![]() “This was so nonchalant that there is no video and barely any pictures of us together, because we weren’t even thinking about that,” Rock said. and Jamey Koch - contains sparse visuals of Downie in a vocal booth and behind the control board due to the impromptu nature of their gatherings. While there was little doubt the 62-minute work would be released as an album, there was no timeline for its release, nor much attention paid to the promotion and publicity that usually follows such a project’s completion.Įven the video for the single “Greyboy Says” - which showcases a live performance featuring Rock on guitar accompanied by Offspring members Dexter Holland and Noodles, ace drummer Abraham Laboriel Jr. ![]() or Vancouver, “till we finally got it finished.” “Lustre Parfait” was then recorded in piecemeal fashion: when Downie wasn’t working with the Hip, he and Rock would “grab a weekend, or two or three days,” either in Toronto, L.A. I guess, in a funny way, the studio is an instrument to me.” Rock explained that when he isn’t producing, he’s composing, which was the reason he had stockpiled so many instrumentals. “So I sent him a few things and they came back songs, and I thought, ‘Well this is cool.’ And he wrote 14 songs to the tracks that I had written and put together.” “He said, ‘Do you have any music? Can you send me some music?’” recalled Rock, who has helped sell more than 60 millions albums producing everyone from Metallica and Bon Jovi to Bryan Adams and the Offspring. I’m a Canucks fan, so there you go,” said Rock.) When it came time to wrap, Downie posed a question to Rock. (“We talked about Bobby Orr a lot because he was a huge Boston fan and I was a Bobby Orr fan, but we’d laugh because of the Canucks and Boston. The camaraderie between the two was sparked after the Hip, 10 albums deep into a career that spawned three million-selling albums - and still the only act, Canadian or otherwise, to achieve that sales summit domestically - hired Rock to produce “World Container” in 2006 and its followup, “We Are the Same.”ĭuring the sessions, Rock and Downie bonded over their love of hockey and family. “This is really just two guys that are friends making music that we love with all our influences.” “It’s a happy accident,” Rock said late last week from his studio in Maui, Hawaii. He serves as Chair of Governors for a large local secondary school and in his spare time enjoys exercising the family dogs and watching sport.It turns out that late Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie had at least one more album in him.īut there’s a difference between “Lustre Parfait,” the brilliant work he recorded with Payola$ co-founder and über-producer Bob Rock that’s out Friday and recent releases “Away Is Mine,” “Introduce Yerself” and “Secret Path”: Downie, who died in 2017 from glioblastoma at 53, started this one on a lark. Peter is based in London and lives in Guildford, Surrey with his wife and two teenage children. He holds a degree in History with honors from the University of York, and also completed the Corporate Finance Programme at the London Business School. Peter is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ACMA). During his time with JLL Hotels, the specialist hotel advisory and investment business grew threefold across 14 countries, expanding operations into the Middle East, India, Brazil and Central Europe. In his prior roles, Peter supported the Global Executive Committee with strategic business planning and investor relations in the period immediately after JLL became an NYSE public company. He joined Work Dynamics as COO for the EMEA region in 2010 before becoming Global COO in 2012. Since joining JLL in 2002, he has held several senior leadership roles across the firm, including Global Strategy Director, COO for JLL Hotels, and Director of Global Internal Audit. ![]() Peter’s team works with account management, sales and supply chain teams to manage critical relationships with clients and vendors, creating mutually beneficial partnerships that deliver clients enhanced value while driving growth for JLL.įor 30 years, Peter has helped large, global and multinational companies including Exxon and Whitbread deliver on their growth strategies through leadership positions across finance, business development, operations, strategy and mergers and acquisitions.
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