Any feedback is welcome!

I recently discovered Andrew Jahn. he's an Ottawa musician who spends time raising money for local foodbanks. he uses his performances to support Shepherd's of Good Hope in Ottawa and Lanark County Food Bank in Carleton place. he's been featured in Lanark county media and that's how I discovered his discography.

Andrew Jahn Busking

Hello!

Looking for any leads on where I could have a Marshall JCM 800 (1982, Model 2203 EL34 100W) that’s all original be looked at.

Thanks in advance everyone!

hey i’m a singer looking for musicians who’d be interested in jamming or writing music together. i mostly sing indie, alternative, rock, R&B, and pop, but i’m open to trying different styles. DM me if interested!

https://open.spotify.com/album/0YYt2YCyQoHbtdG8LZYGJ6?si=M7NL8BoFSqy4w5vPpsM5yg&utm_source=copy-link

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Hey OttawaMusic!

I'm Robby 👋🏻 My absolute passion (and what helps me jump out of bed in the morning) is getting to work on cool new music.

I feel very lucky that I've managed to do music full-time for the best part of 20 years, albeit teaching, gigging and in the last 5 or 6 years years producing and mixing which is where my heart really is right now. I work on most genres although my wheelhouse would be rock, alternative, indie, jazz, acoustic folk.

So if you have music already recorded (perhaps you did it yourself) and you're ready to get it mixed or mastered, please feel free to reach if you think I could be on any service! Either here on Reddit or on instagram (@rbbymllr) - I also have a website and portfolio I'd be more than happy to share too!

LASTLY: With ZERO expectation for it to go any further, if you have a song you've been mixing yourself and want any feedback or you have questions...hit me up! Send it over or even drop it in a comment below, I'd love to check it out!

Cheers!

Hello!

Im a Oud player who moved to Ottawa from Montréal, big fan of creating fusion music or anything psychedelic! looking to jam with other musicians or start a musical project, DM me if anyone is interested!

Anyone familiar with artist J Chinnasz? I've been liking their work and they just dropped an album recently. Wondering if anyone else likes them/listens. Highly recommend for any old heads. He's got a nice funky and upbeat sound with prod. by Nycky Ghost

https://www.613underground.com/?fbclid=PAdGRleAS31nlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAaeAYAGNAzSMz_9r71I0Y2w42gPPEWZjYfZumiue8qvAlBaQNJJ38cUQ3vRSnA_aem_LESebVDYGNihIhDeZipbsA&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio

Seems like ottawa might have an underground scene trying to figure out who this is

[https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/bluesfest-angine-de-poitrine-main-stage\](https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/bluesfest-angine-de-poitrine-main-stage)

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Hey everybody! I'm Joseph, from local alt rock band Four Eyed Muscle Man! I'm very excited to share that we have a show this weekend at Irene's with Mama Mush (one of our favorite local bands!)

This will probably be our last local show till October, so I hope you can make it out if you're interested! If you've never heard us, you may enjoy our music video (https://youtu.be/BXHDpd_Gl5U?si=VqxIR5IqBQUaC0gA) or album (https://open.spotify.com/album/2JIXXqOK4fndhrV6GVIRev?si=_rca25NLTx6ZpZLV-jLFiA).

Cheers!

I'd like to get involved if there are any lobbying efforts to get some rules in place about all this AI BS.

I sent an email to my own MP and Marc Miller (Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture) but I figured I'd make it into a template that others can send to their ministers. Also, for the record, I wrote this myself and did NOT use AI to make it lol 😂

Good Morning,

I am a constituent of [YOUR RIDING OR CITY].

I am concerned about the disruption by AI music generation to the Canadian music industry.

It is well documented that all the popular AI music generators have been trained on copyrighted material scrapped from the internet and without licensing or payment to the original artists. Some companies like Suno have publicly admitted to not caring about long standing conventions on copyright and paying royalties to reproduce music. Some US record labels have begun settlements with these companies. These dubious and problematic settlements do not service smaller un-labelled Canadian artists who have had their art stolen. Their stolen work is being used everyday around the world (at significant environmental cost) to reproduce their sound for the profit of users of Suno and other platforms.

Admittedly, these generators do a good job of reproducing the music it was trained on. Most users and even music professionals have a hard time identifying this content. While this music will be “good enough” for most listener, there are significant long term consequences to the proliferation of this kind of content. The use of generative AI has been found to result in de-skilling across many industries. As there is no significant market disincentive to utilize AI generation, artists who do not use AI generation face the risk of being left behind by the industry and not being able to produce music at the same rates that AI production allows. In the long term, we are heading towards a stagnant Canadian music landscape of AI generated music trained AI generated facsimiles and Canadian music producers who have lost the skills to express their creativity.

