We’re Back!…at home that is

We have been so busy lately with moving from one place to another and starting new jobs that we have been greatly lacking in our updates. So to catch you up on our adventures lately, we will give you a quick photo filled overview.

Barefoot on the Beach in April

We spent Easter in Lockeport, NS. We had bundles of fun there running around on the beach (despite the cold), playing lots of music, spending time with Nick’s family and even finding time to record two songs. Here they are!

Something Like Olivia by John Mayer

Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen

Give them a listen and let us know what you think.

Enjoying the fresh air

Next we packed up and headed back to Wolfville to play one last Open Mic at Paddy’s Pub before scampering off to Gagetown, New Brunswick. We participated in a jam session, a fundraising music evening and then played a sold out show at the Creek View Restaurant. The audience was enthusiastic, the setting was intimate and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Kayaking through the flood

The water was very high when we arrived in NB, allowing us to kayak through heavily wooded areas out into the lake. We felt rather like explorers.

Enjoying the Sun

We also spent lots of time playing with our new little friends, the hedge pigs!

This is Salt

They are a little prickly

Salt and Pepper have a Bath…with a toothbrush for scrubbing!

After a number of wonderful adventures, it was time for Nick to head back to Wolfville and graduate. He received a BA in Theatre. Want to see him in action? He will be performing in 3 plays this summer with Festival Antigonish. Check out the link here for a schedule of shows: Festival Antigonish Showtimes He is in “Be My Baby”, “Munschapalooza!” and “The Chuckle Hour”. If you are in Antigonish this summer, be sure to check it out!

We are all very proud!

Audrey had to work and could not attend the graduation…so we put her there with Photoshop.

We are not professionals…

Nick is now back living in Halifax, NS until he moves to Antigonish, and Audrey is living in Pleasant Villa, NB. So does this mean Guy and Doll are done? Not in the least. We will still be recording music this summer, Nick will be acting in Festival Antigonish, and Audrey will be playing a couple gigs in NB. Catch her at the amazing festival that is Feels Good Folly Fest., as well as at the Canada Day events in Gagetown.

Can you find her in the fine print??

Thanks for catching up with us. Have any songs you think we should work on over the summer? Let us know and we will see what we can do. We promise to update this more often from here on in.

 

All our love! Thanks for the support.

Guy & Doll

Guitar Strings and the Things We Do for Them

We have been rather busy the last few days! Doing things like this:

Sun and Hammocks

Just kidding, we’ve actually been pretty busy! We’ve both finished University for the year now and are just waiting for marks to roll in. Since we are in theatre, the idea of having free time is very strange to us, so we have been stuffing it with as many things as possible.

Sunday we decided it would be a good idea to go play frisbee in the park. Now this park is next to a steep drop off into the ocean. We thought about this, figured that we were good enough for this not to be a problem, and of course immediately watched our frisbee float over the drop off into the mud (the tide was out). As we rather liked the frisbee, it then seemed a great idea to climb down the drop off and retrieve it. So Audrey (in white pants) and Nick (with his pockets full of his phone, wallet and such) ventured into the, what we quickly found was, knee deep mud. But the frisbee was saved! So we went home and recorded a song instead.

Triumphant and muddy!

So here is our cover of In My Life by the Beatles.

 

Monday morning we woke up to find it was 20 degrees outside. I know! We were shocked too! We slipped in shorts and scamped down main street to do some busking. After breaking a guitar string we decided to cut it short and buy ingredients for dinner.

Mmm homemade falafels from busking money!

We ate up, and then headed down to Paddy’s pub to play open mic night. We had a really fun set which included American Boy (Estelle & Kanye West), Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen), No Diggety (Chet Faker), and Kill Your Heroes (Awolnation) and a borrowed guitar.

Today we went out to busk again (as it was once again beautiful!). This time with a borrowed guitar, in the hopes of raising enough funds to buy strings for Nick’s actual guitar. Of course, luck being luck, we quickly managed to break a string on the borrowed guitar as well. However, due to the incredible kindness of the Wolfville public, we made enough to purchase a plethora of guitar strings, so we shall be back in business soon!

Sidewalk tunes

THANK YOU!!

We would like to thank everyone who has supported us thus far. We are incredibly grateful!

 

Do you have a song you want us to cover? A place you want us to play? Food you want to feed us? Leave us a comment, like our page, show your friends, or have a nap!

 

Have a wonderful evening!

Love Guy & Doll

 

Late Nights of Cake And Recording

We had a bit of a late night recording session tonight. It would have been earlier, only we decided to bake a cake instead. Our song choice for the evening was “American Boy” by Estelle and Kanye West. Yes, you are allowed to laugh a little bit at this point. Nick decided to record the guitar and bass tracks first so Audrey sat on the floor and made jewellery and then went and iced the cake (it was her roommate’s birthday).

Audrey doing her part….and hey look! A cake!

Post icing, Nick recorded his rap bits. Audrey laughed a lot. Audrey recorded her vocal bits, and then we both did a lot of overlaying vocal tracks. And out came a song! American Boy (Cover) by Guy & Doll

Nick laying down his rap.

Learning this song was very interesting. It is one of Audrey’s favorite songs, but has the opportunity for both a male and female to do a lot of interesting vocal bits. We spent about half an hour with both of us sitting on the bed while Audrey slowly sang the rap over and over again so that Nick could figure out where all the words went. So enjoy some “white boy rap”, have a drink on our behalf and give our tune a listen.

Some serious editing.

Like what you are hearing? Leave us a comment or like our page. Want to hear us try to cover your favorite song? Let us know, and we will record it just for you!   Have a peach of a day! Love Guy & Doll