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Wes Carroll

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songwriter ∆ activist on Lekwungen lands
Wes Carroll Confabulation
Lessons: @7lampsmusicstudio
Faculty: @thevcm
Open Mic: @commiebop
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But it ain't about who you love, no it's all about do ya love? do ya love? do ya love? - Michael Franti .

With Trump back in the White House I just had to sing this song today. I'm sending love and hope that somehow, someway, folks down South (and everywhere) can see that the Capitalist class and its imperialist political servants are the enemy and that loving folks from different backgrounds or with different ways of being are our comrades in an epic struggle that is so worth fighting.

Do Ya Love – Michael Franti and Spearhead (released 2001)

#yyjmusic #yyjevents #soulmusic #songsofhope #indiemusic by @wesconfab

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Fern Fest was so damn fun this year! Here's a snippet from 'Off Empire' which is a jazz/hip hop instrumental and the title track from our 1st album.

Thanks to @sarahosbornemusic for lending her amp, and playing an amazing show. I like the tone I was getting out of her Blues Jr. Also thanks to @fernwoodnrg for putting on another great festival.
Feat: Dakota Hoeppner, Owen Chow, Cyril Lojda, & Phill Albert.
Video Cred: @sethbrooksphoto
#jazzquintet #yyjmusic #yyjmusicscene #modernjazz #jazzguitar #jazzguitarist #jazzhop taken in Fernwood by @wesconfab

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4 years ago

It's nice when people think you're cool and competent, but even better when they're willing to make a public statement about it. Thank you so much to our endorsers.

On October 17th, vote Peter Rose Gibbs for city councillor. We need a councillor that's as smart, compassionate and brave as they are. 🌸

See our whole platform and more endorsements on our website! Links in bio. by @wesconfab

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Three little birds sat on my window and they told me you should vote early!

We are endorsed by musicians because we support artist-run spaces, cultural venues and accessible community music events.

On or before October 17th, you can vote for us and stand up for the arts. Vote Peter Rose Gibbs for city council, Susan Kim for city council & CRD director and Maiya Beech for SD61 school board trustee.

See more on our platform and endorsements on our website! Link in bio.

Three little birds sat on my window and they told me you should vote early!

We are endorsed by musicians because we support artist-run spaces, cultural venues and accessible community music events.

On or before October 17th, you can vote for us and stand up for the arts. Vote Peter Rose Gibbs for city council, Susan Kim for city council & CRD director and Maiya Beech for SD61 school board trustee.

See more on our platform and endorsements on our website! Link in bio.

Wes: "Grounded in people power, ecological care, and economic justice, Peter is ready to bring a different approach to City Hall. As an experienced organizer, they’re ready to bring a more participatory approach to City Hall and deliver the bold action Victoria needs."

Three little birds sat on my window and they told me you should vote early!

We are endorsed by musicians because we support artist-run spaces, cultural venues and accessible community music events.

On or before October 17th, you can vote for us and stand up for the arts. Vote Peter Rose Gibbs for city council, Susan Kim for city council & CRD director and Maiya Beech for SD61 school board trustee.

See more on our platform and endorsements on our website! Link in bio.

Wes: "I've lost count of the number of times I have seen Susan out at rallies in support of workers, decolonization, climate justice, and a free Palestine. She knows that wise policy is only the beginning: true local leadership in these times also calls for socialist solutions, sovereignty, and global solidarity. Join me in voting for Susan on October 17 to build a fair and dignified Victoria for all. "

Three little birds sat on my window and they told me you should vote early!

We are endorsed by @wesconfab

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Some clips from my hometown release show in Victoria! As much as I love Toronto life, it’s always so nice to come back and play here🥹

The BC tour continues this Friday - come say hi and get a CD if you’re in Vancouver!

October 2nd - @tyrantstudios.yvr (Vancouver)
October 3rd - @vaultcafe (Nanaimo)
October 4th - @40knotswinery (Comox)

And if you’re not in BC, my debut album “The Path” is out everywhere for your listening pleasure :) you can stream it wherever you get your music, or follow the link in my bio to buy it on bandcamp and support me directly!

🎥: @stavy._ taken in Victoria, British Columbia by @wesconfab

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18 days ago

Join us on October 15 for the next bop with @southislandworkers !!

At @themintvictoria - 1414 Douglas St
Oct 15, doors: 6pm, event: 7pm - 10pm
Co-hosts: Peter Janz and @wesconfab

Tickets are 0-$40 with all proceeds going to @southislandworkers Culture & Education League, a group that is building worker power and community in the region. It hosts Commie Bop as well as United We Sing Choir, Ginger Goodwin Outdoor Club, Worker's Cafe, Book Club, and Solidarity FC Soccer Team.

This event is for performers and 'audience members' alike! It's a participatory open mic, so even if you're not on stage, you'll be encouraged to sing and express yourself.

