Growing up surrounded by art, words, music and theater at home, he often accompanied his father Don to work at various high-level tour and production management gigs where he’d watch legends like Bonnie Raitt and BB King from sidestage at festivals like Newport Folk and New Orleans Jazz Fest.

It was only natural when his grandfather’s drum kit landed in his possession as a teenager that it would provide a creative catapult for a young Erin, who quickly made a name for himself as Syd playing parties and coffee shops in high school. 

The stages only got bigger when he moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and started securing festival gigs at colleges throughout the Northeastern and Midwestern United States opening for the likes of Taylor Swift and Hanson, sharing festival stages with John Mayer and Jason Mraz, and independently making records that garnered over 500,000 plays on mp3.com with a band that included the likes of Sam Smith, seen most often recently behind the kit with Ben Folds.

But after several Syd records and countless miles on the road, his finely tuned knack for guiding his tourmates and collaborators to find their voices began to land him in the producer’s chair more often than the driver’s seat. 

In 2009 he produced an acclaimed album for childhood friend Gregory Douglass that features, among others, fellow Vermonters Grace Potter and Anais Mitchell. A 2011 tour with Mia Dyson led to co-production duties on what Rolling Stone called “her career defining album,” 2012’s ARIA-nominated The Moment, teaming up with Lee Pardini (Dawes) to form a powerhouse band in the studio and on the road. 

The Moment debuted at #1 on the AIR Independent Album Charts in Australia, and that same year saw the release of another Sidney co-production, the first of many records by Zac Clark (Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Jack’s Mannequin) to feature his production, playing and songwriting. 

And once again, time spent at the mix console led back to that old 50s Gretsch kit, and whether producing and working with Dyson, Clark, or participating in his own projects like Hotels & Highways, Radio Skies or The Pullmen, these records and artists pulled him back to the stage, and ultimately around the world, digging deep into the rhythm of his own life through the core of the songs, playing an instrument whose magic has echoed through generations.

-Zachary Alan Clark

Solo Work

visit: Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music

From 1999 - 2007 I posted music first to mp3.com and then Napster, creating fans at college campuses which turned into touring opportunities in the US with a band including Tuck Stocking, Dylan Allen , Zac Clark and Sam Smith.

“Here’s A Love Song” and “Back Home” and the original dorm room acoustic cover of Blink 182’s “Dammit” that circulated on the internet for 20 years and garnered millions of listens are still beloved.

A reunion with members of the original band led to 2017’s “Easy Magic” and in 2021 I began recording new songs and using that work to explore the world of NFTs, most recently with “Light in the Dark” on sound.xyz.

Many people have contributed to my solo work including Jason Gardner, Tom Bianchi, Jonathan Wyner, Matt Bogdanow, Greg May, Todd Hannigan, Jesse Siebenberg, Jason Mariani, Justin Galenski, Sam Bolle, Joe Ballaro, Mia Dyson, Karl Linder and Gregory Douglass

Light in the Dark

collect on sound.xyz / buy on Bandcamp / watch the video on Instagram & streaming everywhere else

My latest solo song is about committing to being open, about allowing for the darkness *and* the light.

Easy Magic

listen with full liner notes

My latest solo album written and recorded with my closest friends in the last year before kids.

Studio Work & Bands

listen: Spotify / Apple Music

I am the Producer and Drummer of Mia Dyson's "The Moment " which debuted at #1 on the AIR Independent Album Charts, co-writer of songs with Zac Clark of Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness and partner at Echo Magic in Ojai, CA with Scott Hirsch of Hiss Golden Messenger.

The links to Spotify and Apple Music above will take you to a playlist of work of co-written songs, drumming, production and studio work including Zac Clark, Mia Dyson, Radio Skies, The Pullmen, Hotels & Highways, Greg Loiacono, Daniel Wright, Brendan Willing James, Chris Kläfford (via Brothers Koren), Mikael Jorgensen, Gregory Douglass, Lisa Piccirillo and Aaron Taylor-Waldman

Echo Magic

A music house and record label making songs and sounds in Ojai, CA.

WKSHP

A group of creators and friends having fun on the internet releasing projects in web3.