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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-22, Page 30'Page 10A • Times -Advocate, December 22, 1987 ■ Recording artists win music contest by Adrian Harte Twice Shy, otherwise known as brothers Steve and Scott Revington, has won the.FM 96 Entrack contest which searches out the best local talent of the year. The two are the sons of LeRoy and Dorothy Revington of Lucan, • both musically -inclined parents and reknowned breeders of race horses. Steve.is a teachet at Hensall Public School, while his brother works as a landscape designer in London. The winning song, "Here Comes the Rain"; was recorded at Lucan's E.M.A.C. studio on 24 -track equip- ment as part of the Twice Shy four- ' song demo tape. "It's a little bigger sound than you would expect corning out of a Lu - can studio," Stcvc Revington told the Times Advocate. His brother was unavailable for an interview be- cause he is prescnily in the Caribb- ean. Steve praises the efforts of engi- . neer Joe Vaughan and producer Peter Brennan, as major contributions to Twice Shy's-success. Vaughan has worked with many artists including those who later bceame Honeymoon Suite. Although the brothers share equal - a from manyother observes, adding that he uses his than usual when working with the ly the responsibilities of songwrit= even though it g g own recording experience to teach Twice Shy music. ing, singing, and playing guitar and use the. t students about such things as I think they thought the songs keyboards, Steve credits his red tt� lyrics and album graphics. were challenging, which was really ' The demo tape loaned to the rewarding 10 us too." Times -Advocate proves the. two . brothers have gone a long way in" 'c'de ns!na!xf+reesseereereermene perfecting their sound. The vocals g are very dear and the-blcnd of syn- g ` 9 stances highly refined. g brother DIU with many of the initial ideas for the songs. "Scott's really good at gettingg-a • little hook," says Revington. The hook, or short lyric, is what often forms- the basis for a new song, Jared peace ...and from all .of us to all of you, the best of the holiday season. Thank you for your patronage. Tim and Chris Wilcox ,j i 109 King St., Hensall 262-2726 We wish to take this time to thank you, our patrons for your support during the past year. Joanne Oke and Dolly Crece� may• undergo several tin uishes them transformations. • Canadian acts. Twice Sh -hoes not s The brothers hope- to Twice shy brothers Steve and Scott Revington time playing the bar circuit. They believe marketing a specific musical style is a surer route to success. • "We'd rather spend the time in the studio." The duo took their name from a new book by Dick Francis: Francis writes about race horses and thus "Twice Shy" reflects something of the brothers' backgrourrd. Revington treats the Twicc Shy project as a very expensive hobby, but he is very pleased with winning recognition in the Entrack contest. He docs not anticipate instant star- dom, but he would like to see something eventually develop from all this hard work. Scott and Steve took some of their tapes to England last summer and made the rounds of the record companies. Steve describes it as a learning experience; the main lesson learned was that the overall sound of the music had to be "toughened up" a little. However. he mentions "several people who wcrc pleased with what they heard. "The people from Germany listen- ing to it in England thought we were an English band. The sound comes across as very European," says Revington, claiming this dis- recording time won in the Entrack contest to put together two good singles for an independent release next year. "We would really like to see something happening in January," Revington hopes. However, Steve notes that time is of the essence in the music industry, because he rcal- iics many of their songwriting ideas have been used by othcr artists. Scott and. Stcvc wrotc "Here Comes the Rain" in 1981 and ii has nothing to do with the 1984 release of "Here Comes thc Rain Again" by the Eurythmics. Twice Shy's "Heart and Soul" be- gins with the line "Wild horses won't drag me back,:to' your ways again." It was written long before T'I au's "Heart and Soul" or Gino- Vanelli's "Wild Horses" wcrc re- leased