Download Free Music on NoiseTrade

I'm starting to add some of my back catalogue to my NoiseTrade page. First up, is my 2006 release, Never Shed No Tears ( you can also pick up my 2011 internet-only release Living Room Session). All downloads are FREE! However, I do encourage you to leave a tip. 100 % of proceeds go to Joe's MILL ( Joe Chithalen Musical Instrument Lending Library), which is an amazing community organization in Kingston, Ontario.

I also plan to scour the archives for outtakes, and live bootlegs, etc., to add to NoiseTrade in the future, so stay tuned!

Crowdfunding Campaign up to 82 %!

The new record is now up to 82% funded on Sellaband! This is a good thing because we are halfway finished recording the new album already, and are going to need to pay for it!

Thanks everyone who has put their money down and shown me that they believe in what I'm doing. It means a lot. If you haven't contributed yet, there is still time. The deadline for contributing is July 21st, so pre-purchase your copy of the new record today! A bunch of other cool stuff you can pick up on the site as well.

One From The Vault : Barstool Conversations (Live)

I was going through my music over at Reverbnation, adding some new solo recordings, and deleting some older tracks, when I stumbled across an old live jam of Barstool Conversations recorded at the Wild Stallion in Kingston some years back. I thought I'd share it with all y'all. It's pretty kickin'! You can download it if you like ( for free).

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Nothing Fills The Soul Like A Sad Song

A few years back, I set up one microphone in the living room to track some demos. Listening back to them, I thought, 'Man, this is all these songs need. I want people to hear them just like this.' So, after tweaking the sound a little bit, I released them for free download on Bandcamp.

Living Room Session is a bit of a forgotten album for me because it was never a physical release, and perhaps also because it is available for free, I have never made a cent off of it. But listening to it today for the first time in almost two years, I find it illustrates an important aspect of who I am as an artist. The singer/songwriter. Alone at the microphone. Very sombre pieces which tend to be the closest to this broken-down heart. Nothing fills the soul like a sad song.




The Less You Seem To Know - A song about a young man feeling lost and without direction, feeling squeezed out on the margins of society.

Par For The Course - I wrote this one for my late Grandma Jean Pownall. I was thankful that I got to play it for her before she died.

A God I Can Call My Own - My Agnostic Gospel Song.

Bleed That Pig - A song that sends the not-so-subtle message, ' Quit F***ing with the planet Earth!'.

Lonesome Highway - Someone gave me trouble once for saying I didn't know what this song is about. They said, " You shouldn't say that on stage. It's unprofessional (insert whiny voice here)". I still don't know what it's about, but I know what it feels like - sadness, heartache, and a hint of tragedy...with a smattering of hope sprinkled in to balance it out.

Never Been Seen - My attempt at explaining Life. Also, Saddest song in the world contest winner - Dryden 2008

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