my name is braden
i enjoy writing songs and using a fiddle or guitar to play them
i like to wash dishes and play floor hockey
music has taken me all over the world to places like red deer, edmunston, vegreville, mission and regina
a lot of people don't know about this but in the music industry there is an organization called the 'court of fouls'
they send representatives to every gig of every musician in the world
even to red deer, edmunston, vegreville, mission, and regina
these representatives are dressed as civilians so it is really hard to tell who they are
they are there to count mistakes during our performance and for every mistake, there is ten dollars taken from our pay
usually before the first set is over i end up owing the venue some cash
that's why it's so hard to make it in the music business
highlights of my musical orbit include
driving the sound guy home after a gig in markerville, alberta, because he had a dui
drinking moosehead lager courtesy of the canadian embassy in reykjavik, iceland
performing during a perogy eating contest in glendon, alberta
recording a live show at the banff centre for the arts
and performing at the canadian folk music awards in ottawa, ontario
that's it
bg