind and asked me if I’d want to learn and come back to Fanshaw early February to lay down the tracks for Misery Business. I of course peed myself, and then said yes.
I had such a great time playing for Johnny, and I’m grateful to have met Ryan and for him to ask me to be a part of his project. I got a lot of air drumming to do, folks. So until next time – Enjoy this video and get stoked!
-Nich
I got asked to help record a lift – when you record a cover of another band’s song and try to make it as close to the original as possible – by Johnny the other day for a school project. The song he’s decided to use for his project is LG Fuad by Motion City Soundtrack. As usual I said yes without even listening to the song. Now that I’ve had almost a week to go through it, memorize the parts, accent placements, figure out the tom fills, and differing transitions; I think I’m ready to take to the studio tonight. It’s going to be fun screwing around with drum sounds trying re-create that special sound MCS captures in almost all their tunes. <excited squeal> Here’s the video to the song we’re lifting. Enjoy it and I’ll let you know how everything works out tomorrow after all is said and done.
-Nich
