{"id":757333,"date":"2026-06-24T04:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/757333\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T04:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:22:22","slug":"artist-glimpse-mississaugas-tom-frelek-modern-mississauga-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/757333\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Glimpse: Mississauga&#8217;s Tom Frelek \u2014 Modern Mississauga Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">RA: For your latest solo album, Rewrite Tomorrow, you assembled an absolute powerhouse roster of international talent, recruiting legendary German drummer Marco Minnemann and Symphony X bassist Mike LePond, alongside elite mixing out of Sweden. How did these global collaborations come together from right here in Mississauga, and how did their performance shape the final vision for the record?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">TF: I\u2019ve known Mike for a while, he actually played bass on the first Waken Eyes record too. Super talented but really down to earth guy, and just an awesome bassist. Marco Minnemann is a beast, so it was a no-brainer to work with him again (he played drums on the first Waken Eyes album as well). Their playing really elevated the whole record and helped bring my vision to another level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">RA: If you could put together a dream collaboration line-up with any of your biggest instrumental or guitar-hero inspirations, living or passed, who is in the studio with you, and how have they shaped your own voice as an instrumentalist?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">TF: Haha, that\u2019s a long list depending on the day! I grew up listening to so many killer guitar players. Right now I\u2019d say Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, and Jorn Viggo Lofstad. Those guys have had a huge impact on how I play and the kind of player I\u2019ve become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RA: For your latest solo album, Rewrite Tomorrow, you assembled an absolute powerhouse roster of international talent, recruiting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-757333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}