Robert Neil Wiseman (born 1962) is a film composer, songwriter, author and music teacher. Wiseman discovered or produced many artists including

Ron Sexsmith Ronald Eldon Sexsmith (born January 8, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21, and has ...

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Bruce McCulloch Bruce Ian McCulloch (born May 12, 1961) is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, musician and film director. McCulloch is best known for his work as a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, including starring in the TV series of the s ...

of Kids in the Hall, Anhai, and former Canadian member of parliament Andrew Cash. He is a founding member of

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with whom he won 5

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Career

In the 1980s Wiseman played at open stages in Toronto where he started producing friends Bob Snider, Kyp Harness,

, Sahara Spracklin and Sam Larkin. He joined

in 1984 and quit in 1992 to follow a solo career. Wiseman's songs often incorporate new musical elements and explicit political themes. Guest contributors on his 13 albums include

Daniel Lanois Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer and musician. He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, and Harold Budd ...

Mary Margaret O'Hara Mary Margaret O'Hara is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress and composer. She is best known for the album ''Miss America'', released in 1988. She released two albums and an EP under her own name, and remains active as a live performer, as a con ...

Eugene Chadbourne Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954) is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic. Life and career Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar wh ...

Edie Brickell Edie Arlisa Brickell (born March 10, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter widely known for 1988's ''Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars'', the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart. ...

Jane Siberry Jane Siberry ( ; ; born 12 October 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as "Mimi on the Beach", "I Muse Aloud", "One More Colour" and "Calling All Angels (Jane Siberry song), Calling All Angels". She performed the theme so ...

, Basia Bulat and

Serena Ryder Serena Lauren Ryder (born December 8, 1982) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Born in Toronto, she grew up in Millbrook, Ontario. Ryder first gained national recognition with her ballad "Weak in the Knees" in 2007 and has released eight studio ...

. In 2009 a 20th anniversary edition of ''In Her Dream'' was released by the

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, Geoff Berner,

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, Kyp Harness, The Phonemes, Picastro, Michael Holt, Maggie MacDonald, UIC, Henri Faberge, and Don Christensen. In 2006 Wiseman and his partner, Magali Meagher, were accompaniment for

Daniel Johnston Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – September 11, 2019) was an American singer, musician and artist regarded as a significant figure in Outsider music, outsider, Lo-fi music, lo-fi, and alternative rock, alternative music scenes. Most ...

. Wiseman was also a member of Slutarded, Black Eyes, The Hidden Cameras and Dick Duck & the Dorks. Some of his better known songs include "White Dress" – a song about sexual assault, recorded by

, "What the Astronaut Noticed and Then Suggested" which was the theme song for the

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series '' Material World'', and the theme song to CBC radio's

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Touring and theatre

In 2009 Wiseman created ''Actionable'', a PowerPoint presentation utilizing Super 8, video and live accompaniment on accordion and guitar which he presented in 2010 at the Uno Festival in Victoria as well as Fringe Festival circuits. Wiseman collaborated theatrically with Scott Thompson of '' The Kids in the Hall'', creating and touring ''Scottastrophe'' also with Anand Rajaram on award-winning ''Cowboys and Indians'' and with Sean Dixon for Barbara Gowdy's story ''The White Bone'' adaptation, with The Madawaska String Quartet and with Maggie MacDonald and Stephanie Markowitz writing the music for their play ''The Rat King''. Wiseman toured with Feist,

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, and Scott Thompson and was a guest performer with

Wilco Wilco is an American Rock music, rock band based in Chicago. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo after singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup changed frequently during its fir ...

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Jimmy Carl Black James Inkanish, Jr. (February 1, 1938 – November 1, 2008), known professionally as Jimmy Carl Black, was an original member of the Mothers of Invention, providing drums and vocals. He is known for introducing the songs “ Are you Hung Up?” a ...

(of

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra ...

Michelle Wright Michelle Wright (born July 1, 1961) is a Canadian country music artist. She won the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice (1993 and 1995). In 2011, Wright was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Wright ...

Ashley MacIsaac Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and actor from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at th ...

& Garland Jeffries. Videos on

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of Wiseman songs performed with Feist ("You Don't Love Me"),

("White Dress") Sexsmith ("All The Trees)". Artists who covered Wiseman's songs include The Madawaska String Quartet, UIC, Leah Abramson, The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Michael Holt, Change of Heart, Magali Meagher, Tom St. Louis, Ben Bootsma and The Blind Venetians. Wiseman makes super 8 films and videos that he accompanies live on accordion, guitar or piano. He tours/ performs with these films in Europe, United States, New Zealand and Canada subtitling them when necessary. Wiseman is the only live musician on John Oswald's 1988 release ''

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''. He was on the board of directors for

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, TAIS, The Tranzac & the

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. In 2019 he obtained his master's degree in Environmental Studies from

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and currently is in the PhD program at the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.

