Opus Eyes is the alter-ego of award winning Toronto producer and songwriter Harrison Fine. Drawing on over a decade of experience working as a producer and audio engineer for hundreds of artists, performing in bands and as a solo singer-songwriter, the Opus Eyes project is a dramatic creative unleashing of Fine’s many talents. The highly anticipated Opus Eyes debut EP “Lightswitch” pushes the boundaries of just what alternative pop and electronic music can do. Designed to be a cinematic listener experience, Lightswitch will soon be available for download on iTunes and streaming on Spotify. 

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Philomene Hoffman was born in Kitchener Waterloo, ON.  She is a guitarist, singer/songwriter performer weaving her personal stories about life and her day to day experiences from a quaking, passionate poet's heart.  Philomene was creating songs and instrumental pieces since she was a little girl.  Philomene shares, "It all started with me playing counter tops and pots, singing in my Babji's kitchen as a kid with my Uncle Wally who played the accordian." 

The summer from July 18- Aug. 8, 2012 Philomene finished a U.S. music tour with her nephew Luke Andrews who is also a singer, songwriter performer. They attended a three day SongCamp in Nashville, TN showcased there at two venues, the Commodore and Taps, then moved on to perform shows in Hot Springs Arkansas, Mena, Arkansas and Braedeton, Florida.

Philomene’s album "HER MUSE"  dives deeper into personal perspective reflections than previous recordings, with Philomene herself examining new corners of her heart and soul in the writing. Individual tracks feature violin, bass, flute, piano, sax and her own mix of folk-blues-rock and classical influences. The bare bones of the songwriting began almost a decade ago with lyrics written while Hoffman still lived in Toronto. Violinist Alex Cheung and multi-instrumentalist MichelPlourde contributed much to the initial arrangements of what would be the new album.

HOFFMAN’S EP “HER MUSE”
"It would not be until the Spring of 2011 where Alex and I would begin working with ANDREW SEOK, who would add his final wizardry touches, mixing and mastering this labour of co-created musing." 
Philomene's Six-Year Journey from the Big Smoke to Grey Bruce County and back gave birth to "HER MUSE", released August 20, 2011 at the Liberty Bistro in the heart of Toronto’s Liberty Village. Hoffman's music has been described as, “A hot dynamic power house of tender lyrics held in the hands of spirited Celtic Jive.” 

THE SIX YEAR JOURNEY to GREY BRUCE COUNTY 2003- 2009
In 2003 Hoffman started a personal journey that would eventually lead to a resurgence of song and writing. She left Toronto in 2003 until 2009 to help care-give for her parents near Owen Sound Ontario, Grey Bruce County, to teach with the Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board and to write.
“My songwriting itself was aching to be held within a huger, more expansive soundscape of a wobbly yet knowing heart. So, it took me time to recognize the way”, says Hoffman.
She left the hub of Toronto’s musical community for her Grey Bruce County roots to spend time with her parents, care-giving and teaching. Hoffman’s new friendships and GBC’s beauty opened Hoffman to a vast exploration of her artistic musings, cradled in countryside and the long and winding Saugeen River. Continuing the music connection with long-time collaborator and violinist, Alex Cheung, and Michel Plourde, Hoffman began the transition to recording new material. 
Under welcoming surroundings she connected with recording engineer Randy Martin (of Hawkwind Studios), saxophonist Steve Kennedy (Lighthouse), and drummer Billy McWaters, to record several years of fresh dynamic songwriting.

Philomene's MUSIC as a SOLO or DUO is traditional folk rock with baroque string influences . As a TRIO or with FULL BAND her music springs into a fusion of folkie, bluesy rock with classical influences, blended with a fiery celtic edge of eclectic violin and sensual lovemaking string harmonies that hint of a mystical Pink Floyd/Daniel Lanois soundscape.
Her VOICE is a hot dynamic power house of tender lyrics held in the hands of a spirited jive somewhere between a Joni Mitchell and a Joan Armatrading.

Her father passed away in June 2011, though Hoffman knows her father and mother are here in spirit, listening. 
This album “HER MUSE” is in loving dedication and memory of her parents, Phil and Sue Hoffman.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: philomenehoffman.com

Philomene Hoffman short bio 2020
Philomene Hoffman was born in Kitchener Waterloo, ON. Hoffman loves to write songs. She is a guitarist, singer, performer based in Toronto. Hoffman’s lyrics weave her personal stories and poetry about life and her day to day experiences with the music she creates, accompanying and instrumentally embellishing on guitar the emotion she feels. Hoffman states, “ I’ve been composing little instrumental ditties on my guitar ever since I was eight years old. It all started with me in my Babji’s (Polish for grama) kitchen, drumming on pots and pans with my Uncle Wally who played accordion.”
HER VOICE  has been described as  “A hot dynamic power house of tender lyrics held in the hands of a spirited Celtic jive.” HER MUSIC:  “Folky, jazzy rock with classical influences, blended with a fiery Celtic edge.“
Hoffman has two albums, Let Her Go and Her Muse. 
Hoffman has travelled on tour performing her music in Nashville Tennessee, Arkansas and Florida, continuing to perform locally in Toronto, and southern ON.                   Various reputable venues in Toronto throughout the years include: The Oasis, The Barcode, Poor Alex, Holy Joes, Hart House, The Barcode, Habit’s Gastropub, Tranzac Club, The Cameron House, Hugh’s Room, Cafe Pamenar, La Rev and The Relish Bar and Grill.                                                                                                                          Venues In Southern Ontario include: Great Books & Cafe Williamsford, ON, Aggies Cafe Flesherton ON, Pyrus Cafe Kitchener ON, Moonshine Cafe Guelph ON.
2019 The Burdock and Plein Air Salon with songwriters Anne Walker & Taivi.                       The Tapestry of Taste Festival, East Gwillimbury in Sharon ON as a duo with world percussionist Marcus Chonsky, The Imperial Pub.
M.C. DJdemeanor Ryan Glasgow from Tapestry of Taste Festival recently shared: “I found her performance beautiful. calm, folksy and authentic all at once.  Her Stage presence speaks of her exceptional experience, I tend to take careful note of The Talent that I get to work with over the years and she will be a permanent memory.”             August 2019
2020 Currently, Hoffman is working on her third album. “I have 12 lyrical songs and 4 instrumental pieces ready to go! I’m very excited.”
Philomene Hoffman as a musical artist and performer is a must experience.                Her music and lyrical songs are a fiery burst of passionate heart, held in the hands of her skilled musicianship.

Not a revivalist, but a musical revisionist, Julian Taylor masterfully re-combines and updates the vintage sounds that inspired him, to create bold, innovative songs.  

Taylor, of both West Indian and Native Canadian decent, is a charismatic frontman, prolific songwriter, and endearing individual – the kind who immediately connects and makes you feel at ease. That character of warmth and generosity permeates everything Taylor does. A calm, somewhat self-effacing person offstage, Taylor morphs into an intense, incendiary and almost shamanistic presence onstage. Toronto poet Robert Priest describes him as “the kind of artist forever in the zone, the voice limitless, the songs full of feeling and memorable hooks.”

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