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Cameron Bastedo
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 On a winter's night in 2000, while walking down a quiet street, a whirlwind blew towards me. As it approached, God told me that music was coming back into my life. I'll let you reach your own conclusions, but 15 CD's worth of music later and I know that it was a genuine word from the Lord. Oddly enough, I suppose, (given that incident and that I'm a Christian) few of these tracks are 'worship' tunes in the usual sense of that word. What they represent is the outpouring of a life that is offered to God in worship. The songs on this page reflect every different frame of mind and mood of heart through which I've passed since that night. Some of them are just silly, fun songs because I love music; I love people and I love life. Many are more serious; some are quite dark. They are reflections about life, death, love, God, humanity, inhumanity, faith, weakness, joy, hope, frustration, vision, confusion, depression and even desperation. In fact, just about every frame; of heart and mind a person can feel is expressed somewhere on this page, I think. For, no doubt, music is part of life and all of life has a place in music. Let me ask you a question. How does one explain creativity? The answer to that question, believe it or not, was instrumental in bringing me to faith in God. Through rigorous self-examination, I discovered that 'inspiration', the Spirit breathing in to the heart, was real. That powerful realization blew apart my materialistic assumptions and was a fissure large enough for God's Spirit to whisk His way into my heart. It's been quite a journey, my life with Christ. For years the Lord led me in paths that didn't involve much writing of music, although it has always involved singing and music. I'm thankful that the journey has led me, in these recent years, to create music once again! |
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The ... Artist of the Year brings [an] ethos and attitude to this little world of ours and proveably makes a difference Please note the italics. It should come as no surprise whatsoever that my Artist Of The Year 2006 is... Cam's Even Song (Cam Bastedo) Believe me when I say that I have struggled and struggled against Cam getting this award because we are close, and I would hate for this to be seen somehow as a reward for being a friend. The devil of it is, Cam has made it quite impossible for me NOT to grant him this singular (but slightly used) honour and again the facts bear me out. With no less than SEVEN tracks on my hard drive the music machine that powers Cam's Even Song, Cam Bastedo, Retrograde Pop and Sonic Salad should have won the award on that basis alone. Not just good tracks, mind. KILLER. The two I picked as Tracks Of The Year are but two of a veritable flood of great tracks from this artist this year. IMHO Cam has picked up some considerable speed and recognition factor this year, all so richly deserved, and I expect that his increasing lyrical maturity will only get more powerful and more imaginative. Which is quite a bold statement to make considering the deluge of Cam quality we have experienced this year in every respect. I believe the man is just getting started, as it happens, and I look forward to the coming year with intense interest on behalf of all Cam watchers everywhere. A singular artist, a pillar of the Soundclick community since the year dot and a concise and instructive reviewer into the bargain. Cam does it all with infinite charm and grace and is a worthy AOTY for all those qualities. -Steve Gilmore One of the things I respect most about you is that you're so real and honest and open about your beliefs and intertwine them with your creation so fluidly. There's not a cheese factor, [something] which I'm usually very in tune with. Your music is just plain beautiful; your lyrics are clever.... It is crystal clear that you're making music because you love to make music.... I could drift for hours listening to music like this. (Here commenting on Seeing Darkness) Where to start when you love something?...It's superb, and instantly accessible. The cyclical guitar riff is just super, and I love the relationship that's built between that and keys - makes this an instant favorite for me... Production sounds fantastic as well, but that's to be expected from you these days. However, this IS something special...I would buy this! The lyrics...hmmm...how to best relate this.....it's actually so cool it reminds me of Kublai Khan without the opiate derived nonsense. -Jon Partelow (Kulimafi) I find myself clicking on his songs trying to peel away