{"id":999,"date":"2011-10-31T17:36:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T00:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=999"},"modified":"2011-12-04T21:22:42","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T05:22:42","slug":"wil-plays-strange-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2011\/10\/31\/wil-plays-strange-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Wil plays strange places"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes William Mimnaugh will play shows in strange places. The Vancouver Island-based singer\/songwriter\u2014who releases albums as Wil\u2014will do a live show in an unlikely location, as long as organizers have their hearts in the right place.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, it\u2019s all about the intention,\u201d says Mimnaugh, who tours with his wife and manager Caroline Mimnaugh. \u201cIf the intention is there, we\u2019re on board. We\u2019re not above or below doing any kind of show. That said, I wouldn\u2019t do just anything for money; I would do a lot more meaningful things for no money.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wil in unlikely locale (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rather than money, the reward for Mimnaugh is the positive effect he can have on the people he meets.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can tell they\u2019re kind of doing it because there\u2019s no chance in hell you\u2019d say \u2018yes,\u2019\u201d laughs Mimnaugh. \u201cSo you say \u2018yes.\u2019 I love the look on people\u2019s faces when they can\u2019t believe you\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mimnaugh laughingly refers to taking on odd shows as the Make a Smile Foundation, alluding to the Make a Wish Foundation. This positive attitude is Mimnaugh\u2019s forte. Everything, he says, is a matter of perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody goes through a period of time when they can complain about a broken pencil,\u201d he explains, \u201cand then eventually you realize that doesn\u2019t matter. And the next step is it doesn\u2019t matter if your bike got a flat tire. And eventually you graduate to things like, if you got in a car accident but you\u2019re okay, and everyone is okay, it\u2019s no big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

This perspective is maintained when Mimnaugh records his albums. Although he performs primarily as a solo guitarist, he\u2019s acutely aware that putting out albums that are just him performing as a solo guitarist probably isn\u2019t the best approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter what we do on records, you can\u2019t just put an album out of a guy playing his guitar unless you\u2019re talking about the Massey Hall Neil Young sessions,\u201d he says. \u201cThose are remarkable songs that have been in our lives for 30 years by a great artist. I don\u2019t mean nobody should; just that sometimes you have to give the song what the song requires.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mimnaugh also believes his most recently released album, Heart of Mine<\/em>, is the closest representation to who he truly is to date. Where Mimnaugh would usually overproduce his albums to give it a vastly different sound from his live performances, Heart of Mine<\/em> dedicates more time to capturing specific moments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a guy who sings stories,\u201d says Mimnaugh. \u201cI\u2019m not this remarkable guitar player, incredible singer, or unbelievable songwriter\u2014I\u2019m not any of those things. I\u2019m just a guy who does all of those things and enjoys them a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wil & CR Avery
\nUpstairs Cabaret
\n9 pm, November 3, $15-$18
\nibreakstrings.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes William Mimnaugh will play shows in strange places. The Vancouver Island-based singer\/songwriter\u2014who releases albums as Wil\u2014will do a live show in an unlikely location, as long as organizers have their hearts in the right place. \u201cTo be honest, it\u2019s all about the intention,\u201d says Mimnaugh, who tours with his wife and manager Caroline Mimnaugh. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t