 We each bring something different to the table.I have been able to glean some things from them that I wouldn’t have been able to learn on my own all this time.”

In 2012, McMahon was nominated for five Vancouver Island Music Awards — the most of any Island musician.McMahon earned nominations for Artist of the Year, Male Songwriter of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, while his album "All Good Stories" was nominated as Album of the Year, and the official video for One Way was up for Music Video of the Year.