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Welcome to the land of Jaywall.
Death is not welcome here, but you certainly are.


AWAKEN YOUR SENSES.

Some musical influences: Boards of Canada, The Books, Cool Hand Luke, Copeland, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Eisley, Entire Cities, The Glorious Unseen, Joe Zambon, Mae, mewithoutYou, Neil Young, PlayRadioPlay!, The Reason, Ruth, Sherwood, Sufjan Stevens, To Downcast Your Eyes, Underoath, 9voltpenpal.

Sounds like: despair and hope, life and death, small-town peace and big-city turmoil, pain and healing, thunderstorms and sunshine, defeat and victory, birds and fireflies, your great-grandfather's beard.

Feels like: the knot in a young bird's stomach as it leaps from the nest for its first flight


THIS IS MY STORY.

This project began in 2006 and has since allowed me to play in some small venues in:
Toronto, Ontario
North Bay, Ontario
Courtenay, British Columbia
Ottawa, Ontario
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gananoque, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario

Be sure to check out the "Videos" tab for a taste of my live acoustic sets.

The tracks that are up are just a few samples of my experiments. I'm working towards an EP which, of course, will have full songs on it. Whenever I write and/or record, I spend tons of time experimenting with new techniques of sound-making and sound-finding. It slows down the process but it will be worth it in the end, when I release a refreshingly original collection of songs. If I wanted a cookie-cutter album, I'd just hold the mic up to the radio, press "record" and then put my name on the CD. Or maybe I'd just take a blank CD and punch it out with a cookie-cutter. But instead, I'm aiming for something greater.

For now, enjoy these demo clips of songs, works in progress. Thanks for stopping by. May you keep spreading hope to the world and living a purpose-filled life.