GraveRaven Studio

18/01/2024

It's with a heavy heart that I announce my departure from Grand Mal. It's been an amazing few years being in a project of this genre and I wrote and played some of my favourite material alongside some of the most talented musicians I've had the pleasure of working with. But life has a way of catching up with you, priorities change, and creative inspiration shifts direction.

Between a growing career and family obligations, I've been finding more and more that I don't get the same enjoyment out of live performance and the rehearsing and time commitment that come with it. Musically, this is where all my little available time was being spent and there was just no time to write new music - the thing I enjoy most and the reason I became a musician almost 2 decades ago in the first place. I've always been a creator before a performer. Even still, my drive to write new GM material has been lacking for some time now and I always find myself wanting to try new things. As many artists can attest, this is natural and not a process that's easy or even healthy to fight against. Nor is it fair to hold the band back because of this.

As such, moving forward I've decided that this is the indefinite end of my time as a live musician and I likely won't be joining any new bands unless I have some kind of midlife crisis in like 20 years. I will be on hiatus from music in general for a while until I find a groove in my new schedule for new stuff. This will not be the end of me as a musician/composer as I have been wanting to work on more solo/studio project ideas for years now and will likely be committing more in this direction.

To close, I thank all the guys in Grand Mal for an excellent few years and wish them absolutely all the best moving forward. It's been an honour calling you guys my band mates and friends. And thank you to all those who have supported us all this time. If anyone knows of a guitarist that would be interested in filling my role please send them their way and of course check them out and give them a follow if you haven't yet.

Cheers brothers, and all the best to you 🍻

20/02/2023

For anyone who has yet to hear it, please check out my most recent work with Grand Mal, for whom I am the rhythm guitarist and one of the composers. I also did a good amount of the recording and was the mixing engineer for this album.

I hope you enjoy. Cheers 🍻

9 track album

20/02/2023

Hello everyone.

A bit of a revamp to this page was in order. Moving forward I will be rebranding the 'GRS Archon' page simply as my studio page. It will still represent me and all that I do musically but I would rather have the focus be on my work than on me as an individual. I will continue to post anything related to my audio and composition work as well the ongoings of my current band Grand Mal to this page, so anyone who has liked it previously will not be seeing vastly different content than they intended.

Of particular note, the old logo (left) was in need of an excellent revamp (right), courtesy of Carnivalistic Designs. Cheers to you, friend for your excellent work on this!

I am hoping as life pushes forward to have more time to invest into this part of my life, and I thank you all for your patience with my relative silence on this front.

Cheers to you all, and keep your horns raised high.

08/06/2022

Edmonton, AB and area musicians: We are searching for a new bass guitarist to join our ranks. If you feel you fit the description in the ad below, are intrigued by our music (see the Bandcamp code to the right), and would be interested in playing alongside us, please send us a message and if possible any examples of projects, shows, or other works you may have been/are currently involved in.

For everyone else, any asking around or sharing of this ad is greatly appreciated.