The Clearing - The Ghost

Listen to The Ghost by The Clearing. This was the first song we ever added vocals to.

The Clearing - Spellbinder

Listen to Spellbinder by The Clearing.

The Clearing - The Last Time I'll See You

Listen to The Last Time I'll See You by The Clearing.

The Clearing - Rays Of The Winter Sun

Listen to Rays Of The Winter Sun by The Clearing.

The Clearing - King Tyrant

Listen to King Tyrant by The Clearing.

The Clearing - Dead Sea Siren

Listen to Dead Sea Siren by The Clearing.

The Woods - Drink Black Ink

Listen to Drink Black Ink by The Woods.

Timeline of The Woods/The Clearing:

The Woods
March 2007:
- James (guitar) and Luke (drums/production) look to form a band, and ask me to play bass for some reason. I had never played bass before, but I decided "the heck with it!" and began my quest to wield that axe like a champion.

March to September or so, 2007:
- We begin jamming in Luke's recording studio.
- We record everything we play. For the first few months it sounds like anemic kittens sighing on guitar strings two rooms over. Really wimpy.
- Jams of failure, with brief flashes of catchiness and technical skill, although this is almost always accidental.
- As time goes on, the audio quality of our recordings improves.
- Sometime during the summer I acquire a better bass, a huge amp, and an overdrive pedal. I start to sound like Mt. Everest punching the Sun in the face with a tank.

September 2007 to March 2008:
- Jams are still full of failure, but we start to bust out some really good, heavy rock-ish songs on a much more consistent basis.

March 2008:
- Luke moves to the west coast, effectively ending The Woods after one year and over 400 songs recorded, although many of these are re-takes and aimless jams. Which brings us to...

The Clearing
March 2008 - March 2009:
- James and I doing the same exact thing, but without drums. Until...

The Clearing (v. 2)
March 2009 - likely March 2010, if history is any indication?:
- We finally found a new drummer named Kenny, who has played with us a few times thus far. We've already come up with a couple decent tunes. Any additional progress will be posted at The Clearing website. Thanks for listening.

The Clearing - Vice Of Pride

Listen to Vice Of Pride by The Clearing. Another song with our new rockified guitar-bass-drums lineup.

The Clearing - Here Comes The Rain

I'm going to start posting late-night links to my various musical projects. Cuz music is art too. Plus, I do a little visual thing for each track that's posted, usually an altered version of a photo I've taken.

Listen to my band's most recent track, Here Comes The Rain. This is one of our first songs featuring our new drummer, Kenny. Enjoy.

The Clearing session art

My current band is called The Clearing. Clare asked me, "Did you cut all the trees down?" Yes we did, if by "trees" you mean any sort of percussion or audio fidelity.

Here's all the cover art I've done so far for The Clearing practice sessions. You can hear Woods and Clearing songs here.