Travelling overseas is not always as fun as it may appear when it comes to gear. In the case of Jean-Sebastien, that means playing another drum kit, for Benoit Dupuis, it can be borrowing some controller keyboards over there too. For me, its using another borrowed amp, leaving the old Taurus home, and bringing with me only one bass. This leads to the heartbreaking moment of having to choose between the Fender Jazz and the 5 string Ibanez. The later one is not my favourite, i

Helley again! Shorter chronicle this week, just a quick mention of the Brass Monkey show last week in Ottawa. It took me a whole first set to be comfortable, in part because of the sound on stage who was so loud, the low roof didn't help, but still, very, very enjoyable The audience did a more than deserved warm welcome to our two new members, who did fantastically well on their first show. I had a good feeling that Jean had that charisma during rehearsals, that was confirmed

As we approach our very first show with two new band members in the live line-up, some memories brought me back when i was myself one of the ''new boys'' in the live re-incarnation of the band, back in 2008. Just to be offered to join the band was a big thing for me, even if Mystery was indeed a complete mystery to me. I knew Michel from a common friend, as he was playing with a rush tribute with two friends of mine. As for the other musicians, Benoit Dupuis was the only one

Hellow fellow mysterious readers! Rehearsal's are still going stronger, did i mention our new guys are doing so well its like they've always been around in the band? Well hell yes, they do! Were rehearsing a lot of songs, some of them hadn't been played live for quite a while. The set for Ottawa is a big warm up show for the upcoming European tour, so be warned, its not gonna be a short set! That being said, its a shame we can't play more in our own area, province and country

Hi there, ho there! Last week i did a gig with a tribute to Harmonium, 70's french canadian legendary folk prog i've already mentionned before, called ''premier ciel''. I've been with them since 2006, replacing occasionnally their bassist, Richard Lanthier, currently touring with another legendary canadian band, ''april wine''. F.Y.I., you can hear Richard playing on the song ''the falling man'' on mystery's ''one among the living'', and was as well the bassist of a yes tr