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While most widely know as the drummer for Hammond B3 Organ driven Roots-Folk-Rockers Buffalo Creek, many are unaware that Nick Bearden also moonlights as a Singer / Songwriter / Bassist / Record Producer / Engineer / Embroidered Western Shirt Aficionado / Arranger / for both his own solo projects, and others.
As the owner of Buffalo Creek Studios, Bearden gained credibility engineering / mixing / producing for numerous acts ranging from rock, country, acoustic, pop, hip hop & R&B, jazz, and more. Bearden also mixed the album Signal To Noise and engineered / mixed the album Paint By Numbers. Bearden is currently working on several recording projects with Northern California and International Artists in addition to a new solo record, as yet to be titled.
In 2008, Bearden engineered, produced, co-mastered (with J.J. Golden), and provided Drums, Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Dobro and backing vocals on the highly anticipated solo record of Portland Oregon singer songwriter Bryn Loosley which also features Audley Freed of The Black Crows, Tim Bluhm of The Mother Hips, Jackie Greene of Phil Lesh & Friends, Shannon Curtis, and Dru Pressman of The Fabulous Richie Feltons among others.
An accomplished drummer and guitarist of over 20 years, Bearden has had the privilege of recording and / or performing / studying with the likes of:
* Buffalo Creek (Myspace | Website)
* Bryn Loosley (Buffalo Creek)
* Mingo Lewis [Grammy Award Winner] (Miles Davis, Carlos Santana, The Tubes, Chick Corea, Elton John, Stanley Clarke, Al Demeola, Steve Gadd, etc)
* John Blackwell (Prince, Cameo)
* Eric Martin (Mr. Big, 415, EMB)
* Mike Pinder (The Moody Blues)
* Justin Ancheta (Sinclair , Pills & Jackets, Mostro)
* Kai Clark (son of Gene Clark, founding member of The Byrds)
* Tim Bluhm (the Mother Hips)
* Jackie Greene (Phil Lesh & Friends)
* Shannon Curtis
* Alyssa Jacey
* Mitch Faber (John Lee Hooker, Jimmy McCracklin, Curtis Lawson, Sal Valentino (Beau Brummels), and Lowell Fulsom, etc)
* Larry Gosch (The Coasters, The Drifters, Chuck Berry)
* Jason Mraz
* G.E. Smith (Saturday Night Live Band Leader, go-to Session guy)
* Michael O'Dorn (Merle Travis, Chet Atkins)
* Kinski
* Caveat
* W.H.A.T.
* Matt Baldoni (Dr. Dre, Arrested Development, Mindi Abair, currently on tour with Frankie Valli, etc)
* Many other singer / songwriters / recording artists and performers.
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Nick Bearden - Signal To Noise
Buffalo Creek's first full length audio offering, Signal to Noise represents over two years of writing, arranging, recording and producing by all of the band's current line-up of Bryn Loosley, Marc Stafford, Nick Bearden, August Germar and Ryan O'Donovan. Recorded in two studios in the band's hometown of Chico, California, the album is a testament to the tenacity of the musicians involved. Six months into the recording process when the entire album was near completion, all tracks and files for the album were lost in a hard drive failure and the band was forced to re-record the entire album from scratch. "I'm glad we had the opportunity to do it again, the result is a highly polished album were all really proud of," said drummer Nick Bearden. Compared to the "California Soul Sound", fans of The Mother Hips, Jackpot, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Sonvolt, Neil Young, Wilco, The Jayhawks, and others of the likes will definitely not be dissapointed in what Buffalo Creek delivers in "Signal to Noise". Buffalo Creek’s first full-length album Signal to Noise is a rare resurgence of good old rock ‘n’ roll. This long-awaited release, with Bryn Loosley’s bittersweet lyrics of love lost, layered on top of tuneful melodies and well-orchestrated musicianship, has a quality that makes getting these tracks stuck in your head a good thing. Entwined is a return to rock’s roots, including sounds of folk, blues and even some jazzy keys. Though often country-esque (“Firecracker,” “Shopping Cart”), inventive guitar licks and drum riffs occasionally change it up to something almost funky (“Delta Breeze,” “Cry”). But regardless of its sense of all-inclusiveness, Signal to Noise is more importantly a nostalgic return to a purer rock ‘n’ roll. The end result of this careful composition is not simply just a collection of songs, but an undivided experience. – David P. Brown
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