Sparkling Harmonies

We're so close to the END of 2020 and we decided, why not give you another bonus episode! Here, we discuss our experience so far with the podcast & we go down our top 10-ish bands/albums that have been on heavy rotation for the both of us this past year!

In this episode, we talk to Simon Dunlavey, who is a musician, a producer, music video creator and a band manager for Story Untold, all this on top of his day job. We discuss how he got into music, andhow his actual job has a positive impact on his musical path. We also get into live stream concerts and if they have a permanent place within the concert world.

In the "Get to know your hosts" series, Lili & François delve into random but personal musical conversations. These episodes will be released on top of the regular episode every first Tuesday of the month!

In this episode, they both go through their musical histories to see what they've been listening to from when they can remember to about a month ago. Follow Lili's journey from Simple Plan to her Japanese music phase of Johnny's Entertainment bands & Visual Kei all the way to her growing love of Day6 and Kpop and of course passing by The Maine. Also get immersed into François' past from Nirvana, Silverchair and Pantera in high school to more brutal music with the help of high speed internet in CEGEP and world music and French songs in University to finally end up as a music lover as a whole.

In this episode, we talk with Jenia Schukov who works for the Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA). She tells us what CIMA is all about and goes into how the pandemic has affected the indie music scene here in Canada, namely how showcases are happening and how they offer opportunities to their members through online webinars.

Continuing on the subject of concerts during COVID-19, in this episode we receive our first guest, Gabe Jacobs, founder of Outbreak Productions. Being a local concert promoter and being in bands himself, Gabe talks about the actual situation in the Montreal music scene, how they manage to survive and has many great stories about all those years behind the scenes.

As much as we want to deny it, there is a global pandemic happening and with our COVID-19 series, Lili & François dive into how it has changed the music industry. In the first episode, they talk about livestream concerts; ones they've personally seen, their pros & cons and they discuss if this is something that can stay even after the pandemic.

In the "Get to know your hosts" bonus series, Lili & François delve into random but personal musical conversations. These episodes will be released on top of the regular episode every first Tuesday of the month!

In this episode, our hosts both look back into the past to dig out memories of the first albums they got and also the first album that had a real impact on their musical journeys. This was recorded PRIOR to changing the name to Sparkling Harmonies.

Welcome to the Sparkling Harmonies podcast, where two friends who don't listen to the same music or genres talk about everything and anything music-related! In this trailer, you'll learn how this podcast came about, you'll know a bit more about our hosts and you'll have an idea of what to expect if you follow the podcast!