The Clearing Track By Track: Little Fish

Hope everyone had a good weekend – I know I’m a day late on this one but hopefully it gave you a chance to listen to The Clearing while I put this together. Today I’m gonna talk a bit about track 6: Little Fish. About the Track Little Fish was the third track featured on my 3-song EP “A Quiet Place To Scream” and I … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Little Fish

Jaimee Eat World Release: Call To Love

Happy Sunday! When I covered this song last year acoustically I knew I had to kick it up a few notches with a full band recording, which is exactly what I spent my day yesterday doing. Hope ya like it! First, check out the original written by Eric Bachmann of Crooked Fingers: Now, here’s me: If you haven’t heard it yet, of course you’ll also … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Call To Love

Jaimee Eat World Release: Coffee And Cigarettes

Back with my next cover, this time I wandered over to Invented and settled in on Coffee And Cigarettes. Check out the original recording by Jimmy Eat World: Now check out the cover: The Process I gave Invented a quick spin through and there was no easy choice here, but I’ve always had a soft spot for for Coffee and Cigarettes and pretty instinctively knew … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Coffee And Cigarettes

The Clearing Track By Track: All On Me

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

The Clearing Track By Track: Still Catching Up

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

The Clearing Track by Track: Camp

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

The Clearing Track by Track: Pressure Cooker

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

The Clearing Track By Track: Champagne Birthday

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

Crooked Forest Release: The Clearing

It’s here, it’s here! Today on bandcamp & all major streaming providers excluding Spotify & Amazon Music, my first official full-length record “The Clearing” is available for your listening enjoyment or relentless criticism! When you order the album on Bandcamp for $10 CAD you’ll get all 10-tracks plus 4 bonus tracks, including the full-band release of “Wasted Time” ft. Shane Slimmon on drums, the acoustic … Continue reading Crooked Forest Release: The Clearing

What’s In My Drawers?

While out and about this weekend promoting the upcoming release of The Clearing I was invited down into The Basement for an episode of “What’s In My Drawer’s?” showing you some of the most influential albums I listened to growing up and what still holds up for me today. Watch the extended cut exclusively on my YouTube channel now! Thanks for having me, The Basement! … Continue reading What’s In My Drawers?