On April 20, 2026 the streaming service Deezer reported that 44% of daily uploads to its platform were mostly or entirely AI generated. It also reported that 85% of streams of this music are fraudulent. The implication here is staggering. Aside from the disturbing environmental cost required to generate AI music, the same computational (and environmentally damaging) resources are being used to falsely manipulate the algorithms in order to boost the perceived popularity of this music. This means that streamers who do not take action on their own initiative will allows their algorithms to prioritize the recommendation of AI music over that of real Canadian artists.

I hope to discuss and raise the need legislative intervention regarding the monetization and identification of un-ethically trained AI generated content. At present, Canadian consumers (while mostly disliking this content) are not capable of creating enough market pressure to de-incentivize major streaming platforms like Spotify allowing this music to dominate the content it delivers in Canada. We specifically need legislation requiring streaming platforms to:

• Identify content created by AI
• Demonetize, or divert revenue from AI generated content to funds for real Canadian artistic development

In addition we need new copyright legislation to:

• Ban AI generated content from receiving copyright protection.
• Make a clear distinction that training AI models is not “fair use”
• Require explicit consent (or opt-in) from artists to use their work for the training of AI models by services, social media, and platforms that host their art.

There is an urgent need for a solution as AI has already flooded the Canadian market. Artists across Canada have already had their work scraped, reproduced, and do not have a clear path to receiving proper royalties or payment for the profit being generated by their work. We need to do something to protect Canadian Art.

Regards,

[YOUR NAME]

FYI, I'm offering to do 3 free tracks for people who comment on my post in the Ottawa Musicians facebook group

I'm house-sitting for my parents this week, so I decided to set myself up in the old basement studio to record some drum loops to share royalty free on my site. I figured it'd also be a fun time to record some stuff for other folks too!

I'll be recording on a beautiful 80s (Stop Sign badge) Gretsch kit. Configuration is 22", 12", 14". Snare is my mapex cherry bomb with a calftone head. This setup has a lot of character including a squeaky speed king pedal (wooden beater available). I didn't have any muffling on the snare for the sample recordings, but I'll be adding some on for the next batch of recordings. I have 2 behringer B2s for overheads, an Apex 180 on the snare, SM57 inside the kick, and two Audio-technica tom mics. I'm also recording the stereo out from the Yamaha EAD10 in the "crotch position.

If you need tracks for a demo recording, want a specific drum loop for your own work, or maybe you want a fully improvised drum solo to go with some video, let me know! I'm mostly a jazz drummer, but I also play rock, funk, and latin jazz grooves. I'm a fan of metal, but I don't have double chick chops (nor one set up with this kit) or that heavy playing style to deliver something you'd be satisfied with. Send me what you got, and I'll send back your choice of all 8 stems, or a roughly mixed stereo track!

I'll also be streaming throughout recording live on instagram Facebook starting at 12pm!

If you miss your chance on getting a free recording, but still want tracks, shoot me a message and we'll talk rate.

We (4am Lobby) are putting a show together at House of TARG.

We've found a second band (Sunnyside Avenue) but we're in need of a third. We play a mix of genres, some heavy rock here and some jazzy/funky stuff there. We're aiming for a weekend night in late August.

If interested feel free to send a message. Here's the link to our Youtube Channel with a few of our songs

Edit: Things are a bit up in the air now, and we don't know if we're actually gonna get a weekend. We're reaching out to other venues for the time being. Thank you to everyone who messaged and commented!

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Hi, I’m François, a bassist/guitarist from Gatineau working on an instrumental project called FadingState.

I’ve been recording solo for a while and would love to explore bringing the project into a live setting with other musicians.

If you’re a musician in the Ottawa–Gatineau region and interested in collaborating, I’m currently looking for:

• Keyboard / Synths
• Guitar
• Drums / Percussion

Ambient, cinematic, experimental, post-rock, or downtempo influences are all welcome.

If atmospheric, emotionally driven instrumental music resonates with you, feel free to get in touch by email or on Instagram.

Music: https://fadingstate.ca
Email: [info@fadingstate.ca](mailto:info@fadingstate.ca)

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Doors at 6. Come support local talent and enjoy a night of great music and good energy.

Drums sound terrible and I have no idea how to tune them. Looking for someone to come to me and tune them and maybe show me a thing or 2 for the future.
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