With Adrian Sutherland living in Attawapiskat, and Stan Louttit in Moose Factory, both band members have to fly out of their communities for every single Midnight Shine performance and professional opportunity.

We rely extensively on Northern airlines, and Air Creebec provides a reliable and comfortable way for us to travel to and from shows, while safely shipping their musical equipment along with us.

Oh, and they make good coffee, too! 

Air Creebec was established in June 1982, and today, is completely under Cree ownership. The airline employs employs over 350 people, and operates 19 aircraft registered with Transport Canada. Air Creebec is committed to providing top-quality airline services in Quebec and Ontario, and continue to pursue excellence in their field.

Thank you Air Creebec for your support!

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Writing this post makes me realize how excited I am to be playing live with the band again. The four of us live in different towns in Northern Ontario, so it’s difficult to get together and rehearse. We each have our own lives to live, with bills to pay, jobs to do, books to study, etc. But, whenever we do get together it feels like a breath of fresh air, one that differs from the 9-5 routine.

We’ve been trading song ideas and demos for some time. It helps keep us up-to-date with each other musically. This past summer, we debuted two new songs at The Big River show in Moose Factory. The songs were met by the crowd with great response and has only inspired us to keep moving forward. It felt good to play live and loud again. I live in an apartment building, so I never get to turn up the amp past 10 (insert Spinal Tap reference) without annoying my neighbours. Playing on stage and finding that sweet spot is a savoury time.

When writing new songs, I try to keep a live-performance mindset — will this riff get heads bobbing? Will people sing along to this melody? Will this beat have feet tapping? I believe that aside from the technical side of playing an instrument, you also have to practice writing songs as well. With Stan, Adrian and George by my side, I know that we will only get better. Here is to more songs and more stages.

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