Musician with 15 years of experience in the music industry as a writer, producer, and performer. My body of work includes four album releases, compositions for film and dance, and both local and international performances. I create impactful and forward-thinking music through the use of diverse production techniques, instrumental aptitude, and by blending genres in innovative ways.
Described as “sensitive and vulnerable, yet dramatic and awe-inspiring” (Paste Magazine US), my work has been covered in Canadian and international publications, and has received airplay on CBC Radio 1, CBC Radio 3, Indie88, and abroad on BBC Radio 6.
Canadian Film Centre’s Slaight Music Lab alum for 2021, under chairs Lesley Barber and Marc Jordan.
Competencies and Skills
Songwriting: abstracting keys, chords, and melodies from genre in order to reveal their innate emotionality and for the purpose of creating innovative compositions.
Instrumental Aptitude: Singer. Skillfully able to play piano, guitar, and bass. Detailed knowledge of sound synthesis, gear based programming, MIDI programming, and acoustic theory.
Music Production: expert skills across the following DAWs: Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Ableton, and Reason. Extensive knowledge of mixing and mastering to produce clear and professional audio.
Education
Canadian Film Center: Slaight Family Music Lab resident, 2021.
One year residency and course in film music composition, production and delivery.
ORS-1, ORS-2
Two intensive 8 week courses in notation and orchestration culminating in a composition of mine performed for a 13-piece orchestra.
Film + Composition Work
2023 - ‘Celestial Queer: The Life and Work of Jim MacSwain’ - Feature length documentary, Canada
2022 - Babak - Short Film, Canada
2022 - Gem & Shaz, Short Film, Canada
2022 - ‘The Mime’ - Short Film, Canada
2022 - ‘An Ant in the Mouth of the Furnace’ - Quadrophonic gallery installation
2021 - ‘Crabbed’ - Harrar Khan, CFC Short Film 2020 - ‘Common Dwelling’ - Short Film, Canada
2019 - ‘Skin’ - Short film, Canada/Chile
Album Releases (Scott Hardware)
Ballad of a Tryhard (Telephone Explosion)
Engel (2020, Telephone Explosion)
Mutate Repeat Infinity (2016, Banko Gotiti)
You Think About It Too Much (2014, DAPS)
Selected Media Coverage
2022
Pitchfork - 7.4 review of ‘Ballad of a Tryhard’
2021
Bandcamp - Album Release Feature
The Fader - Scott Hardware is Visited by a Spirit From Above on ‘Engel’
Northern Transmissions - Scott Hardware Releases ‘Engel’
Exclaim! - Scott Hardware Announces Sophomore Album, ‘Engel’
Paste Magazine – Daily Dose: Scott Hardware, ‘Joy’
Indie88 – Listen: Scott Hardware Shares New Single, ‘Joy’
Now Magazine – The Sound of Toronto Right Now
2019
Paste Magazine – Daily Dose: Scott Hardware, ‘Joy’
2016
Vice Magazine. ‘Scott Hardware’s Mutate Repeat Infinity is a Dance-Pop Mediation on Capitalism and Queerness.’
Now Magazine. Album Review (Mutate Repeat Infinity)
International Performance Experience
2019 – Long Winter Paris - Festival and Conference
2017 - European Tour, 16 dates (UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy)
2016 - European Tour, 12 dates (Iceland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany)
Notable festivals in Canada: WayHome, Harbourfront: Beats, Breaks, and Culture Fest, POP Montreal, Camp Wavelength, MUTEK
International festivals: Bad Bonn Kilbi (Switzerland), Torstaßen (Germany), Distorted Animals (Poland), Handmade (Italy)
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