Megan Banning de Halifax never thought that his musical recordings of the 1980s would see daylight.
That was until his son, Keenan also in Toronto, brought his story to an American podcast.
“Just because of whim Information tomorrow.
“And I heard almost immediately and then a whirlwind of a few weeks happened where this show was joined and my mother’s song … it was discovered.”
In the 1980s, Banning was an ambitious composer of about 20 years who worked as a server at Second City Comedy Club in Toronto. She dedicated hours every day to write songs and play the piano.
Second City’s musical director was a friend of the acclaimed Canadian singer and composer KD Lang and told Banning that he would give music recordings to Lang.
Discontinuous dreams
But the ban never listens to Lang. After that, their musical ambitions decreased. She placed her recordings in unmarked boxes and changed instructions.
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For years, Keenan also wanted to know about his mother’s dreams of being a musician. When Megan Banning was younger, he recorded music that never saw the light of day. With the help of an American podcast and Halifax Musician Rich Aucoin who has changed, and now KD Lang wants to listen to the songs! Listen to why, like CBC, Carsten Knox brings us the story.
“I just sold my piano. I went to Brazil for six weeks and returned and changed my course and got into the film industry and that’s where I am still,” said Banning.
He was also aware of his mother’s musical skills and who wrote songs at a time of his life, but had never heard his recordings.
“I was very curious about it,” he said.
This led him to get to Hyperfixed, a podcast organized by Adam Goldman, to help him take out his mother’s recordings from his basement and outdoors.
Podcast producers also gave less than a week to find the tapes before a live recording of the podcast in New York. All this was news to ban, including requests for her to interpret the songs in the recording.
Banning was not interested in that part.
‘I shouldn’t have given up’
“I was speechless and wasn’t humor,” he said. “I have not played in 40 years. As, I have not touched a keyboard in years and my voice is not how it used to be.”
Finally, a film was found at the bottom of a Tupperware container. With the help of Rich Aucoin, a Halifax musician, part of the engraved music of Banning was digitized and played live by another musician in the podcast event.
“I never thought of someone who would listen to that song,” Banning said. “Then it was a trip.”
Banning says that listening to his songs again makes his desire not stopped making music.
Renewed interest in music
“I look that … 23 -year -old girl who wrote those songs and wish I could tell that 23 -year -old girl that those songs were really good and I shouldn’t have surrendered,” said Banning.
For also, listening to his mother’s music for the first time was an emotional experience.
“Knowing that my mother was such a good composer, he did a terrible much more emotional experience. And bringing a kind of closure to this has been … I never thought he was going to be so great,” he said.
He also also contacted KD Lang about his mother’s music and she replied, expressing interest in listening to Banning’s music.
While Banning is connected again with her youngest composer, she feels recently inspired to address the music she abandoned.
“I will start playing again and I will write songs again,” he said. “Whether someone listens to them, I don’t know. But for me I will do it because I really enjoy doing it.
“It was joy to sit on a piano and touch a piano, and I have not had one in years, years and years. But for myself, I will and we will see where it takes me.”
