Long & McQuade Learning Series - Burlington, ON

Tuesday, March 24 | 7:00pm | *Registration Full*

Playing Rock Bass
With Dave McMillan

Learn about playing bass in a rock context. Dave will be focusing on bass line creation, tone and technique.

Dave McMillan, bassist for Big Wreck and an honours graduate of Humber College’s Jazz Performance program, has been a professional musician since age 18, building a successful career both on stage and in the studio. He has toured extensively across Canada and the U.S., performing with renowned artists including Justin Bieber, Chad Kroeger, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Philosopher Kings, Fefe Dobson, Jim Cuddy, Tim Hicks, and Crash Karma. In the studio, he has worked with acclaimed producers such as Nick Raskulinecz, Eric Ratz, Gavin Brown, and Jon Levine, contributing to numerous influential recordings. Alongside his ongoing work with Big Wreck, Dave remains active as a session musician, live performer, and clinic instructor, mentoring the next generation of bass players.        
 

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Thursday, April 2 | 6:30pm

Mixing Seminar
With Richard Chycki

The RUSH “50 Something” tour hits stages across Canada in 2026. Richard Chycki, their legendary audio engineer, brings his mix secrets, toolbox and stories to four Toronto area Long & McQuade stores. Rich will dissect a classic Rush song, discuss the plugins and mix process and rebuild it using modern techniques and best practices. Having remixed much of their material in Atmos, Rich will discuss what this has meant for their catalogue and how it is listened to today.

Richard Chycki is a multi-platinum mixer and engineer whose clients include such rock royalty as Rush, Aerosmith, Dream Theater, Skillet, Mick Jagger, Alice Cooper, Pink and many more.

Known for his pioneering mix work in multichannel audio, prog icons Rush entrusted Chycki to remix the multi-million selling 2112, their career pinnacle Moving Pictures, as well as A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Signals, Snakes & Arrows and Fly By Night, as well as mixing Moving Pictures in Dolby Atmos plus releases for Evanescence and Alice In Chains. While rock acts Dream Theater, Skillet, Simple Plan and Our Lady Peace had also tapped his surround mix talents, other genres have caught word, most notably for DVD releases with Tyrese, Shaggy and Sean Paul.
 

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