Leith Fleming-Smith was in his second year at Dalhousie University in 2012 leading a frosh tour of first-year students when he made a suggestion to them.

R&B funk band The Mellotones were going to be playing an all-ages show at the campus bar as part of the frosh activities, so the electrical-engineering student recommended they go.

"This is going to be a party," he told them.

Fleming-Smith's passion had always been music, but the then-19-year-old viewed it as a hobby, not something he could do for a living.

But something happened at the show that changed Fleming-Smith's life forever.

Mellotones moment

Today, he's one of Halifax's busiest musicians, touring with artists such as Matt Mays and Crash Test Dummies as a keyboardist, while also being a sought-after session musician and eme

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