Day in and day out, Toronto-based musician Mike Sleath has one of the coolest gigs on the planet: laying down drums for Shawn Mendes. A solid drummer with great time and a steadfast practice routine, Sleath has performed with the likes of Autumn Hill, Victoria Duffield, Cody Simpson, and Francesco

Toronto-based lighting designer and Light + Dark founder Joey Sadler has conceived and crafted stage lighting designs for some of Canada’s most notable artists and bands, including Serena Ryder, The Sheepdogs, Wintersleep, Shad, Jill Barber, and most recently, Alessia Cara. Highlights from his career thus far include co-designing the lighting

The best introduction to multi-instrumentalist Daryl Stuermer’s body of work may be his powerful guitar chord entry on Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” In fact, before you read any further, do yourself a favour; go to your nearest playing device, select the live version of this innovative classic,