I recorded Element Earth for inclusion on 2011’s Electric Magick and Acoustic Alchemie. Every album I have released has had a theme, and the theme for this particular album was legends, myth, and magick. I am a sucker for movies and books of this genre and I thought it would be atmospherically challenging (as well as fun) to write from this perspective.
I recorded the track “End of the Line” for inclusion on 2009’s Greenlit. End of the Line is a song I wrote about teenage suicide, which is a topic very near and dear to me.
I wrote and recorded the song Where the Wind Blows, which appeared on 2018’s Storyteller, and appears as the project’s final track. Liam Carolan, a wonderful singer whom I have known since I was 17 years old, performed the lead and backing vocals on this particular song.
In Autumn 2015, I contacted Emerald Guitar owner and master builder, Alistair Hay, about constructing a mandolin/12-string/6-string combo for me. A couple of years earlier, Alistair had constructed a doubleneck guitar (a Chimaera model) for me with both necks being baritone-scale lengths and the 6-string side being multi-scaled (with fan frets) as well as an internal RMC unit for MIDI output.
Element Earth
April 1, 2019
End of the Line
March 15, 2019
Where the Wind Blows
March 1, 2019
Emerald Trinity Guitar Build
January 23, 2019