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TechnoratiBroken Ride plays their way to Canadian Music Week
Anton Strilchuk, Weal Writer
If you’re a fan of Nickelback or Thornley, then Broken Ride (BR) is for you. The boys from BR have been selected to play Canadian Music Week (CMW) and are fundraising for the trip with a show at the Gate on Feb. 11.
“There are going to be about 300 bands across Canada who got invited to play and we were one of them,” says Ron Tarrant, lead guitarist and SAIT grad.
Tarrant graduated from the radio broadcasting program at SAIT and is now working at JackFM in Calgary as a producer.
Being selected to showcase their music in Toronto was one thing, but actually getting there is a entirely new challenge for BR.
“We’re putting together this show to raise some funds so we can go down there and be able to make ends meet,” he says.
Tarrant, who has played in several bands including playing guitar for Canadian Idol superstar Billy Klippert, has only been playing with BR for just under a year.
“I was actually judging a battle of the bands that (Broken Ride) was in at the time,” he says.
“As soon as I broke up with Klippert, I called Graham (Furber) and said, ‘Hey, I bet you’re probably not in that band, would you want to do something musically?’ He was like ‘Well actually I am, and we’re looking for a lead guitar player.’”
After Tarrant joined the band, BR set their sights high. They just released a three song EP produced by Dale Penner (Nickelback, Loverboy) and plan to record a full-length album in the near future.
“We’ve got all the songs ready, we just need an investor to go into the studio with like 40 grand because music costs so much to record these days,” Tarrant says.
At this point the focus is on the upcoming Gate show so the guys can actually make it to CMW.
“I’m really excited because I went to SAIT for two years, and I kind of got to see all the action that was happening there,” says Tarrant. “It’s kind of like going back to your own school to play there. It’s kind of an honour for me that way.”