Tag: Music
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Be Yourself; Do What Matters to You, Part 3 of our Mike Lanteigne Interview
Welcome to Part 3 of our interview with Mike Lanteigne, lead guitarist of the Ontario based country rock band, Jonnson’s Creek. This our third and final part (and…in my opinion, our best) of our interview series with Michael Lanteigne. Mike shares with us, more of his unique and intelligent insights on guitar playing and music,…
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Love, Kindness, Respect, and Support, Part 2 of our Interview With a Country Gentleman
In this installment, we continue our conversation with Mike Lanteigne, lead guitarist of the country rock band, Johnson’s Creek. We pick up our conversation from Part 1 of the video and delve deeper into Mike’s influences with different styles of music. We talk about how his more recent jazz guitar studies have helped improve and…
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Interview With a Country Gentleman Part 1
Mike Lanteigne is the lead guitarist for a country rock band called Johnson’s Creek, quite a popular band in their home province of Ontario. He is a devoted family man, who goes out of his way to help others and his community. It’s no wonder he has so many friends and social media followers. And,…
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The Power of Music
Many of us have been very disturbed and moved by the horrific images coming out of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. How could someone not be? As usual, those with the least to do with the conflict suffer the most. Unbelievably, there have been glimmers of hope, including flashes of musical brilliance.
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The Elusive Art of Songwriting
Good songwriters are few and far between and good ones should be celebrated. Some great pops songs may be simple but writing them is anything but easy.
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An Ode to the Love of Music
I have loved music since I was a young girl. Although I did not grow up in a musical family, I was blessed to have parents who encouraged my musical interests.