Vital Sines, which included Glenn Milchem who went on to become the drummer for Blue Rodeo. He recorded on the Vital Sines EP "Big Dark Dreams" produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda. Swinghammer has been tapped as the house band guitarist for countless benefits and variety shows. Notable performers he has backed up in this context include Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene), Emily Haines (Metric), Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies), Mary Margaret O’Hara, Andy Maise (Skydiggers), and Andy Kim. Music for film and TV Since co-composing the score for the feature comedy Friends, Lovers and Lunatics in 1989, he has written extensively for film and TV projects. In 1991 he created the theme music for Citytv’s MediaTelevision, which ran for 11 years. Other TV composition credits include episodes of The Nature of Things, Canadian Made, Real Renos, Ancient Weather, The Greatest Canadian: Frederick Banting, Driven By Vision, Fanboy Confessional and Giver. Film credits include McLuhan's Wake, The Falls, Trouble in the Peace, Acquainted with the Night, Noise and Ginger Snaps 2. Music production In 1986 Swinghammer produced the first full-length indie cassette release by Ron Sexsmith "There’s A Way". Other artists he has produced include Mary Margaret O’Hara, Patricia O’Callaghan, and Jeremy Robinson. Discography This Is Culture (1984, indie cassette, self produced) Talking with My Hands (1985, indie cassette, self produced) Play (1985, indie cassette, self produced) Chemistry (1986, indie cassette, self produced) The Fair (1987, indie cassette, self produced) 12 (1988, indie cassette, self produced) Pomo-à-Gogo (1991, indie CD, self produced) Remote (1999, indie CD, collaboration with Andy Stochansky) Vostok 6 (1999, Righteous Babe Records CD, self produced) Black Eyed Sue (2001, indie CD, self produced) Augusta (2004, indie CD, produced by Ron Skinner) Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004, Outside Music CD, film soundtrack) Turpentine Wind (2011, indie CD and Blu-ray, produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda) Two Portraits (2012, indie 12" 45, produced by Swinghammer) Another Another (2017, indie CD, produced by Swinghammer) Art career Swinghammer exhibited watercolours when he was a teenager in Niagara Falls at local galleries, group shows and regional outdoor exhibitions. In the early 80's he was an active member of the Niagara Artist's Centre in St Catharines, participating in solo and group shows, and exchanges with other artist-run centres. He represented the N.A.C at the annual meeting of the Association of National non-profit Art Centres in 1983. In 1986 he exhibited a series of large-scale works