Toronto. Early 90′s. There used to be a recording studio in the old Donlands movie theatre, Studio 92. It was owned and run by Norm Barker and several independent artists from Toronto and the surrounding areas recorded their very first demos and albums there. Over the years Norm would go on to record the likes of The Conscience Pilate, Nancy, Despot!, Passion’d Flower, and if memory serves other projects like the Shadows of Laughter, Vaslav, Irish Descendants, The New Despots, and many many more. I suppose the studio might even still be there, but Norm has moved on. But this is a story as much about my early recordings as it is about Norm Barker – he always went out of his way to teach anyone who was interested about recording, and I learned a lot about recording and production from him. These sessions prepared me for recording and producing, and besides being tons of fun, they were a practical learning experiences the likes of which can never be learned in school. Speaking of which, we were still in high sch