Bio
Celebrated for his powerful voice, unique instrumentation, unusual arrangements and organic, left field production, Brian Campeau is no regular singer songwriter. He's trying something a little different, and succeeding brilliantly at it.
In 2006 Brian released a full-length double album "Two Faces" to rave reviews both locally and internationally. Campeau's new album, "mostly winter sometimes spring", sees him take a very different approach to song writing, while continuing to make the most of his gift for melody and mood. One instrument was chosen for each song on the album, and played in whichever way seemed to work best at the time. Imagine melodicas being hit, cellos plucked, harmoniums thrown and glockenspiels 'strummed': deliberate misuse of the instruments in a bid to express Campeau's experiences over the last two years.
Approaching his instruments in this way allows Campeau to create an almost orchestral sound, despite the fact that he's only using them one at a time:
"You can beat it, scratch it, hit it with a set of keys, do anything to it, it's all part of the instrument."
"Reinventing Myself", is about Campeau's boredom with himself and with unoriginal composers. He feels that too many musicians are afraid to consider an original perspective:
"I like people who can do something weird but still write a great song. I don't really want to just strum three chords, I'm not putting that down, but I'm writing stuff for myself and I'd rather do something completely different."
Mostly Winter Sometimes Spring out now.
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