this year. ' Sieve keeps his musical interest and his teaching completely separ ate, but he docs find his teaching experience provides him. with mate- rial for some of his songs. Also, he is able to satisfy the fascination some of his students have for the music industry. "They take quite an interest in it, they know the songs," Revington Christmas Is Santa's Vacation By Debbie Rimmelzwaan By Krista Gass • Hensall P.S. Hensall P. S., Grade 3 Christmas is giving, Santa went on a vacation in Dc - Christmas is fun, - ccmbcr . It was 25 more days be - Christmas is laughing, fore Christmas. He went to Africa. Christmas is a ton He didn't come back for one Christ - of fun, laughter and giving. mas. I was disappointed. I didn't like when he was late. He met the -Christmas is remembering people at Africa. He was happy, the one thing Christmas is about. but he had some hard times too, Christmas is the one thing like when he had to cat jello all the that everyone gives out!!! time. In the hotel the waterbed burst and he was all wet. But he came back on December 25 and de- livered all the presents. Santa's Vacation By Andrea McClinchey Ilensall Public School, Grade 3 One December day Santa decided to go on vacation. It was hard for Santa because he had to deliver presents. Oh no I forgot about the presents. Maybe I can deliver before I go on vacation. Santa got his red suit on and called the reindeer and started to deliver thc presents. Santa didn't want to go on vacation. I am glad I stayed here to deliver presents. /IT -S•‘ , Santa's New Reindeer By Shane Wilcox Hensall P. S., Grade 3 One summer day Dancer had a fawn. Santa called him Rudolph. He said next 1-10 Christmas you HO will be 1-10 the leader HO -Ho. But something wasn't right. All.of the deer wcrc calling him names. Then it was Christmas and Ru- dolph was the best. VIterAtfaktereattlifillite thcsizers and guitars is, in most in - A slight lack of depth evident in g the vocals and soundstage is likely due to the use of a dynamic range - - • • : ' compressor in making the demo ; . c,p . °. Moog' °�,: easons Greetings tape and not a true reflection of the. master tapes.•0.... •. The ovetall impression one re- I ° • : ••] I ceives from this recording is that g ° • o?; r�` ■1 [,� , ° Twice Shy meshes very well with g •:. ■ 1■ :: • ° much of the popular music one " ° • ` a, o hears today and that the entire prod- g ` �'�° . ° uct is, as their release says, "well- g ° ° • ° t.' , .�'" � crafted." g • ° 'vof?/ "We've got quite a reputation for g ° • 1� ; ° t , , • o ; ° being picky,' says Revington of ti • Twice Shy's attitude toward studio •'o �'I . craftsmanship, but he also feels he `• til; • and his brother writs: music that is a 0. • ° '"')\ •� / ' little more instrumentally demand- g ] ° • , ° 3 ing than other kcal music. Studio g musicans, who worked on the demo tape, found their talents more taxed g ° % ..1.= > Li r*No c)45ara o0 eo no po pear.a no pew 0• : j\� I fa • 6 v/ ----mss• • a • •• ' • nn %•� .• gg g. p • eA • 2 •It .a Lorraine's Crafts e; Zurich Victoria St. 236-4651 Best wishes to one and all. along . h (mjr thanks, g g 9 9 99i Have a full measure of health and happiness this Christmas. We thank allour wonderful patrons., KNIGHT ELECTRIC 1 3 Hensall, Ontario 262-2319 end Ltd red Ltd red nea pia pea pea Qo pmi Christrnas Merry We're tuning up to wish all our many customers and friends a Christmas that's perfect in every way! Kyle's Shell 78 London Rd. 262-2832 A Christmas Prayer May the holy light of the Christmas Season shine on us and bring peace to our hearts. The Residents & Staff at Queensway Nursing Home extend greetings and appreciation at this joyous Christmas Season. Enjoy a happy and fioly holiday season filled with low and laughter. We thank you for your pat!' mage and look • forward to seeing you soon.' frim staff at Hyde Bros. Ltd. DEUTZ ALLIS Hensall 262-2605 mss-.•'� ° Happy ° Holidays Yuletide bells ring out their message of good cheer to all our wonderful patrons. From Dianne , Joelle and Deb The Flower Basket Hensall 262-2446 1 'Joyous NOee We take great joy at this time to express our Sincere thanks to all our General Coach employees and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New .Year. General Coach 73 Mill Street Hensall, Ontario —'< 519-262-2600