Carrying right along with track 5 today, let’s talk about “All On Me”. If you haven’t heard it yet, stream it on YouTube! About the Track All On Me is another straight-forward pop-punk inspired track, keeping things relatively simple across the board and just letting the rhythm guitars drive the track. There are breakup songs and then there’s All On Me – the pre-breakup song. … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: All On Me
Yesterday I got into all the fun and quirky things that inspired “Camp” today we take a look at a much more lyrically direct track with “Still Catching Up”. Give it a listen on my YouTube Channel before we jump in: About the Track: Still Catching Up was one of my absolute favourites from the initial demos. It’s not particularly complicated, the same rhythm runs … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Still Catching Up
Moving right along from yesterdays blog breakdown of Pressure Cooker, today I’ll take you through Camp! If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the official music video first: I put together the music video on Saturday just ahead of the official release of The Clearing. While it’d be great to say I have some big music video budget to put something cool together, this … Continue reading The Clearing Track by Track: Camp
Yesterday I talked about the lead-off track on The Clearing called Champagne Birthday and today I’m moving right on to track 2: Pressure Cooker. Listen to the record in full on my YouTube channel: About the Track: Like Champagne Birthday, Pressure Cooker first appeared on A Quiet Place To Scream in more of a rough demo state. While I was pleased with the way it … Continue reading The Clearing Track by Track: Pressure Cooker
On the heels of the official release of The Clearing, today marks the first in my track by track blog series where I’ll dive a little bit into each track and what they’re all about starting with track 1: Champagne Birthday. Listen to the record in full on my YouTube channel (it’s still working its way to streaming services): About the Track Despite its title … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Champagne Birthday
When I first set out to track A Quiet Place To Scream, I did so in a way that I always intended to go back and re-track things and show as much of the process as possible. I had three goals in mind when I did this: see how far I could get without spending hardly any money, show newcomer songwriters/rock producers some of the … Continue reading The Making of The Clearing: Part 1
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I have a special release which is a brand new recording of If Not Now. This song will be on my upcoming full-length record The Clearing but enjoy this alternate version in the meantime. I’ve mentioned before this is the closest thing to a love song I think I’ve ever written and I maintain that thought now as I listen back … Continue reading Crooked Forest Release: If Not Now (Acoustic)
This blog continues on from where we left off in Memory Lane: Wedding Edition Part 1 so head on over there before reading if you haven’t yet. Much like the first instalment, I found myself hesitating a lot before coming here today to write this one, but I think it’s an important story to tell because so much of the world today is still so … Continue reading Memory Lane: Wedding Edition Part II
Re-introducing for the first time since about 2009, today I’m releasing the first demo recording as part of my revisiting the first songs I ever wrote with my first band A Big Dumb Rocketship. To kick things off we have “Infinitive”. When I first approached a kid in my high school named Mike who had been drumming with the only other pop-punk band in our … Continue reading Infinitive
From The Vault circa 2006. Go ahead and send a hurricaneThrough what remains of meCan’t begin to overwhelmEverything clouded by debrisHammer down the picket fenceIt won’t make it through the nightThese bomb shelters can’t protectWhat we never let inside Steady nowStabilizeOn the groundTil it subsidesHold your focusSmile wideSuch a pretty girlSuch captivating eyes At the very least a devastating shock waveTo blow the roof right … Continue reading Shelter
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