the onion skins to get at the heart. Then I find the onion is gone and the table is piled with onion skins. No, I am not saying there is no heart to Cam. It is just the opposite. Each one of these skins is the stuff of heart and soul. It is deceptive ... the songs are light and dark ... they are snippets of daily life. Maybe you are used to reading the journals of writers, but maybe you did not recognize that here you have a true musical journal. -Larry Ludwick The acoustic guitar sounds ...timeless... to me.... a thing that seems more important than style. I'm always on the lookout for notes that can stand stable through the passage of time. So many tunes will erode in just a few years, and never be played or thought of again.... but I'd wager that if you put your songs on CD in a time capsule (with a CD-player and instructions :-) ) ...for future peoples to find.... They'll be just as important then as now! Just being honest. -Powerful vivid lyricism. -Love your work. -Thielus Grenon Face The Music is a song based on a Biblical story ...He's always been - in my eyes - a talented and prolific songwriter but when he marries a style like this with a truly great lyric, it's nothing short of breathtaking. ... His blend of superior songwriting skills with look-how-easy-this-sounds music has singled him out as one of the very best (ie well rounded) musicians on Soundclick, and by far one of the most respected. -Steve Gilmore Coming Home ...the music - breezy, timeless, it emits a strong aura of nostalgia. If I didn...t know who this was, I probably would have thought it was a classic from the late 60...s / early 70...s that I somehow missed hearing. Cam...s voice is full of character, modesty, and wisdom. Its real; there...s no pizzazz, no fluff. This is your ideal voice for folk music. The voice is perfect for the music. -Chad Yochum Cam Bastedo takes a subject that is loaded with stigma in music, and makes it accessible to anyone with ears. And most will like it even if they don't care for the lyrics, just because of how real it sounds. - Jonathan Saunders |
Your influences?
Lennon, Dylan, Townsend, Heather Clark, Len, Cohen
Anything else...?
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I'm frequently asked what songs I'd recommend for first time listeners, as there are a LOT of songs on my page - over 200 as I update this. So, here are two lists. The first orders the top ten by how often others have streamed them. The second are 10 of my favourites, even though that changes frequently: 1. Angel Song (2,936) 2. Alone (2,344) 3.Seeing Darkness (1,890) 4. Just the Truth - on Christmas (1,886) 5. Coming Home (1,513) 6. Crossroads (1,436) 7. Rainbow (Old Version) (1,427) 8. Gonna Sell Something to the Telephone Salesman (1,349) 9. Sad City (1,208) 10. Halo (1,180) My own favourites, taking both the songs and recording into account: 1. Jesus (372) 2. The Home of the Lord (192) 3. Coming Soon to a Sky Near You (874) 4. Brother Eli (305) 5. What do ya' Got Within? (275) 6. Rainbow (New Version) (957) 7. My Castle by the Sea(670) 8. Little Black Horses (681) 9.Albert Ball (826) 10.Every Day in You (185) Check out my other musical endeavors Camsevensong (Main page of original music - mostly songs, some instrumentals.) Sonic Salad (Electronic instrumentals) Retrograde Pop (Songs I wrote during my teens) Beatz Me! (Hip hop and techno beats) Gotcha Covered (Cover songs of public domain music I've enjoyed) The Blue Gerbils (My pet gerbil's page.) SingtotheLORD (Acoustic praise to the Lord) |
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This is a video clip from a multi-media play I created with my drama class at Kamloops Christian School
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Song was written for a contest at Soundclick and was inspired by one of the strangest novels I've ever read: All Hallows Eve by Charles Williams. It's a brilliant book.
Our grey cat has been very sad in recent weeks since my wife got a new job. She used to baby him and hold him almost 24/7. Now, well, the poor guy's sort of lost!
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I was thinking about the comuter, the TV our electronic mirrors - our vanity. There's more see the 'story behind the song.'
A song about desire and fulfillment
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A song about song writing, more or less...
Thinking about my character defects.
Just a song. I wrote it because I wanted to make music and didn't really have anything in mind at all.
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It's about my wild-eyed grand daughter
This is the first of my Grade 11 memory verses, but the 13th one I've recorded.
