Adam Bailie builds worlds out of words.
Singer-Songwriter
Adam's story actually began right here in Newmarket. Long before he was writing and producing countless songs, he was a local kid with a guitar and a plan. After attending school for music production, co-writing the CHR top 40 hit song "Summer Vibes", and touring Ontario with his musical team, he did what any self-respecting musician does: he headed West to Vancouver to see if the air really tasted like sea salt, cedar and IPA (spoiler: it does).
The next two decades were a blur of Pacific mist, Jericho Beach inspiration, and hauling gear. He paid his dues on legendary stages like the Commodore Ballroom, played for the Winter Olympics athletes (who were much faster than him), and toured everywhere from Halifax to LA. He learned two things on the coast: how to write, produce, and license a song "It's You" for an international marketing campaign and how to sell a Martin D28 during a pandemic.
Eventually, the magnetic pull of York Region traffic brought him back home. Now settled back in Newmarket, Adam is staged at his "Beachhead," plotting a musical revolution fueled by a burning desire for crafting songs and his love of analog gear. He’s traded the mountain views for the quiet precision of Toronto hustle culture, working on Away With Words—a project that’s half music, half "literature," and 100% more complicated than using a laptop and artificial intelligence.
Twenty years of live experience has taught Adam that while you can take the musician out of Newmarket, you can’t take the Newmarket out of the musician. He’s still a storyteller at heart, still obsessed with Martin guitars, and still convinced that everything sounds better when it’s recorded on gear older than he is.