Production

Wiseman started producing records in the 1980s, his debut "Wet Water" charted No. 4 on

CKLN-FM CKLN-FM was a community radio station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 1983 to 2011, CKLN Radio Inc. was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as a campus-community FM radio station affiliated with Ry ...

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. Soon he was arranging and recording many friends like

, Sam Larkin, Kyp Harness, Sahara Spracklin and UIC. The record he produced for

"Grand Opera Lane" was rejected by Canadian A&R representatives. Through persistence he managed to get it to Todd Sullivan at Geffen Records in Los Angeles, who eventually gave it to Ronnie Vance in the publishing department which led to a deal for

with

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. Other notable clients were Kid in the Hall

, with whom Wiseman produced and co-wrote much of his Atlantic Records release Shame Based Man (listed as No. 24 on Spin Magazine's top comedy albums of all time). Other artists Wiseman has produced include

, Canadian Member of Parliament Andrew Cash, Knitting Factory Recording Artist Carmaig de Forest,

Robert Priest Robert Priest (born 10 July 1951, in Walton-on-Thames, England) is a Canadian poet, children's literature, children's author and singer-songwriter. He has written eighteen books of poetry, four children's novels, four children's albums, and six ...

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, Friendly Rich, Jess Reimer, Katie Crown, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir,

, and Bob Snider.

Author

*July 2023, Improv notes Issue on

Andy Newmark Andrew Newmark (born July 14, 1950)

Counting to Seventeen. *June 2022, Improv notes Issue on

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goes to Washington. *April 2022, Improv notes Issue on Fred Stone (musician) Musical Phenomenologist. *April 2021, Improv notes Issue on the Tranzac and Covid. *July 2020, ECW Press '' Music Lessons'' 350 pages.

Radio scores

* '' Julie Bindel podcast theme'' (2024) * ''Someone Knows Something'' (2016)

Film scores

* ''Polish'' (2023) by Eytan Millstone and Dan Bricker * ''Temperance'' (2022) by Scott Thompson * ''Rasputin'' (2018) by Jamie Shannon * '' The Drawer Boy'' (2017) by Arturo Pérez Torres and

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* ''Idiots In Love'' (2016) by Kathleen Phillips-Locke * ''Meat Pie'' (2015) by Eytan Millstone * ''Political Refugee'' (2015) by Rob Stefaniuk * ''The Education of William Bowman'' (2015) by

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* ''Blood White'' (2015) by Rotter and Kess * ''Micah Lexier, Visual Artist'' (2015) by Min Sook Lee * ''Love Song for the Apocalypse'' (2014) by

David Ridgen David Ridgen is an independent Canadian filmmaker born in Stratford, Ontario, Stratford, Ontario. He has worked for CBC Television, MSNBC, NPR, TVOntario and others. He is currently the writer, producer and host of CBC Radio’s true-crime podca ...

* ''Every Story Has a Twist'' (2014) by Bindu Shah * ''Mugshot'' (2014) by Dennis Mohr * ''Safir'' (2013) by Mariam Zaidi * ''David Noble: A Wrench In The Gears'' (2013) by Jon Bullick * ''Candy'' (2013) by Cassandra Cronenberg * ''The Ghosts In Our Machine'' (2013) by Liz Marshall * ''What's Art Got To Do With It?'' (2013) by Isabel Fryzsberg * ''The Thunder Bird & The Killer Whale'' (2012) by Caroline Trudell * ''Even If My Hands Were Full of Truths'' (2012) by Franci Duran * ''Sad Wet Happy Dry'' (2011) by Levi MacDougall * ''The Old Ways'' (2011) by Mike Vass * ''That Thing That Happened'' (2010) by Josh Saltzman and Lindsay Ames * ''The Pickles Shane'' (2009) by Levi MacDougall * ''Sous l'oeil du temps'' (2009) by Madi Pillar * ''Drawing from Life'' (2008) by Katerina Cizek * ''Abstract'' (2007) by Steve Whitehouse * ''Heart Mission'' (2005) by Katie Crown * ''Scarlett's Room'' (2004) by Yvonne Ng * ''The Racist Brick'' (2003) by Dave Derewlany and Adam Brodie * ''Toraanisqatsi'' (2001) by Leif Harmsen * ''Thirst'' (2000) by Jessica Joy Wise * '' American Whiskey Bar'' (1996) by Bruce McDonald * ''Coleslaw Warehouse'' (1994) by

