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B4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday. April 12, 2000 r S E W IN G M A C H IN E S T O R E tinft nil other makes dr models EXPERT PINKING SHEARS & SCISSOR SHARPENING R K P A IR S T O S IN G E R 1 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 198 SPEERS R D . 8 4 2 -2 0 3 3 Inside O akville Vacuum Hear Voices of the New Generation' By Carol B aldw in ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Big Brothers of Halton's f ^ i Bowl for Kids Sake Saturday April 15.200011:30- 4 pm Oakville Bowlerama (fe r i) Restaurant Title Sponsor $ O W | F o r K id * £ 3 ^ 2 I R j g f n £ j p Y ® u r A lie v * Spaces are still available for teams and lane sponsors. Join us for a fun day with prizes, and lunch provided by Kelsey's Restaurant To bowl for the kids contact Susan Smith at 339-2355 Tickets to see `Voices o f the New Generation* on Friday are $1939 and are available by visiting or calling the Oakville Centre box office at 130 Navy Street, 815-2021. T D a m r u n k r e a n y d r iv e r s t o o e s e . u s in g o f t h Law s ag a in st d ru n k d riv e rs a re sim p ly n o t to u g h e n o u g h . Most re p e a t o ffenders are quickly back o n die road. If this is a n issue you feel strongly a b o u t, why n o t consider jo in in g the tig h t at MADD H alton. W e n e e d a few key peo p le with an interest in k e e p in g d ru n k drivers off th e road to jo in o u r board. It's a g rea t way to m ake a difference in o u r com m unity. To fin d o u t m ore j u s t call S te p h a n ie D ooley a t 844-0096. S h e's looking forw ard to h e a rin g fro m you. Mothers Against Drunk Driving MADD here is a new generation of entertainers perform ing on stages across the country who do not rely on an entourage to look after everything from make-up and concert bookings to transportation and income tax returns. Gregg Lawless, David Leask and Andrea Koziol are three such musicians and they will be combining their talents on Friday, April 14th at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Calling themselves Voices of the New Generation, this trio of young performers will entertain separately and will do a couple of numbers together, as well. "I think our evening will work because we are all what I would call acoustically based pop artists, meaning we're not hard rockers. And we all have distinctive styles," Lawless said in a recent telephone interview. "My style has been called `gumbo pop,' meaning there are so many things mixed in...it's all over the place. David Leask is Celtic-tinged pop, and Andrea Koziol - her music has been called torch folk.. .a sort of campy style of jazz, but not true jazz... folksy jazz." The songs the three performers plan to do together at the end of the Oakville concert are a surprise, said Lawless. "But they won't be our own." Lawless said he only records original songs, but his live shows offer a mixture of originals and cover tunes. "One of my favourites parts of live performing is doing slightly twist ed versions of better-known songs. I'll sometimes do a blues version of an upbeat Elvis song. The last gig that I played, I did a really slow, blues version of All Shook Up," he said. "When I play a full night at a theatre, I try to put at least one cover tune into each set to give people a break. So they are, at least, relaxing and saying, `OK, here's something I know.'" However, since there are three separate entertainers on the Oakville bill, anything goes. All three are, added Lawless, "self-managed, self-financed, self-booked...`indie' (inde pendent) artists" who are wedged comfortably between fame and obscurity. They don't have grandiose visions of fame, and Lawless isn't even sure if he wants to be a superstar. "At this point in my life, I'm definitely looking for some sort of balance between doing what I want to do musically, paying the bills, and having some family time," said the bilingual musician who just became a father for the first time last year. "I'm spending lots of time hanging out with my son these days." And that's one reason Lawless refuses to ride the concert tour merry-go-round. He doesn't want to sacrifice time with his family for a precarious pull at the brass ring. "My priorities are in balance with one another - family, business and artistic all at the same time," he explained. "As a result I'm not a candidate for a major label record deal because I'm not really committed to going on the road for eight months of the year to become a superstar." Consequently, Lawless fills his working hours following a number of creative pursuits. For instance, he conducts songwriting/business-of-music workshops at high schools across the province, many of which are all-day events that culminate in an afternoon concert featuring the workshop participants. One such workshop concentrates on the craft of songwriting and explores the ingredients necessary for a Gregg Lawless (hugging guitar), David Leask and Andrea Koziol are the Voices of the New G eneration. song to enjoy air play or to get recorded by other singers. "You can't write 15-minute epics and expect Celine Dion to cover them; and you can't write songs for radio air play that have five-minute guitar solos in the middle," he explained, adding, "I get into specifics about how songs that are played on the radio are crafted, the structure of songs." As far as the business aspect of the workshop is con cerned, Lawless said he shares his failures and successes as an independent artist and talks about the pros and cons of try ing to make money as a songwriter in Canada. "Ninety-nine per cent of people who make a living in music in Canada are doing something else at the same time," he said, adding that he advises workshop participants to think of other ways to make money in the music field while they are writing their songs. Some teach music, others go into publishing or retail. Creative people will find a way, he said. For Lawless, his bills are paid with money made writing French songs for schools. "I write a lot of songs for publish ing companies that are used as part of the curriculum all across Canada for French students," he said. "Gregg LeRock is my French pseudonym for songs that I write for students in Grades 4 to 8 across the country. Those song are used in teaching guides and text books from Newfoundland to B. C." And then there are his English songs, which, he said, he's almost "breaking even" on at this point. Some of them will be on the concert bill of Voices of the New Generation at 8 p.m. on Friday in the Oakville Centre. 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