Walking in to soundcheck, I had forgotten how it all felt. How I had missed the stress and the laughter and the pride of actually getting it together — we did it, this might not suck! This was to be my first proper show back in years — a reintroduction of myself to the people I had met in and out of music the past 10 years. It was to be an intimate show in a small venue, packed with family and friends, with a new band, and a renewed faith in myself and my artistic vision.

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I was a year out of high school and had been taking a part time photography course at Ryerson to pass the time, and hopefully to find a new hobby (it didn’t stick). We learned about aperture settings and light meters and how to move around in a dark room, what chemicals did what etc. In between those classes and aimlessly wandering through Soundscapes and Sonic Boom, I worked the 3 to 11 shift at one of the last full serve gas stations in the city, down the street from the movie lots on Eastern Avenue—a job that allowed me to listen to music and chat up cab drivers while I waited for tanker trucks coming in for diesel, on their way to drop off generators and prop cars to a nearby shoot.

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