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Roddy Bailey - Edge Of Town

Cat. No: P&C039CD
Format: CD

Roddy Bailey - Bio
by Roddy Bailey

- I was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in 1974

- I could read before kindergarten, or so they tell me.

- I collected comics and had 5 paper routes to support my habit.

- I also collected records starting at age 8.

- I was the shortest person in the eighth grade.

- I used to skateboard 30 blocks across Brandon every day to hang out with my friends.

- I got the highest marks in Math at my high school every year I was there, and got a nifty plaque to prove it.

- I bought a bass guitar off a guy names Justin in grade 10 and started writing punk songs.

- I started a rap group with my friends Tyler and Pat in grade 12 and we called ourselves “Farm Fresh”

- I went to the University of Manitoba and got a degree in electrical engineering.

- I started producing rap groups and founded Peanuts & Corn in 1994. I hand dubbed thousands of cassettes one painstaking minute at a time and sold them for 5 bucks each.

- I have worked as a pizza cook, swimming pool water tester, record store clerk, telecommunications engineer, systems verification engineer, record label owner, mastering engineer, production assistant and assistant director (so far).

- I called myself “mcenroe” in 1997 and released “the ethics ep”, then “the convenience ep”. In 2005 I released “disenfranchised” and people really liked it.

- My hardcore rap fans are going to be really disappointed with this record because I don’t rap on it. They think I have lost my mind - they may be right.

- I make my living in the film business now and am not counting on this record to feed my family, so that takes the pressure off.

- I wrote, recorded, played all instruments, produced, mixed and mastered this record. I photographed and designed the cover art, and directed the videos for it too. I designed my website, peanutsandcorn.com, and when people buy stuff from the site I pack it up and ship it out.

- I don’t know what genre this record is. I used hip-hop production techniques but its pop-style songs with a dark undertone and my voice is a little different. There is guitar on there, so is it pop/rock? I don’t know, sorry. I play the melodica on it alot but I don’t think its dub.

- I called myself “Roddy Bailey” on this because mcenroe is my rap name, and I’m not rapping. I didn’t want to create confusion or put a sticker on the releases that says “I’m not rapping on this!”

- I haven’t released a record on P&C in a couple of years so I don’t know if I still have a distribution deal. It’s all good either way, really.

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Track Listing:

1. Your Revolution
2. Breakup Song
3. All Over Again
4. Day To Day
5. Phone Won't Ring
6. Edge Of Town
7. The Cool Kids
8. The New West
9. Mayonnaise

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