Crazy to think I’ve made it to 32 today. I released my first solo EP “A Quiet Place To Scream” on this day in 2020 so, I like to think of this as the true anniversary of both this website and me as a solo artist. Listen to A Quiet Place To Scream right here on crookedforest.ca. To celebrate everything so far, I wanted to … Continue reading It’s My Birthday! Celebrate With Free Music!
Continuing on our blog breakdown of The Clearing, today we’ve got track 9: If Not Now Listen on YouTube below. But don’t forget the album is available basically everywhere except for Spotify and Amazon Music! About the Track So, I’ve actually already spoken about If Not Now a few times, most recently on February 14th when I released a special acoustic alternate of the track … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: If Not Now
Carrying on from our track by track of Lie To Me, today I’m moving right along to track 8: Asleep/Dead. If you haven’t heard the record yet, check it out on YouTube Music or my own YouTube Channel below. About the Track Asleep/Dead is one of the only tracks on this record that isn’t really based on any sort of true story, rather it’s more … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Asleep/Dead
Today we’re diving into Track 7, formerly “45”, now officially named “Lie To Me”. Listen to the track on YouTube About the Track I wish I could remember definitively why I started writing Lie To Me but I can’t wholly place it, but the “double dog dare you” line is really what kicked things off and set the tone for the entire song. Like “All … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Lie To Me
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
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
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