The pinnacle

My friend Austin McPherson and I wrote this composition back in September 2017. We had gotten together for the first time in a little over a year to write and record new music. This track is step in the direction of previous material we had wrote for another project called Gathering Grey with an emphasis … Continue reading The pinnacle →

Three

Trying to break away from the ordinary start for a composition I had the thought of something extreme and with hesitation. Something that would build anticipation. This track has a dark appeal to it. "From something dark we can find a form of reverence". At the beginning you are rudely welcomed by the sound of … Continue reading Three →

Good World

I remember waking up at 5:00 am to kickstart a new sleep schedule in October. I was into my usual morning routine of making coffee and firing up my computer to write. I think I wasn't feeling it that morning for some reason so I took my friends guitar out of the case that he … Continue reading Good World →

come along the long way

For a while I had been talking ideas back and forth with one of my good friends Ryan that I've played music with for years. We got together to write this piece a few weeks back by starting with a guitar melody that Ryan had written and then layered different percussive elements, as well as … Continue reading come along the long way →

welcome

This composition was intended to be much shorter but I wanted to add something to the end that would make for an interesting transition. Almost like a "to be continued". It's a somber beginning with dynamic builds that send you through four phases. Phase 1 & 2 I created the foundation of welcome starting with … Continue reading welcome →