Clarke McMurray
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Joined October 13, 2009
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About Me

My talents include:

• Arrangement
• Bass, Electric
• Composing (er, Kompozing!)
• Drums, Electric
• Editing
• Guitar, Rhythm
• Keyboard, Piano
• Keyboard, Synthesizer
• Lyrics, Writing
• Mandolin
• Mastering
• MIDI
• Mixing
• Producing
• Vocals, Backup
• Vocals, Lead

Gear (acoustic and electric):

• Takamine 6-string acoustic
• Luna Dragonfly 6-string acoustic
• Ovation 12-string acoustic
• Yamaha RBX250 bass
• Chapman Stick (10-string ironwood) 
• Anjo mandolin
• Xaphoon
• Recorder (wood)
• Recorder (plastic)
• Korg WaveDrum

Gear (electronic):

• Reason 7 by Propellerheads
• Fast Track Pro audio/MIDI interface by M-Audio
• Radium 61 keyboard controller by M-Audio
• Oxygen keyboard controller by M-Audio
• Yamaha MoX6 synthesizer
• AT2020 condenser mic
• Blue Snowball condenser mic
• M-Audio near-field speakers
• Alienware m17x laptop

My three main instruments are voice (professional), keyboards and sequencing/programming (professional), and acoustic guitar (semi-pro, mostly rhythm).  My forte is lead and harmony vocals, I would be quite interested in starting out here doing harmonies on tracks while I get used to this place.  My harmony influences are bands like Porcupine Tree and Jellyfish, where the harmonies intertwine.  I do write lyrics, but they're not my favourite thing to do.  If you would like me to do vocals, existing lyrics are always a plus if they're well thought out.

Most of the music I write is written either on guitar or keyboards, and is fairly poppy with a touch of progressive rock and always a healthy dose of lush harmony.  Since I usually play everything myself, collaboration with strangers (on my own stuff) is foreign to me and I think it will be interesting to have other people add to my music.  I have plenty of experience adding to the music of others, so I figure it's about time to let people add to my own.

I have a classic Chapman Stick, but I am no Tony Levin. I can do pretty simple parts - I've not yet had a lot of experience with it, and the thing is a monster to play. I would prefer to stick with my strengths at this point.