Here is two of my talk breaks from on-air shifts on 91x fm Belleville. Theses are works in progress as with each passing day the task of writing good talks is getting a bit easier to do. hopeful that it is showing signs of improving !!!!!
https://soundcloud.com/tim-gardner-3/sets/talk-breaks-91x-fm
The David Wilcox Story
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Here is two advertisments that I have written and produced for the Radio course.
The first one is for Easter.
https://soundcloud.com/tim-gardner-3/boris-the-bunny-easter
This one is for a practical joke store !!!!
https://soundcloud.com/tim-gardner-3/apoccalypse-now-2013-tgardner
The first one is for Easter.
https://soundcloud.com/tim-gardner-3/boris-the-bunny-easter
This one is for a practical joke store !!!!
https://soundcloud.com/tim-gardner-3/apoccalypse-now-2013-tgardner
This is my final assignment for Radio Writing in semester 2 @ the Loyalist College Radio Broadcasting program. the first year has been a interesting but enjoyable time. as a mature student coming back to school it was a daunting if not formidable task of herculean proportions !!!
I chose David Wilcox as the subject of my 10 minutes Roc-umentary for a few reasons, the main one is that I really like his style of guitar playing and his live performances can be quite legendary at times.....Also I had the pleasure of catching up with David last august in Kingston before a gig and had a ten minute interview with him. The insight and knowledge of David music made me want to share with you the passion and love David has for music.
I have included the many facets of Davids career spanning from his early beginnings to his present day life. David is happily married and is currently working on a solo album of just him and his guitar music he calls a good feel on the sitting on the porch music..David continues to gig when possible and still maintains a summer festival circuit presence. Don't miss your chance to see a Canadian music legend in the making !!!!
I chose David Wilcox as the subject of my 10 minutes Roc-umentary for a few reasons, the main one is that I really like his style of guitar playing and his live performances can be quite legendary at times.....Also I had the pleasure of catching up with David last august in Kingston before a gig and had a ten minute interview with him. The insight and knowledge of David music made me want to share with you the passion and love David has for music.
I have included the many facets of Davids career spanning from his early beginnings to his present day life. David is happily married and is currently working on a solo album of just him and his guitar music he calls a good feel on the sitting on the porch music..David continues to gig when possible and still maintains a summer festival circuit presence. Don't miss your chance to see a Canadian music legend in the making !!!!
Producer:
Tim Gardner
DAVID WILCOX STORY
IN 1970, WILCOX REPLACED AMOS GARRETT IN IAN & SYLVIA TYSON’S BAND, GREAT SPECKLED BIRD, PLAYING BACK-UP FOR ACTS SUCH AS ANNE MURRAY, CARL PERKINS, AND CHARLIE RICH. IN 1973, AFTER TWO RECORDS, WILCOX LEFT THE BAND TO GO SOLO.
WILCOX'S FIRST
BAND, DAVID WILCOX AND THE TEDDY BEARS, HIT LOCAL STAGES AS A FLASHY CHARACTER
WITH AN OVERSIZED WAXED MOUSTACHE, A BAGGY SUIT AND A FLOWER IN HIS LAPEL. HIS
DEBUT ALBUM, OUT OF THE WOODS CAME OUT IN 1977. OUT OF THE WOODS PRODUCED HIS
THREE TOP HITS, "DO THE BEARCAT", "BAD APPLE", AND
"THAT HYPNOTIZIN’ BOOGIE".
WILCOX SIGNED WITH CAPITOL RECORDS IN 1982,
RE-RELEASING OUT OF THE WOODS, WHICH BECAME WILCOX’S FIRST ALBUM TO REACH GOLD
STATUS.
WILCOX'S SECOND ALBUM MY EYES KEEP ME IN TROUBLE, RELEASED IN
1983, FEATURED "DOWNTOWN CAME UPTOWN" AND "RIVERBOAT
FANTASY". IT WAS HIS SECOND STRAIGHT GOLD RECORD AND ANOTHER SERIES OF
TOURS FOLLOWED.