Television scores

* ''Food Stories'' (2023) for Guelph Television * ''Derby'' (2016) for

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* ''Guidance'' (2013) for

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* ''Carolina Dai'' (2011) for

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* ''The Distractions'' (2003) for

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* ''Loving Spoonful'' (1998–2006) for WTN network &

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* '' Twitch City'' (1996–1999)

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and

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* ''Spiritual Literacy'' (1998) for

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* ''Pet Project'' (1995–1998) for

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* ''Wildside'' (1993–1994) for

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* ''Material World'' (1992) for

Theatre scores

* ''Charming Monsters'' (2013) directed by Aaron Rothermund * ''Smother'' (2012) directed by Omar Joseph Hady * ''Actionable'' (2011) directed by Sean Dixon * ''Cowboys and Indians'' (2008) directed by Anand Rajaram * ''The White Bone'' (2007) directed by Sean Dixon * ''The Rat King'' (2006) directed by Maggie MacDonald and Steph Markowitz * ''Hys Unauthorized Lyfe and Tymes'' (2002) directed by Anand Rajaram * ''The 3 Penny Epic Cabaret'' (1994) directed by Adam Nashman * ''Peter Cottontail'' (1969) directed by Mrs. Smith

Production discography

Selected releases

* ''Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle: In Her Dream'' (1989,

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). The album created some notoriety when the first thousand copies were destroyed by Warner Music due to the song "Rock and Tree" which was feared libelous. It was about the murder of

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and mentioned

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and Donald M. Kendall, the president of Pepsi Cola. "Wrench Tuttle", the credited lyricist, was a Wiseman pseudonym. (Wiseman claimed that he set music to words by Tuttle, a poet who would send him lyrics in the mail.) The album was included in the Canadian music critics top 100 albums of all time The album yielded the video "We Got Time", with cameos by Mendelson Joe and friends, Tracy Wright (for whom Wiseman wrote the 2013 song mothfaceyahoo.ca),

, Leslie Spit Treeo and

. The album also featured "Airplane on the Highway" which had an accompanying video by

Caroline Azar Caroline Azar is a director and playwright. She was the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist/composer of the band Fifth Column. Career The all-women punk band Fifth Column began in the mid-1980s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band self-rel ...

and animator Lisa Bujoin. * ''Hits of the 60s and the 70s'' (1990, self released) recording of piano improvisations that contained no hits from the 60s or70s. * ''Presented by Lake Michigan Soda'' (1991,

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). Guests included

and

with whom he recorded Chopin's etude Opus 10 No. 6 retitling it opus 10 No. 666 with Chadbourne on distorted electric rake introducing himself as "Oighan Chadbornitsky of the Budapest Philharmonic". The song "What the Astronaught Noticed and Then Suggested" became the theme song for the

sitcom ''Material World'' produced by '' The Kids in the Hall''s Susan Cavan. Three videos were filmed for PBLMS. "The Man From Glad" was directed by Yvonne Ng (artistic director of Princess Productions) shot by

Nicholas de Pencier Nicholas de Pencier is a Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker. The spouse and professional partner of filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal in Mercury Films, he is the cinematographer and producer on most of her films as well as codirector of the films '' ...

with costars including Keith Cole. "Frost in Florida", about global warming, was directed by Andrea Nann and shot by de Pencier. "Taylor Field",about adolescent suicide, was directed by Howard Wiseman. * ''City of Wood'' (1993,

and

Glitterhouse Records Glitterhouse Records is a German independent record label and mail order company based in Beverungen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was founded in the mid-1980s. From the late 1980s until the mid-1990s it was the European branch of the American la ...

in Europe) * ''Beware of Bob'' (1994, Sabre Touque Records in Canada and FU Stephano in Italy) – instrumental album. * ''Accidentally Acquired Beliefs'' (1995,

). It was recorded at

Metalworks Studios Metalworks Studios is a music recording studio in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1978 by Gil Moore of the Canadian rock group, Triumph (band), Triumph. Since 1978, Metalworks Studios has expanded into a six studio facility ...

