Silent Stranger® is an Independent rock band that has origins in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, when I joined an existing five-piece band “Lift” in 1976 as their guitarist. But it ended in 1978 when two members split and when we tried to carry on as a four-piece, some unfortunate events resulted in the end of the band. Those being, one member was in a car accident, then the drummer and bass player (brothers) had their family home burn down and along with it, their instruments.
Later in Trenton, Ontario, Canada, I helped form the band “Generation” in 1982 and we underwent a name-change to “Stylus” in 1985, after a short break-up and a new drummer. Playing gigs around our local area, we also wrote original material during this time. One of our members had to move in July 1987 due to his job. It was attempted to get a replacement for him but to no avail. Meanwhile I found out in Oct 1987 I would also be moving for my job in July 1988, so in the spring of 1988 we decided to record some of our original songs in a local studio as a four-piece unit.
I had been writing songs since learning guitar during High School in the ‘70’s and kept writing after that, but never had the resources to get past the demo stage of recording.
In the summer of 2012 while living in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, I began to make music videos using the audio from the 1988 demo versions of “Make Way For the Ladies” and “Something About a Dream” to put on YouTube under the name Silent Stranger®.
In 2014 I began finding different music platforms on the internet, which introduced me to many bands and artists, as well as internet-based Independent radio stations, which I submitted my demo versions of “Make Way For the Ladies” and “Something About a Dream” for airplay under my YouTube name Silent Stranger®. These songs began to get favourable reviews from the listeners of these Independent radio stations. I also found that many of the bands and artists had songs that were recorded to a high standard. Knowing there were technical and musical errors in my demos and would need a complete re-recording to correct these, I began re-arranging and in some cases, rewrote parts of my demos by adding new music and new lyrics, in order to have the songs recorded up to the same standard. In the spring of 2015, I began booking studio time and studio musicians to get my demos and new songs recorded.

May 2015 “Make Way For the Ladies” was re-recorded and released.
Aug 2015 “Something About a Dream” was re-recorded and released.
Sept 2015 “Something About a Dream (Acoustic)” was released.
Nov 2015 “Silent Stranger” was released.
Dec 2015 “Broken Glass” was released.
May 2016 “Rosemary” was released.
July 2016 “Bangkok by Night” was released.
Nov 2016 “Guitar Beneath the Tree” was released.
Apr 2017 “Rosemary (Alternate Mix)” was released.
Apr 2017 “Bangkok by Night (Alternate Mix)” was released.
Apr 2017 “Nights and Daze” was released.
Aug 01, 2017 the 10-song debut CD from Silent Stranger® was created and released through W.O.A Records and Studios.
Nov 2017 “Battle Axe (Pt II of Silent Stranger)” was released.
Aug 2018 “Morning Light” was released.
Jan 2019 “A Girl Like You” was released.
Nov 2019 “A Girl Like You (Alternate Mix)” was released.
Apr 2020 “Step into the Light” was released.
Jun 2020 “Gravitate” was released.
Dec 2020 “In the Shadows (Pt III of Silent Stranger)” was released.
Dec 2021 “Damsel in Distress” was released.

Songwriter, recording artist.

Since 2012 Alison has released 5 solo albums produced by music producer Paul Baggott (UK) whose work is featured on TV and in films. She began her songwriting career in the late 1980's in collaboration with renowned London Creator and Producer Tony Lowe. Two of their co-written albums 'All of the Above' and 'Second Nature' made it onto the first ballot lists of the GRAMMY® Awards 2007 and 2008. The duo's third co-write a futuristic ambient new progressive album, 'Human Sleeping - Dreams 1 to 8' - was released July 2014 on the Sunn Creative label.

Learn about Alison's solo and co-writing collaborations by visiting her website: https://alisonflemingmusic.com. See Links.
 
(thumbnail photo Image by Madeleine Thour Photography)

Riverside is a way of expressing reflections, dreams and fantasies through music. It is an idea for exposing emotions, for an escape from the grey or unnaturally overcoloured reality. It is music inspired by a time, a place, a thought and a word, a figment of their own and other people's imagination. It is joy and sadness, a whisper and a scream.

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