Music Library Move With Me (early demo) 🎵 Hey there Patrons - it's present day :) This one goes to everyone supporting here - at any level. I'm so grateful to have you here and I wanted to share this song with you FIRST. I've played it live once - this past Tuesday
Song Stories: I Waited I wrote I Waited years ago, making it one of my oldest songs in current rotation. While I can’t pin down an exact date, I have records of it’s use in set lists as early as 2013. Maybe it all started in 2010 when I took part in
Hey 2018, This is Where We're Going 2017 was a big year for me, and I’m ramping things up in 2018. I feel like I’m hitting my stride as a musician, so rather than doing anything totally different, I’ll be doubling down on what has been working, and sharpening my focus. I’ve got
video YouTube Trailer Launch Howdy partners, Today I got around to some long-standing business and created a trailer for new visitors to my Youtube channel. A quick lil' vid showing who I am, what I make and what to expect from my channel. Progress!
Why 2017 Was My Biggest Year in Music So Far 2017 leaves me a bit tired, but full of gratitude and even awe. So much happened for my music this year, even though I feel like I’m still lacing up my runners to head to the starting line. On days when it feels the race may never begin, it
Song Stories: Silent Night I thought you might like to know a bit more about the songs I write and record. Why do I make certain choices? Why do I feel a song is important enough to put work into, and how do I know when it is done (hint: they’re never done)
Music Library Silent Night 🎵 Song Stories It's time I started giving you my back catalogue! I thought you might like to know a bit more about the songs I write and record. Why do I make certain choices? Why do I feel a song is important enough to put work into, and
Join Our Growing Patreon Community It used to go like this; beg for a record contract, get said contract and sign away your rights. To your music. To your time. To your own creative vision. It wasn’t always so bad, but there are enough stories in music-business folklore to warn any artist to read
video This Must Be The Place (Cover) Hey co-creators! Here we are on another Tuesday with another new Youtube video. This one is one of my favourite covers. My favourite. Ever. I love the original song by Talking Heads. They just lock into a groove, and from that simple place they can swell and shrink and swell
video For those who just want Christmas to end Hey you beautiful people, the second song I wrote yesterday is now live on YouTube and I'd love to share it with you. A few years ago I was part of a "Blue Christmas" art exhibit and a "Longest Night" service. I met someone
music video Christmas Time Is Here - Official Video Where does one find incredible retro footage like the footage I put into this video? Well my friends - the Prelinger Archive. Here's the full version of the film I found most of this footage in - it's called A Visit To Santa - https://archive.
This is how I feel about the Needle shutting down The Needle Vinyl Tavern, one of the most active music venues in Edmonton, closed indefinitely Tuesday night. This situation is sad on so many levels, and things unravelled incredibly quickly. Here’s how the Needle saga unfolded from my perspective. Sunday evening I’m playing a Tom Petty Tribute Show
faith On Mental Health and Faith Healers I pick up my phone and open Facebook to a post from a friend admitting defeat. Depression is pummelling him and he sees no way out. He is asking for help – throwing a “what do I do?” into the universe. His question is not so different from the many prayers
The Opening Act and My First 40 Music is a long game. There are people who strike lightning and garner instant acclaim, but they are exceptions. The rest of us build a career, brick by brick, over years. I met Andrew Allen when I arrived at The Almanac Friday night to open for him. I wasn’t
Adobe and Teardrops Playlists Beauty Bright I’m happy to announce that my song Beauty Bright is making it to more ears this week thanks to Rachel over at Adobe and Teardrops. I love the name of this alt-country music blog, and am honored to kick off one of her playlists. Discover some alt-country gems (and
Sharing the Love with Ohestee and Ride the Tempo I’m super grateful today. Grateful for those who take the time to listen, and if they like what they hear, pass it on. Grateful for those offering kind words. We put our work out there and it begins to become something else. Every time I hear another person speak
Hi-Fives to Pretty In Noise Today I got a little SoundCloud love from German music blog, Pretty In Noise. That’s rad, and from the looks of things, so are they. Music blogs can be a fantastic source of discovery, and I’ve found some great tunes just by listening through Pretty In Noise’s
A Poem for Holy Saturday, Revised Last year I wrote a poem for Holy Saturday, with a warning that it was likely not ready for public consumption. This Holy Saturday I’ve sanded it down a fair bit, and while it is still raw, it gets at something desperate that this day is all about in
#LetsTalk About Mental Illness Mental illness. My mother suffers from mental illness. She has since before I was born. For months growing up she would be in the hospital. I spent a lot of time in mental wards, visiting. They are not pleasant places. Just last week I went to pick her up from
How I Made And Released an EP for $140 It may be hard to make a living from music these days, but at least it doesn’t cost a living anymore. Thanks to some internet magic and good friends, I was able to record and release Where The Air Is Thin, my latest EP, for just under a hundred
Coming Down from Where The Air Is Thin Where The Air Is Thin EP 3.00 Add To Cart It’s hard to believe, but October 15 has come and gone. Where The Air Is Thin, my first EP, is now available on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon and of course this website right here. Saturday
