Non Prophet Society

Non Prophet Society has spent the last few years honing their collective musical skills to bring forth very diverse and powerfully entertaining unit. Non Prophet Society performs a wide variety of styles including blues, rock, funk, even country and jazz when called for. This formula has led to immense local success. How can one band constantly book gigs in a large remote area with less than 10,000 people? Well, it’s worked for Non Prophet Society. We continue to regularly write, perform and record original music as well and have just completed our second cd release "Baggage"which you can hear in part in our EPK.

James Hay

During his lifelong love affair with the guitar and music in general, James has paid his dues in many rock , blues and world music bands across the Northwest, Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island regions of B.C. He has played in bands such as the Ole Johnson Blues Band, The Beatnix, Mark Perry and the Martians, and has backed up Juno award winning Jack de Keyser and Alex Cuba. He disciplined himself initially with rock and metal shredding, then playing bass in blues bands and world beat, and r &b groups, eventually progressing to formal classical guitar training at Malaspina University College. A return to the Bulkley Valley has brought him back to his first and truest of loves "the electric guitar !' His return to his hometown of Smithers has rewarded him with strong connections that he has utilized to form a cohesive musical unit with which to perform an ever growing repetoire of original blues rock funk fusion!!!

Jason Friesen

Jason is a transplanted Smithereen, formerly of the Vancouver/Lower Mainland area. He cut his teeth as a bedroom guitar player while training in the art of guitar building, eventually co-establishing the Rayco Resophonic Guitar Company. www.rayco.ca Jason plays guitar, bass, and singings in both NPS, as well as his side project as an operatic metal shred God. Influences range dramatically from rock, metal, and blues, to country, bluegrass, and swing.

Gary Miles

Gary's musical background started when he was five, beating the skins off of his older brother's drum kit. He continued in his quest of disturbing his family's peace by playing in school bands. Gary wants you to know that during his extensive travels to Europe and New Zealand, his highlight was playing in a Highland pipe and drum band in Scotland, although he wisely opted to leave the kilt behind. Gary is an old performing compadre of James', as well as other talented musicians in the Bulkley Valley over the years.