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Green Eyes cover

Now you get early access to my videos! I'm developing a rhythm to my work that allows me to give you early access to content I'll be sharing to a broader audience later. I worked extra hard to get two Youtube videos done this week so

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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

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I Waited 🎵

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

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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)

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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

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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

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Let's Start a Dream (song sketch) 🎵

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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

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I Am Enough (demo)

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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

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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