Professional freelance writer… David DeRocco
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Kool & The Gang – The Celebration Continues
By David DeRocco dave@gobeweekly.com https://twitter.com/?lang=en There’s no real formula for success in the music business. Sometimes, it’s just the right mix of talent, timing and songs. Other times, it’s as simple as a name change. Take the Jersey City...
How 3PL Companies Are Mitigating the Impact of Covid19 on Supply Chain
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany said it. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it. Responsible leaders of nations around the world receptive to medical facts are saying it: to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus a.k.a. Convid 19, it’s going to take a concerted...
Symphonically Hip — NSO Gets Strictly Hip
By David DeRocco The musical roots of The Tragically Hip have always been deeply planted in Canadian soil, a badge of honour for patriotic fans who like the fact the Hip have always been Canada’s best kept secret. However, the seeds of the idea for an upcoming...
Kim Mitchell — Canada’s Newest Songwriting Hall of Fame Member
By David DeRocco dave@gobeweekly.com https://twitter.com/?lang=en There are currently 50 names in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, the non-profit, bilingual, apolitical and national hall founded in 1998 to effectively deal with the...
Camp Maple Leaf: Indigenous Teachings Add To Camp Experience
The Kawartha Lakes are a chain of lakes in south-central Ontario that form the upper watershed of the Trent River. Among the lakes included in the chain is Pidgeon Lake, which sits just west of Buckhorn Lake and, slightly further east, Curve Lake. Within Pidgeon Lake...
Dewey Bunnell: Captain AMERICA
By David DeRocco As a country America may have a bit of an international image problem right now. But as the band who hit #1 with “Sister Golden Hair,” AMERICA is still infinitely more popular internationally than the country’s golden-haired tin-man of a POTUS will...
Chubby Checker: Still Twistin’
By David DeRocco It’s kind of ironic, but if you’re someone who stays in shape attending fitness classes that involve any form of dance or rhythmic movement, you might owe some thanks to a guy nicknamed Chubby. You see, in the annals of rock and roll history, the...
Emilio Castillo: Tower of Power’s Head Horn
By David DeRocco As an aspiring 17 year old musician living in Oakland TOWER OF POWER founder Emilio Castillo had a rather modest dream for his career. “When I started out in 1968 there was a band called The Spiders we used to go see that got a gig in Sacramento,”...
Liona Boyd: Last Tour for Canada’s First Lady of Guitar
By David DeRocco If you are one of the many millions of people who regret the fact they can no longer see legends like Bowie, Petty, Prince or Cohen perform their music, then take note of these contemplative words spoken by revered Canadian classical guitarist,...
Eddie Money: Paradise Found
By David DeRocco If you’re heading to Fallsview Casino this weekend chances are you’re going to leave with less money than you walked in with – unless you’ve got two tickets to the musical paradise called the Avalon Ballroom. In that case, you’ll be leaving with...
GEROLINE SAFETY CLEATS – KEEPING YOU SAFE ON THE JOB
It takes a while for most new companies to gain traction with potential customers. Geroline Industrial Safety Products didn’t have that problem. As a manufacturer of top quality traction cleats, Geroline knew exactly how impactful their safety product would be in...
SNL Alumni Kevin Nealon
By David DeRocco “When I see someone who is just going out to a comedy club for the first time I think, ‘wow, what rock have you been under,’” laughs versatile American funnyman and Saturday Night Live alumni Kevin Nealon. “There’s really kind of been a resurgence...
Martin Barre: Taking Roads Less Travelled
BY DAVID DeROCCO It’s a funny thing. You won’t find his name on the list of Top 100 Guitarists compiled by such supposedly learned rock mags as Rolling Stone, Spin or Kerrang!. Nor will you find it on similar lists assembled by musician trade mags like Guitar World...
Tower of Power: Horns’O Plenty 50 Years And Counting
As an aspiring 17 year old musician living in Oakland TOWER OF POWER founder Emilio Castillo had a rather modest dream for his career. “When I started out in 1968 there was a band called The Spiders we used to go see that got a gig in Sacramento,” recalled...
Royal Canadian Legions On Board with Camp Maple Leaf
Sometimes it takes legions of supporters to help make a project successful. Other times, it just takes support from the Legion. This summer, Camp Maple Leaf is happy to welcome branches of the Royal Canadian Legion into the fold as one of our new sponsor groups, which...
Molly Ringwald: Jazzing Up the Great American Songbook
By David DeRocco What does a young actress ranked #1 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Teen Stars” do when facing the challenges of becoming an adult in the world of entertainment? When you’re the iconic Molly Ringwald, you become a sultry jazz singer! She may be earning rave...