-- link in bio taken in The Mint Victoria by @wesconfab

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🔊 🔊 🔊 'Practical Music Theory' starts one week from today at the VCM. 5-6:15 for 8 weeks. $194 .

In PMT we get to know pop harmony's 'usual suspects', along with a few quirky characters who show up from time to time. This class invites us to be curious about harmony starting with intervals, the distance between notes, to chords, to chord progressions. We'll play through parts of songs being curious about the harmonic reasons for why songs sound the way that they do. We'll also break things down and get to know each individual interval which serves as the building block for more complicated harmony. I designed this class especially for pop, folk, and indi musicians who want to grow their harmonic fluency without needing to delve into clefs and sheet music... This class is beginner friendly! ✌️

Stay tuned for practical music theory 2 in the new year which will be more of an intermediate level theory class.

www.facebook.com/events/1594309485678039 taken in Victoria Conservatory of Music by @wesconfab

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Baad Baad News... maan I love this song. Shout out to Steven Taddei, Cyril Lojda, and Dakota Hoeppner for rocking out with me and to everyone in the crowd who was impromptu singing the backgrounds. It's fun to perform for a crowd of so many musicians. Isn't @otherguisetheatre an awesome venue? Thanks for filming @sethbrooksphoto and @alexgupana by @wesconfab

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Here we gooooooo!! September 17 at @themintvictoria

Sign Up Opens at 6:30 before the event . Or online via the Google Forms Page. See ticket link in bio.

Doors: 6pm, Event: 7pm - 10pm
Tix: 0-$40
Co hosts: @azuleho__ and @wesconfab

All proceeds go to @workersolidaritybc, a worker and labor activist group who organizes to: distribute accessible know-your-rights education, close the gap in effective labour rights enforcement, support and empower individuals with complaints, and to campaign for long term improvements.

@commiebop is now offered through @southislandworkers ! Check out our Choir, Outdoor Club, Worker's Cafe, Book Club, and Soccer Team. Artwork is by Spencer Lachmanec.

About: A Commie Bop is freedom in motion: a song, a poem, a spell, a skit, a dance against the grind of colonial capitalism. It’s where creativity smashes exploitation, where solidarity squeezes alienation, and where we (yes, we, the ridiculous and unruly) celebrate our collective fire. This is a space to howl anti-capitalist anthems, share art that bites back, and honor past and future generations. Leftist debates? Vital. But tonight we revel in the kaleidoscope of our movement, checking our purity test kits at the door with our hearts open to each other’s stories. We have license to be silly little peasants! Think Carnival, mocking lords and kings…

Open Mic Sets: Your offering does NOT need to involve a complex analysis - our day-to-day experiences put us into the crosshairs of capitalism’s contradictions. Sets should be 10 minutes or less. Please explain why you chose or wrote what you’re sharing. Performers are encouraged to make space for audience participation - teach us your chorus, wrangle us into your skit, add call and response, or bring up Alice to play the tambourine or the triangle.

All acts should, in their own unique way, call for an end to exploitation and discrimination. This space celebrates dignity. Check lyrics for oppressive and triggering language (racist, sexist, ableist, SWERFS, TERFS, etc.). We fight systems, not each other. Please respect the venue. taken in The Mint Victoria by @wesconfab

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I shared a solo/acoustic version of this one last week and since then came across a recording with the confabulation from April @ 'The Capitalocene EP' release show.

"You're Really Needed" - These times call on us to keep striving to be our whole, loving and brave selves... Not to more effectively compete in capitalist hustle culture but so that we can bring our hearts, artistry, and adult maturity into our communities and organize for a kinder, more connected world. <3 you're really needed...

Thanks to Steven Taddei, Cyril Lojda, and Dakota Heoppner for rocking out with me. @ @otherguisetheatre ! Thanks to Alabama Shakes and Jimi Hendrix for being inspirations to this track.

🎥: @alexgupana and @sethbrooksphoto edits: wes

#singersongwriter #community #socialism #healingjourney by @wesconfab

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We love burning man because we love socialism! All of the art, inclusion, decomodification, civic responsibility, communal effort, and gifting that makes it possible show how another world is possible. After two years in a row at Otherworld we're excited to host our first @commiebop at What If! Big thanks to Really Lost Penguins for hosting us! We're excited to experience art for liberation in just two days ❤️❤️☀️💐👗🐈‍⬛✨

Cohosts: Tone Dawg Cat Lord and Wes Carroll (photo taken at What If last year 🙃 by @wesconfab

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'Flakey Flakey' flakey flakey... this song about those friends of ours who are always running late and rescheduling. We owe a lot to them. By forgetting about lunch we get to have a solo date at a restaurant. By rescheduling the hike we have time to clean the bathroom... Blessed be the friends who are flakey <3

Big shout out to Jimi Hendrix for inspiring this one musically and to Steven Taddei, Cyril Lojda, and Dakota Heoppner for rocking out with me. @ @otherguisetheatre !

🎥: @alexgupana and @sethbrooksphoto edits: wes by @wesconfab

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