Hip-hop artist Greg Beamish will get his first taste of performing at a big festival next weekend at NXNE in Toronto.
“I’m really looking forward to that,” says Beamish, 30, who grew up in Tsawwassen and is now living in Vancouver.
NXNE (North by Northeast) runs June 17 to 21 and features performances from many artists at a number of venues around the city.
He’s no stranger to performing in front of sizable audiences, having opened for some big names in the genre like T-Pain, Ghostface Killah and Redman. Beamish has also taken his act on the road, recently playing shows in Japan and Germany.
He says the crowds were good in Tokyo and that it’s more about the vibe and feeling there compared to Germany where people really like to dissect your lyrics.
“Toronto, I hear they’re kind of a tough crowd, so I’ll have to see how it goes,” he says with a chuckle.
The South Delta Secondary grad’s latest release, Dude on Fire, came out in January. The album, produced by Moka Only, has a lo-fi feel to it and a more ambient or relaxing sound than an intense one, he explains.
The album process is usually drawn out and Beamish says that can be frustrating but that wasn’t the case with Dude on Fire. He says it was completed in about two days.
