Songwriter Catherine Bacque on CBC Radio 3
- By Alan Hardiman
- Published 05/7/2010
Alan Hardiman
Alan Hardiman has been a senior engineer at Find A Way Studios for 3 years and in that time has recorded mixed and mastered many fine recordings for Find A Way. Alan's company Associated Buzz Creative is an entertainment, media, and publicity creative house. ABCBuzz works in film, TV, music, audio and video, bringing the impact of feature film production to the work they do for their clients, from audio post production to sound design for dramatic theatre and the creation of soundscapes for museums, events, and web sites.
Associated Buzz Creative also work in print media, primarily with trade publications serving these sectors of the industry. You can see more samples of Alan's work at http://www.abcbuzz.com.
Creative director Alan Hardiman is a specialist in sound design and music production. Making movie and TV soundtracks for over 20 years (Street Legal, Relic Hunter, The Twilight Zone, The Forgotten), he has gained a deserved reputation for outstanding recordings and sound installations.Each of the CD's five songs spotlights a different facet of Catherine's amazing talent. Kicking off with I Did, I Will, I Do, the album hits high gear right away with a brash, no-nonsense anthem featuring Catherine's insistent acoustic guitar figures and the incisive Telecaster of Tim Bovaconti (Burton Cummings, Ron Sexsmith) in a take-no-prisoners paean to the power of love.
In Fly, we hear in Catherine's voice and lyrics the determination of a triumphant survivor of the fickle fates of love. Montreal-based virtuoso bassist Alain Caron (Alain Caron Band, Uzeb) underscores Catherine with his six-string fretless in a riveting melodic duet.
Next, the haunting melody and lyrics of With You are perfectly complemented by Jack Gelbloom's (Take Five) evocative jazz piano and Doug Cotton's (Format, John) tasteful precision drumming.
Kicking it up again with Say That You Want Me, Catherine shows that she knows how to rock with the best of them. Tim's guitar punctuation and Jack's joyously infectious B3 are anchored by my Motown-inspired bass line.
The album wraps up with You're Still Mine, a love song of steadfastness and faithfulness in the face of life's struggles and shortcomings, aimed as much at your children as your lover.
(Photography by Doug Cotton. CD design by Paul Kelly, Gecko Graphics)
Catherine is a Canadian singer/songwriter with roots in 60s and 70s folk, pop, and rock. Her style ranges from jazzy ballads to straight out country rock. According to her mother, Catherine sang in the cradle while her father played Vivaldi and Benny Goodman on the stereo. Later, her parents introduced her to the Beatles, Elvis, Duke Ellington, Gilles Vigneault, Monique Leyrac, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell.
Catherine went on to discover Emmylou Harris, traditional Canadian folk music, and classic American country artists such as Patsy Cline and Hank Williams. Today Catherine loves to listen to Sarah McLachlan, Dala, The Dixie Chicks, The Tragically Hip, Melissa McClelland, Kathleen Edwards and Sheryl Crow.
More information, photos & lyrics: www.catbacque.com and www.SonicBids.com/CatherineBacque
