Quickness

Expect great music with great people, a good hang and great memories.

Quickness specializes in funk, alternative & modern pop music. We love to get people dancing and singing. We very consistently have the dancefloor packed within the first song.

We offer a range of production options.
Our prices are for band performance, but we offer full production packages as well.
*Audio
*video
*lighting
*Handheld wireless mics for speeches

Our bandleader Jacob Dryden has done thousands of events all over North America.
With crowds of 50 up to 100,000 people

He has worked with:
The Dalai Lama, Canadian Cancer society, The Autism society, Lululemon, The Vancouver Canucks, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dear Rouge, Metric, Snoop Dogg,Kool Keith, DJ Premier, Kardinal Offishal, Maetsro Fresh Wes, Chromeo, E40, K-Os, the Beatnuts, Big Wreck, Mother Mother, Econoline Crush, Marianas Trench, Faber Drive, Bif Naked, Chilliwack, MuteMath, The Dears, Big Sugar, Band of horses, The National, the Breeders, Silversun Pickups, minus the Bear, Moneen, Canadian Breast cancer society, Pride Society of Vancouver, Ronald Macdonald house, Vancouver Folk Festival, Vancouver Jazz festival...

Quickness fans will tell you, there’s always a great collection of alternative rock, 90’s hip-hop and modern pop at a Quickness show.

Entering their 11th year of rocking Canadian crowds, Quickness has cut their teeth on their live show. Where the band moves seamlessly from deep funk grooves with 4 part harmonies and blissful chewy guitar textures to uptempo dancefloor tracks with fat keyboard pads and soulful vocals. Next you’re shouting uptempo rock choruses and bouncing to a punk rock song.

With 800 shows since 2011, Quickness is carving out their niche, and building a cult following during the process. They have dance rock mayhem planned for 2023, so bring your dancing shoes and party attitude, any night with Quickness is going to be a fun night.

Quickness is an excellent choice for your special event, we have an extensive repertoire of dance floor anthems and our band is scalable up to a 7 piece dance band.
Quickness was the band of choice for hundreds of Grand openings, Weddings, Staff parties, birthday celebrations, rooftop blow ups, Pool parties, New Years Eve Celebrations, Christenings, Awards Ceremonies, Fund Raisers, and pretty much anything else you can imagine. They’re a mainstay at the Hard Rock Casino, Grand Villa Casino, Cascades Casino, Starlight Casino, and numerous night Clubs.

Our process is to determine the nature of your special event, the demographic of the guests, presentation style of the band and the repertoire that is appropriate for the event.

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Quickness is also infamous for their cutting edge original material, which has received press coverage nationwide.

Press:
DAYDREAM is the latest single from Canadian alternative rock band Quickness. The song premiered on alternative rock radio in January 2022 coinciding with the release of their new music video.
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Daydream’s psychedelic guitar and hypnotic rhythms have a 90’s Smashing pumpkins vibe and the visual treatments depicted in the video are new territory for Quickness. One more excellent addition to their ever-growing catalog of anthemic sing-along choruses and heartfelt confessions.
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2020 brought the release of their long awaited and eagerly anticipated 2nd album Sticks and Stones with singles Miracle and Emergency.
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Quickness : Sticks & Stones x Broken Homes - released on March 20 2020 - is an accessible mix of introspective tunes and flat-out rock anthems. The latter category includes the single Miracle, a pulse-quickening blast of adrenaline built around fist-pumping guitar riffs and hammer-of-the-gods drumming.

Miracle was mixed by Vancouver studio legend Dave “Rave” Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie), and its crowd-pleasing sound is a taste of what keeps fans coming back to see Quickness live on stage.
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Dryden estimates that he plays 200 shows a year, and he’s eager to get back on the road to promote Sticks & Stones and connect with the band’s ever-growing legion of listeners. For him, that eagerness is rooted in the same spirit that informs his songwriting and drives everything else he does. As he sings on Courage: “You need courage, to chase your desire, you only get one life.”

John Lucas / The Georgia Straight

“Quickness is blessed with a talent for writing concise and cohesive songs, smartly contructed and simply stated… a new band with a punk attitude but accomplished playing, convincing emotion and a selection of good, varied songs.” Tom Harrison the Province Newspaper

Top ten BC made albums of 2011 in The Province Newspaper :

“Quickness, a new band with a punk attitude but accomplished playing, convincing emotion and a selection of good, varied songs.” Dec. 28 2011

“Quickness is Cfox 99.3 Band of the Month for November 2011″ Todd Hancock Cfox FM 99.3 (C) Corus Entertainment 2011 (Published Nov 1st 2011)

“Quickness, with it’s combination of multi-talented musicians delivers a soulful Incubus-like sound with the heart and drive of Stone Temple Pilots. Their seamless melodies never tire of twisting and turning.” Oct 20 2011 – Danica Steward / Toronto Rock Music Examiner

“Album of the week - Quickness: Anthems For Your Ghettoblaster” The Province Newspaper, August 1 2011 Vancouver, BC, Canada

“Quickness is blessed with a talent for writing concise and cohesive songs, smartly contructed and simply stated… As well, Jacob Dryden’s vocals are impassioned and his guitar-playing also suggests a Jimi Hendrix influence, which adds an extra dimension to the band. Quickness sounds more versatile and flexible than it’s rather narrow description indicates.” The Province Newspaper, July 30 2011

Quickness is a 4-5 piece band

Staging:
we require a minimum 16' x 16' x 2' Stage for the 4 or 5 piece band
24' x 16' for the 6-7 piece

Sound / Audio:
We offer production for our events,
*production packages start as low as $1000 and often include delivery & setup

We have available:
RCF HDL20 Line Array w RCF 8006 Subs
EV Delta Max sound system 4x 1152 4x 18” Subs
EV ZLX15P w 15” subs (mini rig for small spaces)
Midas M32R Mixing consoles
8 Turbosound powered low profile wedges

Several lighting options including moving lights
Truss towers etc

Mic Package:
beta 52
Beta 91
2x Beta 57
3 x Sm 57
3 Senn. E604/ 904
2 x SM81 overheads
3 x Senn. 935 or Shure SM58
4 Radial JDI
4 channels Shure Wireless handheld

Requirements:
10,000 watt 3-way mains sound system
4 mixes 1000w biamp wedges

24 channel Digital Mixing Console:
Midas, Avid, Soundcraft, Allen & Heath
Or analog with:
8 channels compression
4 channels gates
T.C. M-one 24 bit stereo Reverb
T.C. D-Two 24 bit Stereo Delay
Lexicon 200 / PCM80 / PCM 70 vocal verb

Lighting:
min. 8+ LED par cans
Hazer

if possible:
Martin intelligent lights: Moving head fixtures Sharpi, 250 Entour etc.
6 x 250-600 watt halogen Martin or equiv. Mirror fixtures