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00:01:21:16 How much of Brentwood Bay went into O Maria
00:01:25:20 do you think, like how important was that place
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00:01:29:06 I wouldn't say it was important at all really.
00:01:32:19 I'd say there is more import in Canmore.
00:01:37:06 I lived a few months in Canmore, which was pretty awesome.
00:01:40:27 -Yeah. -Yeah.
00:01:42:10 It's beautiful country out there.
00:01:44:13 Yeah, it really is, and I was living with this girl, Crystal,
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00:01:51:06 because she was a tour guide there.
00:01:52:18 So she took me to all these back places,
00:01:54:18 like up in Kananaskis Country.
00:01:57:15 Yeah, it was actually really magical.
00:02:00:13 It was a really good time in my life .
00:02:03:16 Yeah, I can imagine.
00:02:05:18 I can imagine what they would be like, the first time like
00:02:08:27 breathing after being underwater for a long time.
00:02:11:17 Like this city I find, like Toronto,
00:02:13:10 like I have mixed feelings about it as well.
00:02:14:29 You know like, you kind of have this like, it's fun and
00:02:18:05 it's busy and it's like always going,
00:02:21:13 but it's also kind of a big show, right?
00:02:25:08 -It is. -you know.
00:02:27:13 It's important to remember that like, we built this place,
00:02:30:28 like this isn't what the world is like,
00:02:32:28 this is what our world is like,
00:02:34:13 but like we're part of actual...
00:02:37:20 we're a part of nature. Yeah.
00:02:39:18 We're not separate from nature,
00:02:41:12 but that's some thing we forget in the city, I think.
00:02:43:02 -Yeah, definitely. -Well, you know,
00:02:44:24 like yeah, think about it, we build things to stand on,
00:02:47:08 we live within our own creations, right? Totally.
00:02:49:10 Like how often nature becomes something,
00:02:51:13 almost it's like foreign to us.
00:02:52:28 Yeah, and we have to like go retreat to nature.
00:02:54:27 Yeah.
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00:02:57:28 Yeah, very, very strange.
00:02:59:21 It was important for that to happen in my life,
00:03:01:21 to be out there.
00:03:03:14 Yeah, definitely.
00:03:05:23 So what's next on the horizon for Jon-Rae?
00:03:10:11 Well, I've got some ideas musically.
00:03:13:12 -Yeah. -Yeah, I've got some ideas.
00:03:15:19 I'm going to try and convince a band
00:03:24:03 we both know to back me up on a gospel.
00:03:29:00 They haven't really agreed to me yet, but I hope they will.
00:03:33:07 I'll put in a word, I'll put in a word.
00:03:35:09 -Yeah, do it, do it. -I'll be like...
00:03:37:08 I'll call them up and I'll be like listen, you guys should
00:03:39:11 probably do this, maybe, you know, like you know,
00:03:40:28 it will be a good idea. They're still to hear the songs,
00:03:42:20 and I have demos of them all recorded.
00:03:45:07 It's like hymns, it's like the simplest music.
00:03:48:13 It's made...
00:03:49:28 hymns were written to instantly be able to sing along with,
00:03:54:24 and know, like, oh yeah,
00:03:56:15 the next chord is going to be this.
00:03:58:00 Oh yeah, this make perfect sense.
00:03:59:28 Yeah, I'm looking forward to that.
00:04:02:08 I think that's a good direction to go in.
00:04:04:13 A big gospel record would be like...
00:04:07:03 Like dirty rock kind of, kind of dirty rock.
00:04:10:13 This is... yeah,
00:04:11:23 feel like the introspective record has happened.
00:04:15:02 Yeah. And now let's...
00:04:16:16 Redemption.
00:04:17:23 I want to see the vein, I want to see the vein in your head
00:04:20:02 come out when you're like really cutting into a song, you know.
00:04:23:10 I want to see that too.
00:04:24:16 Yeah, that's the one, that's the one.
00:04:25:23 I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable about that,
00:04:28:17 but when that vein comes out, I trust that vein, you know,
00:04:34:13 like I believe what you're saying to me when that vein
00:04:36:16 comes out, you know.
00:04:37:25 There is truth in the vein.
00:04:39:06 There is truth, there is very... the truth is honesty.
00:04:42:13 I've got some country songs too.
00:04:43:28 I'm going to record a country record with this band called
00:04:46:19 Yukon Blonde.
00:04:47:29 Yeah, That's cool.
00:04:49:16 Yeah, they're cool.
00:04:50:24 The songs, songs are coming along, they're all kind of
00:04:53:28 more down beat, but yeah, I like them.
00:04:57:12 When do you think, like maybe like about the summer,
00:04:59:13 maybe like a little fall?
00:05:00:28 Probably the winter.
00:05:02:24 Yeah. I am thinking winter is when that one will be ready,
00:05:04:28 but hopefully the hymns will be recorded and ready by summer,
00:05:09:00 yeah. Awesome!
00:05:10:11 So thanks.
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