{"id":149986,"date":"2026-07-30T19:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/149986\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:15:25","slug":"aysanabee-returns-to-edmonton-with-new-music-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/149986\/","title":{"rendered":"Aysanabee returns to Edmonton, with new music on the horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aysanabee<\/a> is no stranger to Edmonton. He\u2019s performed at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival<\/a> twice and returned to the city again this year for KDays<\/a>. Thankfully, he says he loves performing in our city.<\/p>\n

Aysanabee is an Oji-Cree singer\u2013songwriter from Sandy Lake First Nation. He\u2019s been on a roll with his music career since leaving his day job and releasing his first album Watin<\/a> in 2022. Four years and four Junos later, he\u2019s been touring around the world. But at the end of this stint, he\u2019s looking to take some time away to write new music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the last four years, it was like \u2026 because I was emerging \u2026 there was this pressure to kind of really keep putting stuff out, to kind of keep building momentum,\u201d Aysanabee explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That pressure eased a little bit after he won the third and fourth Juno<\/a>. \u201cAfter the second two, I was like \u2018okay, I\u2019m no longer emerging.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the next album I just want to be really proud of it and really happy with it, and that\u2019s just going to take time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been talking about writing some songs with his backup singer, Lala Noel<\/a>, and his drummer, Miles Gibbons<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the time when I\u2019m songwriting I\u2019ll work with different producers and kind of have a therapy session and then just kind of write for the day,\u201d Aysanabee explained. \u201cIf something comes, something comes, and if something doesn\u2019t, it\u2019s no stress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Making music made by people <\/p>\n

He added that with the rise of music made with artificial intelligence (AI), there isn\u2019t a way to compete with speed. Aysanabee is just \u201cgoing to go away and write and make something made by people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said there are AI tools that can be a big help when it comes to organization in producing music. But the idea of someone making an entirely AI-generated song in their bedroom feels weird to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these guys put so much work into their craft, learning their instrument, learning music theory, learning how to record,\u201d Aysanabee said. \u201cAnd then somebody can just come in and grab their songs and plug them in [AI] and use those as references to create something, and not having put in the time or that care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of Aysanabee\u2019s songs are quite personal, but he\u2019s been intrigued by writing from imagination more recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to go see Rosal\u00eda play and I was just so blown away,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was like \u2018yeah, you know what? There\u2019s a little bit of me in there, and then a lot of it is just my imagination.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been playing around with the idea of writing from imagination, and other concepts, ahead of writing new music. But his process will really be all about taking the time to reflect and slow down.<\/p>\n