Let's Get Digital
We are getting some cameras installed at work to add another dimension to our on-air shows.
While most of what you see is either planned or polished, I’m also hoping to get more real with you.
Every week, I will personally answer ONE question about what life is like working for a radio station in Canada’s capital, my experiences both personal and professional, and how cool it is to be a physically disabled female working in such a fast paced and exciting industry.
No holds barred - you can literally, ask me anything.
Neon Dreams @ KiSS
Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris of Neon Dreams chat with Amy Volume from KiSS Ottawa ahead of their show at the 27 Club, Thursday, November 8th.
We last spoke with Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris in 2016 when they released their breakaway hit "Marching Bands" ft. Kardinal Offishall. Since then, they've released 2 EPs, 2017's 'Wolf, Princess and Me' and 2016's 'To You' and have been working away on their forthcoming debut LP(rumoured to drop in 2019...they definitely seem to enjoy teasing us with that).
Neon Dreams are featured on Prime Minister Trudeau's Spotify Playlist, so I obviously had to ask how that made them feel. Surprised? Honoured? Intimidated by his fantastic hair? They got to meet Trudeau, aka 'little prince' according to Frank, and he definitely made a stylish impact.
Adrian reveals he once slept through sound check the one and only time Ria Mae asked him to play for her. Obviously things are cool with the boys and Ria as they're out on tour right now. Catch them at the 27 Club, the markets most intimate live music venue, Thursday, November 8. CLICK HERE for more information and to buy tickets.
Neon Dreams have a new single out called 'Guilty'. You can hear it by CLICKING HERE.
For context, there were some irritating tech issues happening in studio during filming.*
Stay in touch with Neon Dreams on social media. Their channel of choice: Instagram.
Forest Blakk at KiSS: old lives, future hopes and how art brings light to dark places
An excerpt from FOREST BLAKK's official bio:
"He was born in Montreal and his early years were spent with his mother, who had Blakk at 17 and struggled with addiction, and his stepfather, a notorious drug dealer.
Blakk can tell you hair-raising tales of his childhood, including an assassination attempt on his father on the family’s front stoop, rooms full of cash, and moving around constantly... to evade child services when Blakk’s teachers in Canada discovered the physical abuse his father had inflicted on him."
Forest has been musically inclined since childhood, using an old Don Henley tune as a reprieve from the gloomy surroundings he was born into. He ran away from home at 13, and moved in with his grandmother at 15. She bought him his first guitar and will be seeing him play it, all these years later, to an arena crowd later this summer.
In a former life, Forest gained local success in a band but he didn't seem too interested in talking about that...
“Yeah, that’s the past. The past is the past. I think like all things, that was my elementary school [outlet]. Yeah, I had to learn. I paid my dues like I think a lot of artists do... but I hadn’t really found myself... I had to go from the caterpillar to the butterfly.”
The Gospel According to Volume (new demo)
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Listen to my latest demo & tell me what you think. Unless it's rude - if it's rude, best keep it to yourself.
Audio was taken from my 6 hour radio programme (yes, I'm spelling it that way on purpose) on Wednesday, September 28th.
If you would like to hear MORE from my show, I do have a full show scope on hand (hour by hour) for funzies. Furthermore, you could always tune in weekdays from 9AM to 3PM for the fresh effect by CLICKING HERE.
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