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. * ''More Work Songs from the Planet of the Apes'' (1997, God Finds Cats). Jean Smith praised it for the song Libelous about activists David Morris and Helen Steel (see McLibel case). * ''It's True'' (2004,

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Blocks Recording Club Blocks Recording Club was a Canadian co-operative of musicians, which served as both a collaborative artist community and a record label for its member artists.Blocks Recording Club Blocks Recording Club was a Canadian co-operative of musicians, which served as both a collaborative artist community and a record label for its member artists.Robert Dziekanski taser incident, and political leaders. Guests include

, Maylee Todd,

, Mark Hundevad, Michael Keith and Michael Holt.

Production

* ''Wiseman Sessions'' (1988) UIC * ''Outside The Law'' (1989) Basic English * ''Sam Larkin'' (1989) Sam Larkin * ''Grand Opera Lane'' (1990) Ron Sexsmith * ''Put Your Head on Your Shoulders'' (1990) The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir * ''Nowhere Fast'' (1991) Kyp Harness * ''You'' (1991) Bob Snider * ''Love Song to the Alien'' (1992) The Liz Band * ''Shaylee'' (1992) Edie Brickell * ''Hi'' (1992) Andrew Cash * ''Just Buy It'' (1992) Furnaceface * ''Gamble/ Motel 6'' (1993) Lowest of the Low * ''Ruins of Our Own'' (1993) Eugene Chadbourne * ''Shame-Based Man'' (1995) Bruce McCulloch * ''California'' (1996) Jeanette Froncz * ''Spacewoman'' (1998) Selina Martin * ''We Need A New F Word'' (2005) Friendly Rich * ''Gamma Knife'' (2011) Maria Kasstan * ''Apology'' (2011) Eihpos Grapes * ''Countdown'' (2011) Stacey McLeod * ''Arachnia'' (2011) Sean Dixon * ''New Boots'' (2011) Laska Sawade * ''Catholic School'' (2011) Christine Cleary * ''Love You More'' (2011) Kwesi Immanuel * ''Three of Swords'' (2013) Mimi Osvath * ''The Nightjar and The Garden'' (2014) Jess Reimer * ''The Secret Songs of Sam Larkin'' (2015) Sam Larkin * ''Tomorrow Is Today'' (2018) Anhai * ''Love is Hard'' (2022)

Solo discography

* ''Wet Water'' (1984) * ''In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle'' (1989) * ''Hits of the Sixties and Seventies'' (1990) * ''Presented by Lake Michigan Soda'' (1991) * ''City of Wood'' (1993) * ''Beware of Bob'' (1994) * ''Accidentally Acquired Beliefs'' (1995) * ''More Work Songs from the Planet of the Apes'' (1997) * ''It's True'' (2004) * ''Theme and Variations'' (2006) * ''The Legend'' (2008) * ''In Her Dream'' (2009) – 20th anniversary edition on vinyl with previously unreleased tracks * ''Giulietta Masina At The Oscars Crying'' (2013)

Film and videography

A retrospective of his films and videos were shown in 2010 both in

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, Finland and in

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, Italy at the Associazione Culturale Disorderdrama. * ''Alexander and the Hydro Pole'' (1999) * ''All Dressed Up'' (2001) * ''Bhopal (driftnet plan)'' (2003) * ''My Cousin Dave'' (2003) * ''Uranium'' (2004) * ''Drum Sounds'' (2005) * ''Bob And Choice'' (2006)with Scott Thompson, Levi MacDougall and Nathan Fielder * ''Found Poetry'' (2006) * ''100 Instruments'' (2007) * ''Dead Inside'' (2007) * ''Who Am I'' (2008) * ''Ten Cent Job'' (2009) * ''Response of a Lakota Woman to FBI Intimidation'' (2009) * ''Disappearing Trick'' (2009) * ''Hand Language'' (2010) * ''You Don't Love Me'' (2010) * ''Three Men'' (2011) * ''Two'' (2011) * ''Neil Young at the Junos'' (2013) * ''Misery'' (2016) * ''MothfaceYahoo.ca'' (2017) * ''The Reform Part at Burning Man'' (2019)

Personal life

Wiseman attended Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate, École River Heights, Grant Park, Argyle Alternative High School in Winnipeg, Manitoba and holds a Masters of Environmental Studies from York University. Currently a 2025 PhD candidate at the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.

Awards

* 5

won with

* Juno nomination Most Promising Male Vocalist *

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Nomination 2000 for Twitch City music * Lifetime achievement award winner from

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* Presented with the Key to

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by the Mayor in 2008 * Best Songwriter 2013 Now Readers Poll (runner up) * 2015 Dan Galea 4th Wiseman Music of Sound Award * 2017 Favourite cover of

Exclaim! ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven ...

25th anniversary issue.

References

External links

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