7 Lamps Music Studio

09/16/2026

🔊 🔊 🔊 'Practical Music Theory' starts one week from today at the VCM. 5-6:15 for 8 weeks. $194 .

In PMT we get to know pop harmony's 'usual suspects', along with a few quirky characters who show up from time to time. This class invites us to be curious about harmony starting with intervals, the distance between notes, to chords, to chord progressions. We'll play through parts of songs being curious about the harmonic reasons for why songs sound the way that they do. We'll also break things down and get to know each individual interval which serves as the building block for more complicated harmony. I designed this class especially for pop, folk, and indi musicians who want to grow their harmonic fluency without needing to delve into clefs and sheet music... This class is beginner friendly! ✌️

Stay tuned for practical music theory 2 in the new year which will be more of an intermediate level theory class.

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10/21/2025

Guinness is the man for the job. Industrious, hard working, and calm under pressure.

08/24/2025

I am accepting new students for private lessons starting mid-September. Join a supportive and creative environment where music meets mindfulness.

Available Days: Mondays & Wednesdays
Starting: Mid-September

Offering:
✓ Guitar ✓ Songwriting
✓ Singing ✓ Music Theory
✓ Bass ✓ Ease in Body and Mind

Music is more than notes on a page. It is a journey back to ourselves. In my lessons, we honor the connection between sound and soul, weaving nervous system regulation into the practice. Here, you are invited to be fully in your body, embrace your inner voice, and discover the wholeness that comes from mindful creativity.

Check out my website for deets (link in bio). 📷 Ross Whelan

01/19/2025

I have a 5-week class coming up on Tuesday evenings starting on February 18 in Wood Hall. This will be a great chance to delve into flow state, direct our undevided focus on to different aspects of music, embrace instinct, and find laughter and levity by staying in the moment and embracing imperfections.

Description:
As musicians, we open up when we make space for new sounds and silence. Using a mixture of musical games, theatre games, collective improv, and discussion, we will experience how musicality and connection flourish when editing and self-judgment are left behind.
Participants will be encouraged to explore their instinct, mindfulness, musical memory, relaxation, focus, flow state, and instrumental comedy!

All instruments (including singers) are welcome.
Gear Provided: Amps, mics, drums, a PA, and a piano.
Fee: $84 for all 5 sessions.

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08/26/2024

I have space for a few new music student this fall! Come by for theory, songwriting, guitar, bass, and voice lessons.

I teach with a holistic approach that aims to develop a practice that feels good in the body and mind. We'll work on new ways of creating neural pathways and relating to sound.

I'm booking for the week of September 9th.
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Text 2508573169

06/25/2024

I've got my teaching materials together for the first class of 'practical music theory' at the VCM :) it's a beginnerish theory class that starts today. No need to know how to read music here!!

There are a couple of spots left for folks to register by phone with the vcm or at the front desk.

Class is from 6-9 🙌🎶

06/21/2024

Come learn beginner music theory & ear training with me!

https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vcm/activity/search/detail/14236?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true&locale=en-US

This introductory class demystifies popular musical styles making harmony easier to understand, discuss, and play with. Through a combination of examples, homework, ear training, and terminology we will explore how to name our favorite chord progressions and transpose them into common keys. We will get to know pop harmony's 'usual suspects', along with a few quirky characters who appear frequently in certain styles. Practical Music Theory aims to explore core harmonic concepts while also helping us to understand our musical taste with a deepened perspective and increased vocabulary. Whether you are focusing on learning theory to deepen your performance and musicianship, deepen your theory knowledge to assist with songwriting, arranging, or producing, or simply to expand your musical literacy and understanding, this hands-on course will provide you with indispensable musical knowledge.

At . $108 for all four classes.
This class is offered through the Victoria Conservatory's School of Tech and Creativity.
Register online or at the front desk.
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06/12/2024

This introductory class demystifies popular musical styles making harmony easier to understand, discuss, and play with. Through a combination of examples, homework, ear training, and terminology we will explore how to name our favorite chord progressions and transpose them into common keys. We will get to know pop harmony's 'usual suspects', along with a few quirky characters who appear frequently in certain styles. Practical Music Theory aims to explore core harmonic concepts while also helping us to understand our musical taste with a deepened perspective and increased vocabulary. Whether you are focusing on learning theory to deepen your performance and musicianship, deepen your theory knowledge to assist with songwriting, arranging, or producing, or simply to expand your musical literacy and understanding, this hands-on course will provide you with indispensable musical knowledge.

At . $108 for all four classes.
This class is offered through the Victoria Conservatory's School of Tech and Creativity.
Register online or at the front desk.
Spread the word!

05/28/2024

Thanks for the interview Jonathan Brenneman and Monday Magazine!

"Victoria’s Wes Carroll Confabulation play as much with gender roles as saxophones on new jazz album.
Recently signed, Wes Carroll Confabulation make a splash with socially-conscious new record Helium on Flatcar Records"

--> Go to Mondaymag dot com for the full write-up! (no news posts on meta these days) :/

Here are a few of the middle paragraphs...

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"Even so, their new record Helium, promises to break new ground for the band, introducing new instruments like ambient slide guitars and vibraphones to the mix, which find good use weaving experimental arrangements between more traditional horn lines.

“Over the past couple of years I’ve been incorporating slide guitar into live looping,” says Carroll. “As for the vibraphones, I’d actually never played that instrument before but quickly learned that simple ideas add a lot to the mix. The haunting, oscillating sound of just a single note brings the mix to life!”

This choice of instruments also affects the mood, which Carroll says is by design, as is the title of the album Helium, a metaphor for a lack of groundedness pervasive in our modern era. “I wanted to explore the multiple levels in which the attributes of helium mirror capitalism’s dysregulating effects on us as individuals and as a society. I also liked the aesthetic of myself holding balloons on a fairly serious album cover.”

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Also - come out to the album release show this Thursday! Wes Carroll Confabulation Album Release of "Helium" (sextet show) "

05/24/2024

I’m awful proud to announce that Helium is out today🎈! This 9-track, personal album has been years in the making and spans different writing styles and times of my life. It's my first record to not include any instrumental tracks too. My heart is so full today. Big thanks to my family and friends for inspiring and supporting me. Also a huge thanks to the Vic music scene, Chris from Flatcar Records, Julian from Marrs Audio, U of T's jazz program, and all of the amazing musicians on this record. ❤️🎉

Also big thanks to the mega-talented SSeth Brooks Photofor taking hundreds of pics of me holding balloons over a couple of shoots! We were trying to capture the contrast of celebratory balloons and a serious expression which resulted in some funny pics! Thanks for your skills and patience ❤️ 😂 ... Add a caption. Which is your fav? Did we pick the right one?

SONG CREDITS:
OOwen Chow- trumpet. All tracks.
RRowan Farintosh@rowanfar01 - saxophone . Tracks 6,8,9.
AAndrew Greenwood - saxophone. Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,7.
PPhil Albert - bass. All tracks.
CCyril Cyrus Lojda- drums. All tracks.
DDakota Hoeppner- keys. All tracks except # 7.
GGreg BaanMeiklejohn - background vocals.
Wes Carroll - vocals/guitar/vibraphones/synth/song writing.

Recorded by Julian at MMarrs Audio.
All songs written and arranged by WWes Carroll Confabulation

TRACKLIST:
1. Put It On 3:31
2. Lost Look 4:37
3. What’s On My Mind 4:04
4. Feather 3:20
5. Helium 4:10
6. So Beautiful 5:21
7. On New Year’s Day 4:30
8. When I Start My Day 4:45
9. Wishing Well 3:55

Released May 24, 2024 on FFlatcar Records.