This is the second of my class's 24 memory verses, the 14 of them I've recorded.
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This is the third memory verse the kids need to learn. This one is verbatim 1 John 2:15-16 with some - er - commentary!
This is a very profound verse and the fourth in my selection of Grade 11 memory verses.
This is the fifth memory verse in my Grade 11 collection. It is NIV verbatim 1 Corinthians 15:58, with added commentary.
This is the sixth of my Grade 11 memory verses. As usual, it is verbatim from the NIV, taken from Hebrews 12:3. The additional words are a paraphrase of verses 4-6
This is the seventh of the 24 memory verses my Grade 11's memorize each year. As usual, it is taken word for word from the NIV, in this case from Mark 10:45.
Song number 8 from my memory verse collection. This one is II Corinthians 4:5, from the NIV with added words by way of adornment.
The ninth memory verse. As usual, from the NIV; this one is II Corinthians 9:6-7, with added comments.
This is the 10th of 24 memory verses my Grade 11's study. This one is Proverb 3:9-10.
This is the 11th memory verse on the Grade 11 course of study. This one is Matthew 28:19-20.
This is the 12th memory verse in the list of 24, but the last one I recorded. It is Acts 1:8 and is taken word for word from the NIV. The middle eight is my added commentary.
The 13th memory verse on the course, but the first I recorded. The chorus is a word for word version of John 13:34 as it is translated in the NIV. The verse is just my thoughts about it.
This is 14th memory verse, but the second I put to music for my class. It's the NIV version of John 3:18. The middle eight is my own thought.
Memory verse 15 of the set I put to music for my Grade 11 Bible class. This one is Philippians 2:3-4, word for word as it appears in the NIV. The verse is my own thought.
Once again, this is a memory verse from my Grade 11 Bible class, the 16th in number, and in this case 1 Peter 5:5-6. It's a word for word rendition based on the NIV, with commentary in the refrain. Actually, it amounts to 2 refrains, I guess...
Memory verse 17; this is a word for word of Ephesians 5:3 and it was VERY tough to put to music, frankly. I think it works, however.
Once again, a memory verse, number 18 of 24. This one is 1 Peter 2:11.
This is, yet again, a memory verse song. In this case two at once (19 & 20 on the list): Proverbs 12:22 & Leviticus 19:11.
This is another one of my Grade 11's memory verses, the 21rst of 24, taken from the NIV Bible, Hebrews 11:6.
This is another in my series of memory verse recordings for my Grade 11 Bible class, 22nd of 24 in the series. This one is Romans 4:20-21 from the NIV.
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This is memory verse song 23, but the 11th in the order in which they were created. There will be only one more!
This is the final memory verse in my Grade 11 course - the 24 - although it was the 13th one recorded.
This song grew out of the bass-line and out of a desire to get back to singing about what really matters. It seemed like a good flagship song for my memory verse album, even though it is not a memory verse itself.
I did a re-mix of Dave G's track.
Here's Dave's link:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=726276
A song about the past, the present and vision
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A song about how hard hearted we are; we rely on cleverness rather than character. Kind of like cats...
This was the title song for a Christmas play I wrote and produced with my high school drama class at Kamloops Christian School. The video version of the song is posted elsewhere on this page.
Me being weird!
Another very odd track, sort of a mix between folk and spiritual...sort of.
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Mother Theresa said, 'If you will kill your own children, what is left for your enemies to do?'
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A song about computers
This is a song about trying to record this song. My computer kept freezing in the middle of the song. It was very sad...
It's possible that my wife and I will have to live separately for half a year, depending on job situations. I was thinking about that.
A song I wrote about depression when not depressed, since when depressed I can't write.
A really unusual number. I don't know quite how to classify it, actually.
A song about my song writing/recording style
I found the movie to be hilarious and philosophical. I watched it repeatedly, which was - in essence - to share the experience.
This was written about two friends who are having trouble keeping their marriage together.
