![]() ![]() When she grows up, she wants to be a music journalist – because they get the best seats.Ī fourth-generation Vancouver Islander who embraces his Dutch heritage a bit too much, Ben’s mom calls him a renaissance man. Her obsession with good music is matched only by her obsession with good grammar. She was raised on Motown, the British invasion, and Detroit sports. Sarah is a senior at Miami University (OH): the one with a coffee almost always in hand (iced, black), and a pen stuck somewhere in her ponytail. Mike lives in Toronto, and hopes to soon face a financial situation which will continue to facilitate this fact.ĭecide for yourself whether Michael O’Leary has any business critiquing the musical works of others by visiting: So if you need something edited, let him know. A graduate of the University of Toronto (Scarborough Campus ), and then of Centennial College’s Publishing program after a disillusioning post-graduation summer, Mike styles himself as something of a “free agent” in Canadian publishing. All of his tastes may be traced back to Dark Side of The Moon, probably. Michael O’Leary is a music lover to the detriment of all proportion in his life, and is okay with that. An avid concert goer, JJ hopes to meet his dream girl on the dance floor who will know all the words to Vampire Weekend, shake it to Childish Gambino and be proud of her love for Coldplay (because online dating sucks). With a music library at 1600 artists and growing, Justin dreams of becoming a Music Consultant – advising anyone looking to find something new or similar to their true loves. Along with her strange friends, she hopes that readers of Wave Maker Magazine will leave illuminated by the overabundance of brilliant music that we all have yet to uncover and explore together.Ĭhances are, right now, Justin is either surfing the high-speed seas intending to pillage as much new music as his pirate heritage will allow, or, diligently and carefully crafting his 3 playlists, whilst hitting a Dr Who/24 marathon. ![]() After a few album reviews and interviews with some cool Canadian cats, she decided to lint roller-ball the hairs off her coat and become her own boss by establishing Wave Maker Magazine. ![]() Now, onto the introduction …Ĭharmaine had a minor stint as a music journalist for a Toronto based literary and arts journal called The Toronto Quarterly. However, she promises that she will limit her Blues reviews to 1-2 posts per week with her fingers crossed. After years of chasing her friends away with banters about a bunch of old folks from the South and those damn boll weevils, she decided to create Wave Maker Magazine to feed her obsession. Too bad this iteration of the site has only archived content, but it's a nice nostalgic trip to read it anyway.īefore diving into a hefty introduction, Charmaine would like to apologize in advance for all the Blues reviews that she will be writing in this blog. It was a heartbreak when the site disappeared. I knew my stuff thanks to Wavemaker Magazine. My friends wised up pretty fast after I won a couple of heated debates/ bets. ![]() I even won some bets with my fellow warehouse workers when we had disagreements about this or that blues artist. So after spending four hours packing garbage bags, trash bag can liners, paper products, cleaning supplies, well you name it into containers for shipments to stores all across the US, it was great to read some music reviews and get introduced to some new and old bands/ groups. I would frequently check it out during my break at the warehouse where wholesale orders for these products from, an online janitorial, restaurant, and office supplies ecommerce site are fulfilled and shipped. Wavemaker Magazine: A Toronto-based Music Junkie Warehouseįor a number of years this was the Wavemaker Magazine's website, a Toronto-based music junkie warehouse.Ĭontent is from the site's 2012 archived pages of interviews and reviews providing just a glimpse of what this site offered its readership. ![]()
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