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In that time he's built a 39 ‘ supportive new music scene for _ in; w l upvand~conters looking to get on ;-. i .‘ l the stage for the first time. while If}; t ': y ' -.._.. ‘ also lt‘dlurlllg established acts and ,-' ‘ 7 , a m . , ; 2”, j- luno Award winners seeking a ,, ' 5'4’3' .4 ' V " it"; 7. g-ét‘N‘ mon-uttinmte stage to play. ’ pas/r: »~ 1 » 57.“ ' _ " ” aw its“ ‘ Maxwell. and his music director 7' “f"- . P ‘3 I I 1 xx ' ‘ ' at Mi" ’~ 1 Dane Home". hilvt' also foundeda " g' f“ L 1 ”Lu- 4 ... if ‘ " A» _,_ -â€" ; if ‘ Rotisttir (lamp, Elli! lack Black in ' ' _ f ” r f“ 5“ K “t Sir ‘ the moue School of Rock, which ‘ W4 r' .‘w';.f.‘*,, 1 f; .- 1 has found its “fly into the local A“ M ., .... x,“ w i t‘tfi’i‘ q r l school system for music education. . . " ' _ , 7â€"1; in ‘ q... 437, -'. _ ' ’_ \o it was only natural that if they “ L 7 . ~ ' ‘ ’» H ' ' fl . f”L. fwd, ’ ' were training the next generation ‘. ,. s.‘ _ - ‘ , Ac?" ” ' 1 i “Tilt ' ~ ‘ of rock stars that they give them a 5 ‘ ' '_ ’~ . ~ " J” ‘5‘ , - ' fi' 1" ' , , place to practice. “X 7 ~,~- of ~ ' _ I , «is Joâ€" .j ‘ 5”? _"" ' y ' 'Ihat's when an ambitious plan M g y ‘ " T1.) .. ”is“ ’L" .. --_vf;".f;? " ' U . rfi- r“ f to mm the old liquor store on Iirb " g g 5334: ' ' . 25.1," "_ "LN-r”: ; ,;ij;f~'"~5<_. ' Street in uptown Waterloo into a \ f“ " a»? ' g ”9â€"7” l . ' a, s,» “ -- ,/ centre for supporting local artists » A” . ' $135“ 35 . r? "it -~ If""‘~._ ' ' came up. Maxwell jumped at the L - g _ " -» r ,-;"'~" ’ M" 7. " "if” . .'. â€" .- . chance to turn the building's " 5 ”A ‘w g' bunkerstyle basement into a ‘l‘ ~ ~ ., “ff-3 ' . fist-st"; ‘J ' - bomb shelter for the decibelly~ "* it ”m“ "* ‘ "J m ‘ challenged. Paul Maxwell, the founder of Maxwell's Music House, has started a new musical venture called Maxwell's Jam House providing space to local musicians ‘ “There's not a lot of spaces in K- in the basement of the former liquor store on Erb Street in uptown Waterloo. momma l W. especially in Waterloo for peo- j pic to jam." said Maxwell. "We constantly lug around their heavy ofsense for us.“ wellforthebamls.” histmovedinfiguredthatthessoo were looking for a space for new equipment. There's not doubt that there k it "Plus we can jam whenever we to soon monthly rent was cheaper artists to create. and that's basically That‘s the reason why Eric convenience factor at work. But want." said Repke. "We don't have than paying the fine when the ‘ where the evolution led us to this chke, the drummer of a band location is just as important for to worry about who is there. and noise police moody showed up at ‘ space.“ called The Likelihood, took on musicians as it is for real estate, share with other people. Now we theirdoor. ‘ The building's owner still has some space. It was the middle of said Maxwell. can just come and go as we "They told me that their new» . some long-term plans for the the day last Thursday afternoon ' pleat-J bouts wereeaIIingc-verysingledny . structure. but in the meantime and he was hanging on the skins “We (new looking The concept has been such a tooomplain." said Maxwell “Bylaw Maxwell's lam House. the Creative with his bandmate Matthew Mor- success that Maxwell said they was oomlngby, and they told them Enterprise and Hep (tats dance genson playing in support as they f”,- a-spacefor new might branch out and provide the ifthcy had to come by the house studiowiil try to lead an arts explo- waited for another band member GM” to create, same service in other communi- one more time they would be i sitmtlmtfuelstheregion'scteative toshowup. ndthat' basical tiesSodon’tbesurprisedtoseea mum-snowman ‘ sector. “We're really happy about the a S . ly Maxwell's lam Home Kitchener or define. ‘ And there was a need. 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