Kyla's Blog

A Song A Month February 20, 2020

When I went to the Toronto Songwriting School Songwriting Retreat in November 2018 I discovered the joy of working with songwriting prompts. I’m very happy with the song I wrote that week-end from a prompt card (which I’m not playing live till I record and release my second album.)

After the retreat, we bought their Songwriting Calendar for 2019, which offers one prompt per month. I got 2 complete songs and one partial out of it (with a seed for a fourth) but there were many months that I didn’t really think about the prompt. In December I participated... (more)

New Shoes September 13, 2019

This summer I released New Shoes, Kyla Tilley’s first full length solo album. Parts of it are older recordings that we salvaged from earlier attempts, and some of it was recorded more recently. The pictures on the front and back cover were taken at a songwriting retreat I attended in November 2018. It was very inspiring, and I think deserves it’s own post. The album was already recorded, so no retreat songs to be found here, but I packed appropriate shoes as it looked like it might be a nice spot to do a cover shoot, and... (more)

Long Songs and a Loose Summer January 31, 2019

A number of years ago I composed and recorded some music to accompany a summer fashion show. The name of the show was Loose Summer as it featured loose, flowy, light summer clothes, but it was also meant as a reference to the idea of summer in Newfoundland, which is loose at best.

I wrote and recorded this in the basement of my Mother-in-law’s house over the course of a week. It’s a dug out basement, with French doors, lots of sunlight, and a nice hard concrete floor. Since I was travelling I had my Yamaha electric classical instead of... (more)

What Molt's been up to October 31, 2018

Molt has been hard at work completing the writing for our second album: Deep.

We’re planning a three song free fall from the surface of the ocean to the abyssal depths. You can get a taste of what’s to come on Instagram. where we’ve been posting a riff from the new album every weekday in October, or you can watch all the riffs in a row in this compilation on Youtube.

Whimseys EP September 15, 2018

I have released a five song EP. You can check it out on Bandcamp or on various online streaming platforms. Each song was recorded off the floor in my jam space and are as you would hear me perform live, just me and my guitar. I feel that it is appropriately titled Whimseys. I also recorded an acoustic version of the Endearing Perversion version of Cara Winsor Hehir’s Joe Batt’s Arm Tarts. This is a fun one that I’ve been meaning to add to my live repertoire ever since I made a scratch recording to show Cara what I... (more)