Jay Leno: Still A Stand Up Guy
By David DeRocco“I’m always happy to talk to the enemy, Canada,” laughs legendary late night host and comedian, Jay Leno, acknowledging the fact he’s being interviewed by a citizen from a rogue nation at war with his president. “It’s hilarious. It’s either...
Joe Winson – Overcoming Life’s Obstacles
By David DeRocco Accomplishing anything great in life often requires significant change that pushes you beyond your comfort zones. This can include times when a personal tragedy forever alters the life you were living. With the right attitude and motivation,...
Hank Thorn – SIU Expert
By David DeRocco For a guy who has earned a living being meticulously slow and methodical in the execution of his departmental duties, forensic investigator Hank Thorne could be on record as having experienced the shortest retirement in Hamilton Police Services...
PTSD – A SOLDIER’S STORY
By David DeRocco Determining the true human cost of war is not as simple as totalling the number of military and civilian lives lost in the conflict. Returning soldiers – and in truth, all active military personnel fortunate enough to make it home –...
Rosanne Cash: A 40 Year Hall of Fame Career Continues
By David DeRocco When it comes to describing music, there’s a funny thing about applying labels; they’re so very easy to defy. Take Rosanne Cash, for example, an artist many people would be quick to label a country artist. That would be a truly narrow definition of...
Jane Bunnett – Hot Latin Rhythms
By David DeRocco What’s the best way to take the chill off a cold winter night in St. Catharines? Try some hot Latin rhythms administered by Jane Bunnett and company during her special performance at Brock University February 9th. Fans are intimately familiar with the...
Lighting Up The Country With NEON SMOKE
BY DAVID DeROCCO It’s not just blowing smoke to say Australia born/Alberta raised Canadian country music star Gord Bamford is a great songwriter. His 24 Canadian Country Music Association awards, his multiple Juno nominations, his two Nashville Country Music...
BIG WRECK: CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF “IN LOVING MEMORY OF”
By David DeRocco Do you remember where you were when you first heard “That Song.” Not just any song, “That Song” – the one that after 20 years of airplay has now become “that song” for millions of broken-hearted lovers whose memories get triggered every time they...
BILLY TALENT: Reaching New Heights
By David DeRocco With no disrespect intended to any group of musicians who have, through the consequence of recent events related to their lead singer, been branded as “Canada’s band,” I present to you a set of empirical facts for your consideration. Since the...
Tim Hicks: Giving Canadian Country the Shakes
By David DeRocco When you hail from Niagara, you know that September is time for the harvest. So it makes sense that a country star like Tim Hicks would pick September to harvest the crop of songs he’d been tending too during five months of intensive writing and...
TPOH’s Moe Berg: Finding Happiness
By David DeRocco As an insightful young songwriter, Moe Berg managed – in one perfectly crafted song – to capture the inherent frustrations and stark realities involved in accepting the responsibilities of adulthood. Now, as he sits halfway through his life as a...
“Get Out and Go Camping” – CWF PSA with Johnny Reid
CLIENT: Canadian Wildlife...
“Wake Up With Someone You Love” Sunni and Hayes — 102.9 K-Lite Commercial
"WAKE UP WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE" Written and directed by David DeRocco :30 seconds https://youtu.be/ddUkmal78Ic
The Trews: Homeward Bound
By David DeRocco Colin MacDonald probably wasn’t thinking about his music when he originally sat down with his bandmates in THE TREWS to write the single “Man of Two Minds” for their 2008 album No Time For Later. Yet 14 years and five albums into their amazing career,...
Kool & The Gang – The Celebration Continues
By David DeRocco dave@gobeweekly.com https://twitter.com/?lang=en There’s no real formula for success in the music business. Sometimes, it’s just the right mix of talent, timing and songs. Other times, it’s as simple as a name change. Take the Jersey City...
How 3PL Companies Are Mitigating the Impact of Covid19 on Supply Chain
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany said it. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it. Responsible leaders of nations around the world receptive to medical facts are saying it: to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus a.k.a. Convid 19, it’s going to take a concerted...
Symphonically Hip — NSO Gets Strictly Hip
By David DeRocco The musical roots of The Tragically Hip have always been deeply planted in Canadian soil, a badge of honour for patriotic fans who like the fact the Hip have always been Canada’s best kept secret. However, the seeds of the idea for an upcoming...
DeRocco Integrated Media
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