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The Rules
Sound design I did for a series of animations from The Rules with Artaban The Rules – Connecting Dots from Artaban on...
read moreLeo Award Nomination for Clockwork
This year my song ‘Clockwork’ was nominated for best music video at The Leo Awards. There were six nominees in the category for which hundreds submitted. The video didn’t end up taking home the award but it’s an honour to be nominated for such a big award show. Congrats to Greg Gillespie and Jem Garrard for making the video come to life.
read moreThe Boom Booms Superstition mix
Got a call from the boys in The Boom Booms to mix their cover of Stevie Wonder’s Superstition for the LG104.3 Vancover contest. They ended up winning the $5000...
read morePGVAN#11 Dan Mangan and Blacksmith
In January, Playground teamed up with Dan Mangan and Blacksmith to produce PGVAN#11 at The Warehouse recording studio in Vancouver. It was such a treat to finally record one of these events in an actual studio nonetheless one of the finest in Canada. Check out the mix I came up with. All audio is live from one take.
read moreBorn to Win
Here’s the latest track I produced with Kaleigh Mason. It’s a haunting pop soul rock production. All instruments played by me except the guitars by Adam Bailie. Born To Win by Kaleigh Mason
read moreJesse Bentley and The Secrets of the Universe
Check out Jesse Bentley’s debut EP I produced, mixed and engineered. It’s a blend of reggae, soul and pop rock. Jesse Bentley with The Secrets of the Universe by Jesse Bentley
read moreVancouver Marathon 2015 uses ‘Clockwork” as it’s soundtrack
The 2015 Vancouver Marathon promo video has been released and features my original song “Clockwork”.
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Clockwork – re-ID
Checkout the video for my single Clockwork from my debut album. This video was shot in 11 cities in 10 different countries and produced by Greg Gillespie and Jem Garrard and edited by Greg. Executive Producers: Steve Hendry Dylan Jacobs Blake Martin Rachel Hendry Corinne & Adam Schelle Caroline Cunningham Susan Sprague Kate Hendry Ian & Ellen Hendry Ruth & Rob Kilgour Produced by Jem Garrard and Greg Gillespie Editing: Greg Gillespie Special thanks to: Phil Rhys Lews (London) and Kirnay Bhatt (India) Special thanks: Ian Sheh,...
read moreAlysha Brilla – Two Shots re-ID mix
Here’s a remix I did for Juno nominated artist Alysha Brilla. Took this pop rock soul track from her debut album and turned it into a reggae chune.
read morePlayground Wins 4 Leo Awards
The Playground team was nominated for 4 Leo Awards and took home all 4!! The Leo Awards celebrate the best BC has to offer in television and film. We took home the awards for: BEST INFORMATION OR LIFESTYLE SERIES (Adam Schelle, Kev Holloway – Producers) BEST DIRECTION INFORMATION OR LIFESTYLE SERIES (Jem Garrard, Greg Gillespie) BEST PICTURE EDITING INFORMATION OR LIFESTYLE SERIES (Jem Garrard, Greg Gillespie) BEST MUSIC VIDEO (Adam Schelle, Kev Holloway – Producers) Here’s the video and the episode. Always fortunate to...
read morePGKEL#10
For the final episode we traveled to Kelowna and did a PG session with the first Peak Performance Project winners, We Are The City. This was a lot of fun to set up. We had a wall of amps that we stacked about 8 feet tall by 10 feet wide. All different kinds of amps and it looked fucking awesome. This was the first event where the band didn’t actually play any instruments. Plugged into the amps were about 20 really shitty keyboards, like the ones you got to play with when you were a kid. There was a grand piano, people whacking...
read morePGVIC#9
We travelled to Victoria, BC and did a Playground session with local motown band The Chantrelles. This was one of the biggest productions yet instrument wise. 5 keyboards, 30 singers, 4 timpanis, 3 electric guitars, vibraphone and even tubular bells. There’s probably even more but check out the video to see what I missed. A challenging mix to say the least but it always turns out in the end. I gave this one an old school sound to fit it’s motown character. Music Video Full...
read morePGCGY#8
After we finished up in Edmonton we rented vans and drove a few hours south to Calgary to produce PGCGY#8 with The Dojo Workhorse. We set up shop in an art gallery downtown and through a New Years party in May. Everybody dressed up like it was January 31st and probably drank even more thanks to the free beer supplied at every event. We had a full band with two guitars, drums, bass, keys and harmonica with lots of vocal harmonies. The audience was in charge of singing and humming, playing the melodica, shaking, boom whacking and even tap...
read morePGEDM#7
Back in May the Playground team hopped on a plane to Edmonton to put on the seventh installment of Playground with Shout Out Out Out Out. We had a big open hanger style garage that has been converted into an artistic fashion hub of clothing and artwork of all mediums. We rented pretty much every tom drum in Edmonton which was about 60 or so. There were over 10 synthesizers and a choir of vocoded singers. This was by far our biggest production of sound, lighting and camera rigs. The result is amazing and the people in the audience had one of...
read moreOne Kingdom’s debut album
I started jamming more frequently with a couple friends in Vancouver that have been playing together for a number of years. They call themselves One Kingdom. Jeff Child and Jesse Bentley both sing, write, play guitar and bass. When Jesse is playing guitar and singing lead, Jeff is grooving on the bass and singing harmonies. Then after a few tracks they switch roles giving the set time to breathe while keeping the audience intrigued. It’s a cool blend of catchy pop, folk and reggae with great harmonies and groove. After a bunch of pub...
read morePGVAN#6
Back in December of 12′ the Playground team joined up with blues duo The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer to create PG VAN #6 at Ironworks studio in Vancouver. It was a pretty crazy setup as there were more than 150 people collaborating on the bands track “The Sky Is Falling”. We had a percussion section of shakers, two 40 person choirs, about 8 snare and floor tom drummers, two keyboards, a saxophone, trumpet, a couple electric guitars, lead and back up vox and of course the harmonica. It was a challenge getting it all...
read moreSmashed Hits Vol II
Zachary Stevenson and I teamed up again to produce Smashed Hits Vol II. With the success of the first installment we hit the studio to relive some of the old classics including Peggy Sue, Oh Boy and That’s Alright Mama. The album was recorded at The Warehouse Studio in Gastown. It’s always a treat going to this studio especially when you have the talented Josh Bowman engineering your sessions. Zach and I co-produced the album while I mixed and mastered it at my production studio. Musicians on the album: Jeremy...
read moreSmashed Hits Produced by Reid Hendry
My good friend Zachary Stevenson has been performing in all kinds of musicals for the last few years. Expertly portraying characters such as Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Hank williams, the demand for an album of covers grew. This past May we headed down to Fadermaster Studio in Vancouver to track his band comprising of Jeremy Homes (bass), Todd Bifford (drums), Scott Smith (guitars) and Ben Kunder (vocal). I wanted to create a vintage sounding record that still had elements of modern day fidelity. We were both happy with how the...
read moreNorco Bikes Licenses a Reid Hendry Production
The track ‘Money See, Money Do’ from WATASUN’s debut album was recently licensed to Norco bikes for a vdeo titled ‘The Sea Otter Experience’. This song was originally produced a few years ago in Ontario. I came up with the music then Ronii Wata (Adam Bailie) came over and sung the lyrics he wrote. The video was shot by Alias Cinema; check them out. Here’s the Norco...
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