from the project Salt of the Chief Cornerstone, debut album "Intelligent Design". This track is different in so many ways. a personal favorite because of its cultural diversity compared to the other songs on the album. 

Origins Matter

I started playing drums at the age of nine and continued developing my skills from then on. I grew up in a somewhat musical family. It was my two uncles, “the pioneers”, who started it all in the basement of the family home. We threw parties, rocked out and kept moving forward. The family was gracious enough to let my cousin and I jam in the basement of our Windsor, Ontario home. They tolerated the annoyance of youth-hood musicianship where nothing made sense and the noise kept getting louder. Thankfully, the passion grew into something more than just a hobby and actually became a full fledge musical journey. I've gone from garage bands, to intermediate bar bands to playing in what I now call a passion project, “Salt of the Chief Cornerstone”, which is a two piece progressive instrumental rock, electro metal band that formed in late 2007. We started by playing in the city of Windsor and built up enough courage to tour most of Southern California. In 2009, we released our first self titled demo and drove out to the west coast. We started in Hermosa Beach, CA and moved towards West Hollywood to play some of the most notorious clubs in the world. Two years later, we returned to Canada and continued rocking with some of Canada, Europe and U.S's top featured artists. Namely, The Cult, Puddle of Mudd, Big Sugar, The Tea Party, Apocalyptica, Protest the Hero and many more. Currently on tour in 2014, the band has released a full-length debut album, “Intelligent Design”, which is picking up momentum nationally and internationally. Check out www.saltmusic.ca for more details. As an artist, I continue to move forward in a direction that grows independently from Salt but collectively building towards a stronger future together. As of late, I’ve started reaching out and collaborating with other artists who express the same level of passion towards music as myself. And the story goes on…

Iven Kakoz