MY DAUGHTER, EMILY
I AM SO PROUD OF OUR DAUGHTER, EMILY BACHYNSKI. ALTHOUGH SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND, GEOFF, HAPPEN TO BE WEARING ‘CHRISTMAS BOWS’ IN THEIR HAIR IN THIS SILLY PHOTO I CAN ASSURE YOU …THIS IS THE LEAST OF THE SILLINESS THAT GETS GOING IN OUR FAMILY… HA HA. OUR WHOLE FAMILY LOVES TO LAUGH AND EMILY IS NO EXCEPTION.
MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS VERY ARTISTIC …STARTING WITH MY PARENTS . HMMMM. I WILL WRITE TO YOU ABOUT THEM IN A LATER BLOG. SAME GOES FOR ALL OF MY SIBLINGS . THIS COULD LEAD TO A LOT OF BLOGGING… HA HA.
I AM BLESSED TO HAVE GROWN UP IN THIS INCREDIBLE FAMILY OF MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS. TERRY AND I WERE ABLE TO PASS DOWN SOME OF THESE GENES TO OUR CHILDREN TOO.
EMILY WAS THE SOUND ENGINEER ON OUR LATEST ALBUMS. SHE OWNS HER OWN STUDIO CALLED ‘ BITTER NORTH‘ AND IS ALSO QUICKLY BECOMING THE ‘GO TO PERSON’ AROUND TOWN ( EDMONTON…AND OTHER CITIES TOO) FOR THE BEST LIVE SOUND ENGINEER FOR YOUR BAND. EMILY WORKS AT THE STATION DOWNTOWN AND DOES REGULAR LIVE SOUND FOR THEM AND OTHER COMPANIES FOR ONE OFF GIGS. ( SHE JUST DID LIVE SOUND FOR THE MASSIVE MEMORIAL EVENT FOR FLIGHT PS752 -THE PLANE THAT WAS RECENTLY SHOT DOWN. SO SAD BUT SO AMAZING THAT EMILY COULD PULL OF THE LARGEST EVENT OF ITS KIND IN CANADA )
I LOVE THE SOUND EMILY PRODUCED FOR ME ON MY ‘ WORDS ON A PAGE‘ ALBUM. SHE PRODUCED TERRY’S ALBUM AS WELL ( HIS GREATEST HITS …HA HA …THE JOKE BEING THIS IS HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL ALBUM) . SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE EAR AND IS FANTASTIC AT MIXING THE SOUND YOU NEED. SHE IS SO WELL THOUGHT OF SHE WAS ASKED TO ENGINEER SOUND AT ONE OF THE LARGER STUDIOS IN EDMONTON CALLED ” EDMONTONE ” .
I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE HAS TIME FOR ALL THE MANY OTHER THINGS SHE DOES FOR WORK . EMILY IS SO MUSICAL IN HER OWN RIGHT …SHE PLAYS SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING PIANO, GUITAR, PERCUSSION, BASS AND TRUMPET.
SHE WRITES ALL THE SONGS FOR ONE OF HER 5 BANDS ( THAT’S RIGHT : FIVE BANDS !) , BAD BUDDY , AS WELL AS FOR HER SOLO ACT, ” BITTERS ” . I LOOOOOOVE HER SONGWRITING . IT IS SO COOL. HER BOYFRIEND, GEOFF , IS AN INCREDIBLE DRUMMER IN BAD BUDDY. BAD BUDDY WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST CONCERTS OF 2019 IN THE EDMONTON JOURNAL. THE REVIEWER GAVE THEM A GLOWING REVIEW INCLUDING ….
” THEY’RE SO ELECTRIFYING -COMICAL AND FIERCE, A TOTAL CONFIDENCE MACHINE WITH THRASHY POP SONGS SO INFECTIOUS YOU’RE STILL BANGING YOUR HEAD TO THEM SIX MONTHS LATER….”
SHE ALSO RECENTLY RETURNED HOME FROM A CANADIAN TOUR WITH THE BAND, JOM COMYN . SHE PLAYS BASS IN THAT BAND. THIS WAS THE TOUR WHERE SHE MET UP WITH SPIRITLINE ( US !) WHEN WE WERE ON OUR CROSS CANADA TOUR AND HAPPENED TO BE IN FREDERICTON AT THE VERY SAME TIME !
I HAVE HEARD EM SING IN THE BAND, VISSIA, TOO. THE VISSIA SISTERS ARE ALSO IN BAD BUDDY ! THEY ARE VERY TALENTED GALS.
LASTLY , EMILY IS IN A BAND ( ALSO WITH THE VISSIA GIRLS) CALLED ” THE MARVETTAS” WHICH IS A THROWBACK TO A SORT OF MOTOWN SOUND WITH FANTASTIC HARMONIES AND VINTAGE COSTUMES . ( SEE LINK BELOW FOR PHOTO) . I HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR THIS ONE YET BUT AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY.
AS I MENTIONED , I DON’T KNOW HOW EMILY MANAGES TO WORK ALL THESE JOBS INTO HER DAY TO DAY LIFE AND CONSTANTLY TOUR. BUT I DO KNOW THAT SHE IS THE HAPPIEST I HAVE EVER SEEN HER SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. AND THAT MAKE ME VERY HAPPY TOO.
JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO ‘MEET’ OUR EMMA. LOOK FOR ANOTHER UPCOMING BLOG ON EMILY’S TWIN, LANA !