Shades & Degrees
See below for more information about the writers, the performers and the musicians responsible for the Shades & Degrees debut album, "Enlighten Me"
Randy Zahara and Jim Shaw are a Canadian Songwriting team who have been collaborating since the 1990's. They have written over 200 songs together and have worked with Canadian and American recording artists as well as one of YouTube's most successful independent singer/songwriter/producers, "Songstowearpantsto". They produced a song that they wrote in honour of a departed friend to help the Canadian Centre for Suicide Prevention promote their annual "Buddy-Up" program, and they are registered with SOCAN in Canada and BMI and ASCAP in the USA as professional songwriters.
Featured Guest Artists:
Enlighten Me & Hope performed by: Sarah Glinz
Starlight performed by: Steve Collom
If That Isn’t Love and I Was Gonna Write a Book performed by Luke Levy
If That Isn't Love accompanying vocals by Tori Cameron
Casey and Finnegan, Van Gogh and The Road performed by Songstowearpantsto
Cowboy’s Last Ride Performed by Dale Ziech
I Never Thought You Would performed by Jessie Brown
Contributing Musicians:
Joe Grass: Pedal Steel on If That Isn't Love
Richard White: guitars, bass, keyboards on Enlighten Me, If That Isn't Love, I Was Gonna Write a Book, and Hope
Mark Adam: drums on Enlighten Me, I Was Gonna Write A Book and Hope
James Shaw: sax on Enlighten Me, I Was Gonna Write a Book, and Hope
Starlight Steve Collom: All instruments on Starlight
Songstowearpantsto: All instruments on Casey and Finnegan, Van Gogh, and The Road
Dale Ziech: Guitar on Cowboy's Last Ride
Bran Sanders: Harmonica on Cowboy's Last Ride
Nils Loewen: Stand up Bass on Cowboy's Last Ride
Will Yarr: Piano and Keyboard on I Never Thought You Would
In 2008 the Shaw and Zahara song, Let O'Canada Play, performed by Songstowearpantsto, was used by CBC Sports to highlight the daily achievements of Canadian Athletes during the Beijing Summer Olympic Games. This recording resulted in Shaw and Zahara achieving their professional songwriting designation and their SOCAN membership.