A love for drumming commenced at the early age of two for Jay Riehl; kickstarting his impressive music and producing career. Jay’s Grandmother Adela, a lifelong musician, nurtured Jay’s musical ambitions and encouraged him to expand his interests to a multitude of genres.  Jay’s impressive playing of drums, bass and vocals at the same time are complimented by his vast knowledge of producing, and that led to the creation of his successful recording studio in Stratford, Ontario called “The Swamp.” During that time Jay was awarded 5 Gold and 5 Platinum Status Records.

In addition to making records and touring globally, Jay has worked with Justin Bieber, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Brian Dennehy, Tommy Hunter, Steven Page, The Stratford Festival, Discovery Channel, Bravo, Paul Gross, Simon Callow, Hotel California, The Creators, djkillers, John Landry, Jim Witter and Farmer's Daughter, to name only a few.  Jay currently produces everything from jingles, post production, and demos, to radio friendly records. Jay has recently opened "The Coop Productions", A full on video capture and editing company.


Jay's new trio "Thorn and Roses" are currently in the middle of their first album recording.

Southern Ontario songwriter Barry James Payne is the architect of String Bone, the artistic vehicle for his solo songwriting. In the new release ‘Wow! Oh Yeah!’, Payne explodes into electric grunge & funk guitars, screaming Wow! Oh Yeahs, while a female chorus urges hope, amidst his nonchalant testimony of the times we are living in with a sarcastic Bukowski-like narrative going for the jugular of the world’s leaders who continue to do little despite the seeming urgency of our approaching doom. 

The song culminates in a frenzied chaotic finish in a heaping hot mess, before which Payne wonders what could happen if we looked at the world a little differently, claiming that things probably won’t change, but they could. They have to. There is hope. There is always hope. With backing vocals by Ariel Ryder of Chicago, IL, USA, Lea Keeley of Montreal, QC and Anaïs Ysabel of Waterloo, ON.

Folk-Americana artist String Bone, has been stepping into the fray beyond the edges of his genre envelope as of late. Whether it be exploring Drum & Bass with collaborator Nathan McKay on 2020’s ‘Two Stars Collide’s’ series of mixes, or getting stomping dark and electric in his more recent collaboration with Las Vegas Producer, George Leger III on the mercurial ‘Waitin’ For My Dyin’ Day’, he has kept the reins still somewhat close to that Folk-Americana bucket. Until now. Wow! Oh Yeah! is a mash-up of grunge, funk, Americana, Folk, rock, disco, spoken word, R&B/soul and gospel coherently woven together by Payne & Leger to create a bombastic, uptempo, fun, sarcastic, yet reflective anthem for the ages. If it doesn’t make you chuckle, it’ll make you cry. Or at least think about the planet's future.

From the moment I received my very first guitar, I wanted to create music. Before I had learned any chords,  I co-wrote my first song with  school friend Darren Trudeau. Darren and I would would write many songs together.. go to recording school,write and record  some of my best work to date, eventually  releasing an album of originals in 1996  Red Eye Jack-Eyeglass as well as many other unreleased songs. We where partners.
Because I learned to write so early, I have always considered myself a song writer, playing covers was never my intention or my "thing". ( I find it very difficult to play like someone else, that is why i very rarely play guitar solos note for note) covers just kind of happened...it was a way to get "gigs".
  As life has gone on for me, I have accumulated a fairly deep catalogue of original song "demo"s that very few people have ever heard. (not that anyone should hear them either) but there is songs to be finished, and music to be made. So in my spare time I am currently re-recording old songs and in many cases finishing these song ideas. I haven't had a steady song writing partner for many years so i can be very slow at finishing things on my own.  I hate writing lyrics and have a true phobia about my voice, at the sametime I find it strange to hear someone else sing my lyrics....I know I could probably never sing this stuff live but truly probably never will.  At times I  have worked with others and I will try to include everyone that contributed to each song in the song  descriptions.
I have come to believe "if nobody but me ever hears my art, than it may as well have just stayed in my head" so I have decided to show you some  the art that I have spent my life obsessing over.  I hope you enjoy.... or at least appreciate it for what it is.
Peace! :)

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