The Man Behind it all.

Writer & Musician

Born in Sudbury, Ontario (home of the original Blue Devils). Creator of the Freeloader Project in August 2008 with the first recordings performed at Metalworks in Mississauga, Ontario. Rolly has toured Ontario and Quebec in the 70’s with the bands Max and Freeloader. He currently resides in Erin, Ontario, engaged full-time in composing, arranging, producing, and recording at Escarpment Sound and the Freeloader Sound Stage.
Favourite current accomplishment: still breathing.

Philosophy

“At the end of the day, the listener is the boss and my job is to make them want to listen.”

Karen a.k.a Hellgirl

Singer and Songwriter

Born in Toronto and apparently raised by wolves somewhere near the Danforth, Karen’s Hungarian background is likely to blame for her musical slant. She started working on the Freeloader Project in 2008 with the first recordings performed at Metalworks in Mississauga, Ontario.

Karen has written the lyrics for the songs “Bite Me”, as well as performed an alternate version of the song and rapped on “Nev’r is Forev’r”.

She is also the President of Design Evolution specializing in home renovations, design, staging and customized wrought iron art.

She resides in a converted horse farm in Erin, ON. continuing to compose and perform.

Perry Piroutz

Song Writer and Musician

Perry Piroutz is a twenty year old songwriter and musician currently studying at the University of Guelph. His eclectic influences vary from the prose poetry of Baudelaire to the free jazz of Peter Brötzmann. His melodies are akin to a spirit receiver pranging out under orange horizons – speckled underneath is the verse of illumination – of a soapy eye’d skellum howling on the dance floor – under-toned by electricity – reverse flames and synthesized sounds. His songs trace a molten vision of wonderment in the open air. Join this musical moonlighter on his quest for artistic fulfillment.
Started working on the Freeloader Project in 2008 with the first recordings performed at Metalworks in Mississauga, Ontario.

The Argonaut at Bathtime from Perry Piroutz on Vimeo.

Natasha Pearl Eli-Jean Piroutz

Singer and Songwriter

This teenage singer/songwriter wrote her first song at age 6 and continues composing and singing and also plays a mean axe.

Born in downtown Toronto and now living in the country, her love for music is rivaled only by her love of equestrian show jumping. Displaying equal amounts of talent in both disciplines, her dream is to win Olympic gold as part of the Canadian Equestrian Team and be able to perform a stirring version of the National Anthem to boot.

Brian Hewson

Owner of Escarpment Sound Studios

Owner of Escarpment Sound Studios in Erin, On. Along with being the head engineer, Brian also produces and is an accomplished guitarist, recently co-producing and performing on Freeloader’s “RECLAIMED” album.

Brian has been in the sound and recording industry for over twenty nine years. In the 70′s he was a bass player, then guitar player in many local bands. He had a keen interest in music and equipment so in 1977 he enrolled in the Media Arts program at Sheridan College in Oakville Ontario to study recording & film. During the 3 year program he had the opportunity to complete several recordings and worked with some up and coming stars such as Rick Santers and Platinum Blonde.

After graduation he began working at Soundpath Productions in Oakville; first as an assistant, then as an engineer. It was here that he worked on some great projects such as Triumphs “Stages” album, the Spoons “Listen to the City” album, demos by Lee Aaron, Tim Thorney, Joel Feeney and Lisa Dalbello to name a few, as well as hundreds of commercials and film soundtracks.

While still at Soundpath he began teaching part time at Sheridan College teaching the 3rd year Audio and Recording course, a position which he held for 14 years. During this time he was doing freelance engineering with artists like The Mercy Brothers, Jeff Bird and Double Exposure. Also during this time he held a job doing live sound at a club on Queen Street in Toronto. In 1986, Brian built a small but efficient studio in Acton, On. giving it the name “Escarpment Sound Studio” based on the majestic Niagara Escarpment which dominates the landscape.

For five years he worked out of this small but productive 16 track studio doing demos, commercials and albums including 3 “Stompin Tom Connors” projects. In 1990 he purchased a 23 acre farm north of Acton that had a stone foundation he knew would be perfect for the larger studio that he wanted to build.

Work was completed in 1991 and the new “Escarpment Sound Studio” was born. This is where Brian now works full time doing all kinds of recording, producing, guitar playing and running the studio. After renovating the farmhouse on the property, Brian moved in to the home where he now lives with his wife Barb and his daughter Hannah. Last year he taught classes at the Metal Works Institute and currently has classes at Escarpment Sound.

Paul Gross

Managing Director of Metalworks Studios

An absolute true gentleman to work with! As Managing Director at Metalworks Studios, he is responsible for the management of all studio bookings for audio recording, mixing, mastering, video production including editing and authoring.

Paul was formerly the President and Co-Founder of Phase One Recording Studios, one of Canada’s finest multi-track recording studios from 1974 – 2000.

Chris Crerar

Head Sound Engineer at Metalworks

Head Engineer at Metalworks Music Studio in Mississauga and a great guy too! He has worked on many artists such as: Prince, Three Days Grace, The Stills, Bedouin Sound Clash, Nelly Furtado and Triumph. Check him out at the Metalworks website.

Wayne Cochrane

Engineer at Metalworks Music Studio

A ton of fun to work with. Wayne has worked on songs by such artists as: Metric, Sam Roberts, Arkells, and City and Colour. Check him out at the Metal Works website.

Omar Ales

Musician and Singer

National Sales & Marketing Manager-Combo & Music Production at Yamaha Canada Music.
Talented musician and singer that has performed world wide who resides in Mississauga, ON.

Matt Heath

Musician and Music Teacher

Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Matt now calls Orangeville Ontario home.
Matt is a professional music teacher working at Acoustic Traditions in Orangeville. His professional disciplines cover both drums and guitar and he has a hoard of enthusiastic regular students within both.
Aside from music, Matt’s passion lies within the mixed martial arts. With a kick boxing championship under his belt already; he is training relentlessly hoping to get a shot at the next step.

Adolfo Proietti

Managing Director of AVMore

Owner of AVMore, an integrated marketing company that specializes in video, web, graphic, and QR code development. As Managing Director at AVMore, Adolfo has been instrumental in the development of The Freeloader Project.

In addition to managing promotions and marketing for the Freeloader Project, he is also a talented artist playing guitar in Freeloader songs. He has had always had passion for music as an avid Blues and Pop-Rock guitarist. He is extremely excited to be working with with the Freeloader Project.

Joseph Proietti

Musician

“Joseph Proietti is currently Studying Communications, Media and Film at the University of Windsor, and will be entering a post-graduate program in Advertising. His musical career started with basement cover bands and graduated to performing across the GTA.

Joseph has been influenced by music from Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Ramones, Iggy Pop and blending Rock, Ska, Punk, Pop, Jazz and Metal elements into his drumming. Joseph continues to pursue the passion behind his ever growing interest in music.

He started working on the Freeloader Project in 2008, which climaxed with the recording of ‘Never is Forever’ at Metalworks Recording Studios.

“This was an exciting project and to record the tracks at MetalWorks was a blast. Working with Rolly on this piece was great as was our time working on Getaway at Strings Attached and I look forward to Rolly’s next project.”
- Joseph

Giovanni Mattucci

Lead Web Designer and Developer at AVMore

Kick ass front-end developer by day and underground artist by night.
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