Basia Lyjak - What It Feels Like
By Devon Sartori
With Lyjak's fans still reacting positively to recent work like 2008s single Don't Talk and 2007s EP Writings on the Wall she has come up with something a little different for them in collaboration with her writing partner Kyle Riabko and her guitarist Ron Bechard for her adventurous new single "What It Feels Like".
It does not sound like her previous work at least after hearing it a few times. This is not an old song masquerading as a new one or merely just a reinterpretation of her sound.
It does sound like a song recorded by one of the most talented females in Toronto's music history and by a chanteuse gifted with one of the great voices of modern rock. But it also is a reinterpretation of the entire approach Lyjak has taken towards her music i.e. more focused on melody than vocal power and power chords.
Ever grateful for all the help and opportunities that have come her way, Lyjak recently signed a deal with an outfit called The Game Cartel to write and perform music to score its first user designed videogame.
This is a positive sign for the music industry and its artists overall. It is but one of many recent stories of innovative ways that recording artists are finding new streams of revenue. One hopes the calling of rock music will provide its practitioners with something more than mere cost recovery in the near future.
