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About TRAVEL SONGS
June, 2006
Travelsongs is about passion for life, expression and experience.
Travelsongs is about original music, photos and travel stories.
These are my personal experiences travelling through the world.
Some of the places I've been include most of Western Canada,
The United States, Spain, France, England, Central America
and Mexico. I started full time wandering in the fall of 2002
but really, I've been travelling all my life. It's been over
3 years now since I left Canada. I've been living in South
Korea for the last 2 years. Most recently I've journeyed to
southeast Asia: the Philippines, Japan and Thailand. I have
plans to travel to Nepal, Mongolia, Tibet and China in the
next couple of years.
Musical Notes
My musical choices are folk, roots, blues, Celtic and world
beat. I also like traditional indigenous and Latin American
music. My main instruments are acoustic guitar, bass and mandolin
but I also dabble with flutes, whistles and drums. I mostly
write traditional with an innovative ear.
Musical Credits
- co-founder of the 13-piece folk group OOKPIC
(an Inuit word meaning owl) with festival performances and
2 independent albums of original music to our credit.
- founding member of the a Capella group "Flatland
Freight" with festival performances
- co-organization and production of the MeadowLark
Folk Festival
- co-organization and production of the Ness Creek
Festival
- organization of One World Beat Free Concert,
Tikal Guatemala
- organization of One World Beat Concert,
Pohang, R.O.K.
- sound engineer for Cafe Domingo Folk Club,
Saskatoon
- sound engineer for 23 Below Folk Club
and the Sask. Cultural Exchange Society
- Record Production of "The Wolf Tone Sessions"
(an exploration into spontaneous conduction)
- Record production of Doug NorQuay's "Cadillac
Shoes" a hard driving, acoustic blues, slide
player with dark, thought-provoking lyrics.
- Writing, arranging and production credits for OOKPIC's
"Sister Earth"
- Writing, arranging and production credits for OOKPIC's
"Pond Dynamics"
Current Projects
Right now I am completing an album of original folk/blues
tunes. It will be available on this page in a short while now.
All the songs are arranged, performed, recorded and produced
by myself. It's my third album after a long hiatus from the
studio.
Other Notes
Rob Carlson (Nonstop Design),
a good friend and great web designer, is responsible for all
of the technical aspects of the page.
I hope you gain inspiration and insight from these few moments
and words.
R.B. Wilson
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