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I've realized that my weekends have been following a two-day pattern involving exploration & creation.
On a Saturday in July, I found my toes covered by the sands of the Sugar Beach party for the first annual Sound In Motion independent electronic music festival. The city’s EDM community was yearning for a small crack to emerge in the concrete jungle of Toronto. What they got was an enormous leap forward for the city.
I felt a surge of ideas flowing through me as forceful & timed as the percussive elements that soundtracked the sun-soaked afternoon. The intense inner-rises brought reminders of MUTEK’s edition of Piknic Electronik where I would stare back across the water to Montreal, realizing it was an emerald city. Diving back into those same feelings with my close friends Davy, Dani & V gave that added touch. Leaving the beach, we laid down at the top of the grassy knoll that overlooked the neon city with it’s millions of voices & stories.
Creation followed on Sunday with Davy & I raiding the film archives, finding visual pieces to patch together to accompany the new You Are My Symphonic live show. The summer has been in full motion with rewarding musical expression. The fall season feels strong with the promise of live shows and more. It's an exciting time to be moving.
Dani & V surprised me with a unique billboard of cupcakes entitled “You Are My Symphonic” which we picked apart one by one. Dani gave insight into the weekend saying that all the moments were random, but somehow, they fit together. She said that as I recalled playing the Toronto Pan Am Games piano at Sugar Beach, outside the Sound In Motion festival, painted in the her country’s colours, the Dominican Republic.
You Are My Symphonic // Aug 16, 2012 at 12:16 am
Report this commentToo bad it was so windy. This was a really good original piece. If you two (in the video) see this, please let me know what your song is called! It is absolutely beautiful C:
Louise // Aug 1, 2012 at 12:48 am
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Dominican Republic piano @ Sugar Beach
Susan Drysdale // Jul 31, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Report this commentA leg of the Corus Quay piano bench is broken.
Michael D // Jul 31, 2012 at 10:38 am
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Josh Lee playing the Dominican Republic piano
Julie-Ann Lee // Jul 26, 2012 at 11:04 pm
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South- CORUS Quay / Sugar Beach (25 Dockside Dr)
Maziar Heidari // Jul 25, 2012 at 2:16 pm
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Hey, It's easy I can play !
Dominican Republic piano created by Ivanna Lovery.
Joe C. // Jul 24, 2012 at 9:08 am
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An impromptu gang got together to sing a Beatles classic on the Play Me I'm Yours Sugar Beach piano, part of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games cultural initiative. Wanna play? Find out the location of your closest piano here http://bit.ly/NlJSCa
PMIYTO2015 // Jul 20, 2012 at 2:49 pm
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We have moved this piano slightly. It is now along the central walkway at Sugar Beach. Happy Playing
PMIYTO2015 // Jul 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm
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Fun surprises when you walk around in Toronto
Profile Picture François Bergevin // Jul 16, 2012 at 4:28 pm
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Taken on Saturday morning - going for a bike ride.
beth // Jul 16, 2012 at 11:46 am
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It is amazing to play piano in a ferry!!! I love this idea!
Susan Drysdale // Jul 31, 2012 at 12:06 pm
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