About
The music scene in Toronto is growing faster than ever, and we’re here to keep you up to date on the amazing artists that come in and out of this city! In attempts to bring to the web an honest, non-elitist perspective, we offer a fresh outlook on the local music scene.
Genevieve Lui (Founder/Creative Director) – genny@thetakemedia.com
With a passion for live music and photography, Genevieve has quickly immersed herself in concert photography. After looking around for music review sites with photography job openings, she decided that in order to get her work out there, she would have to take a risk and set up shop! Having visited a plethora of music sites, she noticed that so many of them take stances that seem “elitist” and have a know-it-all attitude. This is her attempt to offer something everyone can relate to.
Check out Genny’s photography on flickr.
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Current Contributors
James Armstrong (Writer)
Lucas DeClavasio (Writer) – Lucas is an English/Linguistics student at The University of Toronto. He has joined The Take Media team in order to combine his love of writing with his love of music. As a singer/songwriter, he is naturally interested in Toronto’s indy-music scene and is very excited to promote all the bands that provide him with such inspiration.
Check out Luc’s music: Purevolume.
Aidan Denison (Writer)
Portia Favro (Writer) – Portia is a Ryerson journalism student who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and Kelowna, British Columbia. Besides writing, Portia is an aspiring professional dancer and choreographer and is always on the lookout for new music and sounds. She brings her knowledge about performance to the table, and is enthralled with all aspects of Toronto’s music scene.
Jeff Karpala (Photographer)
Dave Logan (Photographer) - A Toronto based photographer, Dave got his start shooting the bar/club scene of Manchester, England in 2005. Getting entrenched into this musically rich city, Dave learned the art and shot so many great bands along the way.
This self-taught photog has now moved back to his home of Toronto and continues to shoot the music he loves.
You can see more of Dave’s work on his personal website and Flickr.
Megan Oquias (Writer) – Megan is a Media Arts grad from Humber College, and a Theatre Arts grad from Fanshawe College. She grew up in small-town Strathroy where all there was nothing to do but play music in a friend’s basement. In love with the live music scene in Toronto, Megan tries to hit as many shows as she can; whether it’s a small venue or a bigger show. She is influenced mostly by Ska music in her own musical endeavours, but has a soft spot for the indie bands that are popping up all over Canada. She has been a happy writer for The Take since April 2010.
Erin Pehlivan (Writer) – Erin is a recent graduate of Communications and International Development Studies from York University. She enjoys writing about music, fashion, arts, culture and travel in her blog Too Rude Magazine. She has lived in Copenhagen, Ho Chi Minh City and Toronto, and is always looking for a new places to discover. Right now, Erin is trying to figure out what she should do with her life.
Check out Erin’s blog, Too Rude Magazine
Dave Robson (Writer) – Dave is a Toronto-based writer, born in Alberta and raised in Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. He spends most of his time writing film reviews for Sound on Sight and nonsense for the Daily Mukluk. He is graduating from the University of Toronto in the summer with a Bachelor of Arts, having majored in history and English.