I was fortunate enough to perform with some very talented and down to earth musicians for Andy Grammer’s sold out show at the Highline Ballroom in NYC. This was his first headlining tour of the United States where the group is performing a slew of sold out shows in 22 different cities. It was an electric evening with an amazing crowd and even more amazing people working and performing for the show. Here is a picture of me with the whole band!
This collaboration was with a band called Four Years Strong. I don’t typically work with Rock/Punk bands (I know that’s pretty shocking, right?), but we were able to arrange their music down to a couple of acoustic guitars, violin and cello. Surprisingly, it came out to be a great musical fit. On the video you can hear the intensity of the what it is like to have thousands of people singing at the same time. Pure Heaven! Needless to say it was impossible to hear my violin even if it was 3 inches from my ear. Thanks and enjoy!
I was fortunate to be apart of this great project, recording violin with the artist Will Knox. My 9-11 Project is a nonprofit organization and multimedia project commemorating the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001.
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A BOOK, A GALLERY SHOW AND A SOUNDTRACK
MY 9-11 PROJECT SOUNDTRACK
The soundtrack delivers a beautifully written soundtrack of hope, survival, loss and determination by 14 fine musicians. The compilation includes 14 songs.
1. Jay Nash – The City Still Knows
2. Katie Costello – Please Rest Well
3. Jo Hamilton – Two Tall Trees
4. Will Knox – Sons and Daughters
5. Rosi Golan – Gone Away
6. The Spring Standards – A Father in Me
7. Peter Bradley Adams – Bring You Home
8. Greg Holden and Katie Costello – All Fall Silent
9. Ari Hest – Black Water
10. Alicia Lemke – Maiden Lane
11. Kelly Jones – Love Has a Way
12. Brian Jay – Be Alright
13. Keaton Simons – Window
14. Harper Blynn – Don’t Know a Thing About Love*
MISSION: My 9-11 Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan organization that provides monetary assistance to organizations pushing to alleviate the financial burdens of September 11, 2011 first responders suffering from health ailments. My 9-11 Project also aims to generate general public awareness about the health issues that plague these heroes.
100% percent of the net proceeds from sales of soundtrack and other merchandise will benefit first responder charities.
This was a pretty cool presentation that Sweetwater puts on every year. It was in my home state of Indiana (to my surprise!) and we were the band that was being recorded for a demo of all the gear and microphones. Fab and Meredith McCandless track the Will Knox Band on the Sweetwater theater stage during Gearfest 2011. This seminar was sponsored by Dangerous, Avid, UA, Great River, Royer, Mojave, and Focal.
I am performing on August 29th at Club Passim with some new arrangements of a bigger group and some very special guests. The night will feature: Dominick Leslie, mandolin – Gabe Hirshfeld, banjo – Jordan Tice, guitar – Greg Loughman, bass
I am very excited to announce another performance at Rockwood Music Hall. This concert will be full band and will have some very special musicians playing beside me. I cant wait to play some new things I have been working on! See you there!
I will playing a trio acoustic set with Jon Sosin on guitar and Yoni Draiblate on cello. This is going to be a good show and its my first time performing my music at Rockwood! Super excited.
Here is a picture of 2 students of mine and I backstage at the Little Mozarts Competition for young musicians held at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in NYC, New York. I am a very proud teacher and they performed wonderfully. Congratulations to them and their success and I cannot wait to do it again next year! (Fingers crossed!!!)
I arranged and transcribed string trio parts for the artist Bo Bruce for her record label showcase for Jive Records @ Le PaiossonRouge in NYC. I had a lovely time playing and working her! Cant wait to do it again!
Thank you so much for visiting the new site. There is a bunch of really cool stuff happening this year. In a couple of weeks I will be attending 2 performances of my students at Carnegie Hall. I am so proud. I am booking and performing shows around the east and west coast of new material and I will be going to into the studio to track a new record in the Fall. So, stay tuned for all of the new developments as they happen and I look forward to seeing you out there!
See You Soon,
Clayton
