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"Hi, I'm Chilly Gonzales, the musical genius."
If you're a fan of Chilly Gonzales, you may have heard him introduce himself as such. For an artist who transcends musical genre and has written or co-written some of the best pop tunes of the past decade, he's earned the right to call himself genius.
So when he came to CBC Music to record the "Canadian Music Masterclasses - Songs in the Key of Eh," we were surprised he didn't introduce himself the same way. When asked why he'd dropped the "genius" from his self introduction, he replied that it's now up to his audience whether to call him genius or not.
Decide for yourself if Chilly Gonzales is a musical genius, as you watch the first of his three Canadian Music Masterclasses. In the first video below, he breaks down and analyzes melody and motif in the music of Leonard Cohen, Shania Twain, Drake, Feist and Bach:
Stay tuned for two more Canadian Music Masterclasses analyzing favourites like our national anthem, "Summer of '69," "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and more.
Chilly Gonzales is touring in support of his latest album, Chambers, across Europe and Canada. He plays Toronto's Massey Hall Feb. 5 and Montreal's Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Feb. 8. For tickets.
