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http://www.rileymckinnon.com

 

Born in Lethbridge Alberta and raised in the small town of Coalhurst Alberta, Riley always had plans of using his creativity in the future. He didnt know that in the summer before grade 10 high school he would discover his creativity in music. From the moment I picked up my brothers friends fender electric guitar I started writing.

Between grade twelve in 1998 up until the beginning of 2005, Riley played in two different bands locally in Lethbridge. As a lead guitarist, back up vocalist and co-songwriter in the Delusions of Grandeur and as lead vocalist, songwriter and rhythm guitarist in The Ascetics, Riley has had quite a bit of experience in live performance, writing and recording.

Not until he finally made the decision to quite his job of four and a half years to become a full time solo recording artist in the fall of 2006 was he able to complete his first full length album in April 2007. All on his own he wrote, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered the album.

The result is his self titled full length debut album which was released May 28th 2007 under his own record label Ear to Ear Records Inc. Thanks to a lot of friends and fans from his past music endeavours, the CD release party at The Slice went over very well.

Riley is now temporarily making his home in Toronto, where he plans to make a grass roots start to bigger career for the future.

Instrumentation

Riley McKinnon-Vocals guitar piano and drums (I wrote, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered everything on my album) Acoustic guitar and vocals when performing live.

Discography

Officially released "A Different Thing" from my debut solo album. (Self Titled)