As the title implies, as song about the notion of political correctness, the growth of which I consider a crippling trend.
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - In the midst of all the confusion of the world, there's a quiet place to touch God. This song is about that fact.
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MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - A tender ballad :D
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - Well, it's about the show, but about our value system actually.
...a song about, one thing...and then another.
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - You know that it's very tedious trying to describe songs. Take a listen!
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - A song about life, or maybe the end of life.
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - A sort of odd pop number about arguing with myself.
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - I've been reading Ephesians chapter one recently. This song is based on one verse from that chapter.
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - Just a rocker
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - I wrote this song for Christmas 2007
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - A song about pain
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - I was writing about writing and then the music kind of took over...
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - Some things are without limit and that is good; other things we think have no limit...that can be bad.
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - A song about changes of season, inside and out.
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - A song about looking back on what I and others used to be like
MY RIPPED OUT PAGES - Well @ the current rate, we won't know what Israel.
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - A song about heaven, from this side.
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - A song about deception and beauty
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THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - A song about our human darkness
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THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - In the gospel of Mark, chapter 1, you can read of what Christ did when the sun was setting: he healed many.
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN- A dumb but catchy song about waiting for the weekend
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - Joy
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THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - The news is the prophecy of madmen.
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THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - A song of spiritual enquiry
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - A song about a lost friendship
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - A song about struggling for freedom.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - A silly song about stingrays
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THIS YEAR OF GRACE - Thoughts from the Lord put me into another zone!
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THIS YEAR OF GRACE - A song written for a talent show that is about...being fat.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - The real BIG SCREEN event is coming! You will be there. (New recording.)
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THIS YEAR OF GRACE - A song about my friend and pastor Nolan Clark. His faith in pursuing revival is a huge inspiration to me.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - This is a song about spiritual procrastination. I'm a procastinator by nature, but some things are just plain dangerous to delay. Like gettting right with the Lord, for example!
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - These guys got SO mad at my castle!
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THIS YEAR OF GRACE - This has a really odd beat and strange lyrical structural. I fell in love with this song immediately.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - I get very tired of these people...here's the plan!
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THIS YEAR OF GRACE - Community praise project, featuring TB Rage, Jim Mason, OKL Dave, Ron Gragg, Micayla Marra & Jill Bastedo. Complete list of singers, over 30 in all, inside.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - A song about life on the boards...specifically Soundclick's boards.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - It's a rock number with a two part vocal. Kind of cool, I think.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - A song about us...(Thanks, hugely to Jim Miller for his astounding sax work and Lisa Miller for amazing vocal help! Link to Jim's site is on the lyrics page.)
The birth of Christ was in the dark of night...it still is.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - A throw back to the psychedelic era, with an upbeat middle eight
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - When your thoughts have no resting place.
THIS YEAR OF GRACE - You can't have Christmas without Christ
BLOOD RED POP - Hybrid of rap, pop and vocal harmony...with a spiritual message = Blood Red Pop
BLOOD RED POP - I wrote this with my daughter, Jill. It was a song designed to teach her how easy songwriting can be.
BLOOD RED POP - This was a very hard song to write. I've had the melody and title kicking around for months. I finally managed to write some lyrics that seemed to work with it.
BLOOD RED POP - This song is a true story of an incident that happened to me years ago in Toronto.
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BLOOD RED POP - This is a true story about a little girl taken from her home into slavery...and the remarkable thing she accomplished.
BLOOD RED POP - This song has a long history. It was started in my teens and finished today. That's a long history!
BLOOD RED POP - This is a mesmerizing sort of electronic / acoustic hybrid song, with a spiritual message. The original version is on the page somewhere.
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BLOOD RED POP - A song about my Lord. It's not worthy but it wouldn't leave my head. I sang if for weeks before recording it.
BLOOD RED POP - This song was originally written as a radio promo for Songplanet. I liked it so much that I spun this tune out of it.