Posts Tagged Music

Occupy Maui

January 30, 2012 by Ian MacKenzie
This week, during my “time off”, I couldn’t resist joining the crew of Occupy Maui as they launched a week of direct-action against Monsanto. I love visiting various occupations around the world – it’s like discovering extended family you never knew you had. Friday’s event culminated in a musical performance by the folk musician Human [...]

Ben Sigston and the Peak Performance Project – Challenge #1

August 25, 2010 by Ian MacKenzie
Through the serendipitous people chain, I ended up working with local musician Ben Sigston on his intro video for The Peak Performance Project. The program is pretty incredible actually: basically investing large amounts of money and time to foster the BC artist community (even more important in the face of devastating Liberal funding cuts). Ben [...]

Interview: Weezer Guitarist Brian Bells Talks About Pork & Beans

October 19, 2008 by Ian MacKenzie
On Oct 10, neo-nerd rock band Weezer played at GM Place as part of their new Troublemaker Tour. I had the opportunity to shoot the piece for VancouverIAM, which is how I found myself headed down to the venue that afternoon to meet up with the musicians. I always find these gigs interesting, partly because [...]

Interview With Staind Frontman Aaron Lewis On Their New Album

August 29, 2008 by Ian MacKenzie
Last Tuesday I shot a segment for VancouverIAM involving an interview with Aaron Lewis, the frontman of the metal band Staind. You may not know this about me, but I dislike being on camera. I much prefer to work behind the lens. So I enlisted the hosting help of Matt Anderson (of Naked Bike Ride [...]