WILCOX BECAME POPULAR AMONG STUDENTS ON THE COLLEGE CONCERT SCENE
IN THE 1980S, FOR HIS GUITAR SKILL, HUMOROUS LYRICS AND QUIRKY VOCAL STYLING.MOTIVATED BY THE SUCCESS OF HIS TOUR AND TWO GOLD RECORDS, WILCOX
WENT BACK INTO THE STUDIO IN 1984 TO RECORD BAD REPUTATION. A YEAR LATER HE
RELEASED THE BEST OF DAVID WILCOX, HIS FIRST COMPILATION ALBUM, AS A
HIT-INSPIRED COLLECTION OF HIS SONGS. IT WAS ALSO THE DEBUT ALBUM FOR
"BLOOD MONEY" AND "WHEN YOU MISTREAT HER".
LATER THAT YEAR (1985), WILCOX WAS HONORED WITH THE COCA (THE
CANADIAN ORGANIZATION OF CAMPUS ACTIVITIES) FOR ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AWARD.
WILCOX’S NEXT ALBUM TO BE RELEASED WAS YET ANOTHER COMPILATION OF PREVIOUSLY
RECORDED SUCCESSES AND WAS PART OF CAPITOL RECORDS' SERIES OVER 60 MINUTES
WITH...
IN THE LATE 1980S, WILCOX MOVED AWAY FROM HIS PAST RAW
LIVE-IN-THE-STUDIO APPROACH, TO A MORE PRODUCED SYNTHESIZER AND DRUM PROGRAM
MODERN ROCK SOUND. THE ALBUM BREAKFAST AT THE CIRCUS (1987) FEATURED
"LAYIN' PIPE", "THE SONG HE NEVER WROTE", SOUNDING LIKE A
WILCOX TRIBUTE TO HIS EXCESSIVE SIDE. AFTER MORE TOURS, HE RETURNED WITH 1989'S
THE NATURAL EDGE. IT FEATURED THE TITLE TRACK, "THE NATURAL EDGE",
THE SWEET ANTHEMIC POP OF "LAY DOWN IN YOUR ARMS", "IVORY
TOWER", "POP OUT WORLD", AND THE LEADOFF TRACK "STILL
LIFE".
IT WAS NOT UNTIL SOME YEARS LATER, IN 1993, WHEN WILCOX CAME OUT
WITH HIS NEXT ALBUM, A BOX SET TITLED, THE COLLECTED WORKS 1977-1993. IT
FEATURED LIVE VERSIONS OF "THAT HYPNOTIZIN' BOOGIE" AND "TRIP
OUT TONIGHT". IT ALSO FEATURED UNRELEASED MATERIAL SUCH AS "NEEDLE IN
A HAYSTACK" AND "THE GROOVE".
THIRTEEN SONGS, RELEASED IN 1996, FEATURED ACOUSTIC-BASED MUSIC
PLAYED WITH A SMALL BAND, PLAYING SAX-AND-ORGAN JAZZ "RAINY NIGHT
SALOON", COUNTRY STORYTELLING "SHOTGUN CITY" AND DEEP BLUES
"THREE PAST MIDNIGHT". "GOD IS ON A BENDER" IS CONSIDERED
ONE OF WILCOX'S BEST SONGS. WILCOX RELEASED GREATEST HITS TOO IN 1997, WITH
MUCH OF THE ALBUM BEING PRODUCED BY WILCOX.
WILCOX'S RECORD COMPANY DECIDED TO RELEASE HIM FROM HIS CONTRACT
IN 1997 DUE TO SLUMPING SALES. HOWEVER IN 2002 HE WAS ABLE TO PICK UP A NEW
RECORDING CONTRACT WITH EDMONTON-BASED STONY PLAIN RECORDS. DAVID THEN BEGAN TO
WORK ON AND PRODUCE THE ALBUM RHYTHM OF LOVE WHICH FEATURED "PLAY THAT
GUITAR RAG", "EASY LIKE RAIN" AND "RATTLESNAKIN'
DADDY". IN 2003 WILCOX RELEASED ROCKIN' THE BOOGIE: THE BEST OF BLUES AND
BOOGIE, FEATURING MANY OF HIS BEST KNOWN WORK. IN 2007, WILCOX RELEASED BOY IN
THE BOAT.
DAVID IS NOW HAPPILY MARRIED AND LIVING THE SIMPLE LIFE OF A
MUSICIAN. TIL THIS DAY DAVID CONTINUES TO WRITE AND PRODUCE HIS MUSIC AND
CONTINUOUSLY PLAYS LIVE SHOWS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
https://soundcloud.com/tim-gardner-3/david-wilcox-rocumentary
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