NICK BEARDEN

BIOGRAPHY

In Short

Nick Bearden is your one stop rhythm section shop: Equal parts Drums, Guitar, Bass, Singer / Songwriter, Engineer Producer.

Currently touring & recording with Sara Haze, Kai Clark – Son of Gene Clark founding Member of The Byrds, and Selena Garcia.

Late 2008 Bearden signed on with recording artist Sara Haze on guitar & vocal duty recording and heavily toured the US including performances at The Grand Old Opry in Nashville, South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, CMJ Music Festival in New York City, Michael Clark's Sunset Sessions, coast to coast tours and more. Bearden provided guitar on the latest record, My Personal Sky which was mixed by Grammy Award winner Craig Bauer which had a major release on December 3rd, 2009. Songs from this album have been featured on television shows such as MTV's The Hills (receiving over 30,000 myspace plays a day), America's Next Top Model, Ruby, and more totaling 30 other television and movie placements. The album is available on iTunes as well as virtually every other digital online music medium available. Early 2010 resumes with appearances at Sundance Film Festival, Sunset Sessions, additional television placements, product endorsements such as Sennheiser, Paris Jeans, Dickies, Hello Music inc, and subsequent national touring throughout.

What "they" say

While most widely known as the drummer for Hammond B3 Organ driven Roots-Rockers Buffalo Creek, many are unaware that 20 year drum and guitar veteran Nick Bearden also moonlights as a Singer / Songwriter / Bassist / Record Producer / Engineer / Embroidered Western Shirt Aficionado / Arranger / for his own solo projects, and others. As the owner of Buffalo Creek Studios from 2001-2005, 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 (2003) and engineered / mixed the album Paint By Numbers (2005).

Album Credits:

• Sara Haze: My Personal Sky – Strategic Alliance Records America 2009 - guitars
  
  
• Kai Clark (son of Gene Clark, founding member of The Byrds) – Kai Clark- guitars, Hammond organ, Rhodes electric piano, arranging
  
  
• Bryn Loosley: The Wrecker  - BC Records (2008) - drums, percussion, guitar, baritone guitar, dobro, Leslie guitar, vocals, engineering, producing, mastering
  
  
• Shannon Curtis: Paris Can't Have You - Saint Cloud Records (2008) - drums, guitar
  
  
• Shannon Curtis: Boomerangs & Seesaws - Saint Cloud Records (2007) - drums, guitar
  
  
• Buffalo Creek: Paint By Numbers - Vina Loam Records & Wild Oak Records (2005) - drums, guitar, engineering, mixing, mastering, songwriting, arranging
  
  
• Buffalo Creek: Signal To Noise - Vina Loam Records & Wild Oak Records (2003) - drums, guitar, engineering, mixing, producing, songwriting, arranging
  
  
• Caveat: She – SFC Records (2004) - drums, guitar, engineering
  
  
• Caveat: Caveat – SFC Records (2001) - drums, guitar, engineering

Over the past decade, Bearden has had the privilege of recording and or performing studying with the likes of:

RECORDING	PERFORMING	STUDYING
Sara Haze Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips, Skinny Singers) Jackie Greene (Phil Lesh & Friends, Jackie Greene Band, Skinny Singers) Audley Freed (The Black Crowes) Bryn Loosley (Buffalo Creek) Christopher Thorn (Blind Mellon) Aaron Beaumont JT Spangler Emma Fitzpatrick Kacie Yoshida Alex Balderston (LA Bassist of the Year 2009) Jesse MacLeod (son of Doug MacLeod) Lee Simpson (Los Lobos, Dirty Brown Cowboys, King Harvest) Selena Garcia Kai Clark - (Son of Gene Clark, founding member of The Byrds) Shannon Curtis Justin Ancheta (Sinclair , Pills & Jackets) Sinclair Pills & Jackets Caveat W.H.A.T. Erin Morgado Andrew "Dru" Pressman (Raina Rose, Jack Wilson, Steve Poltz, Anthony DeCosta) Will Gramling	Sara Haze Eric Martin (Mr. Big, 415, EMB) Justin Ancheta Sinclair Ernie Halter Jay Nash Keaton Simons The Mother Hips Tim Bluhm Mitch Faber (John Lee Hooker, Jimmy McCracklin, Curtis Lawson, Sal Valentino, Boz Skaggs) Dave Yaden Lee Simpson Leroy Hodges (Al Green) Matt Baldoni (Dr. Dre, Arrested Development, Mindi Abair, Frankie Valli) GiGi Gonaway (Mariah Carey, Eric Martin) Selena Garcia Kai Clark (Son of Gene Clark from The Byrds) Shannon Curtis Mystic Roots (Pato Banton Touring Band) The Fabulous Richie Feltons Andrew "Dru" Pressman (Raina Rose, Jack Wilson, Steve Poltz, Anthony DeCosta) Aaron Beaumont JT Spangler Emma Fitzpatrick Kacie Yoshida Alex Balderston (LA Bassist of the Year 2009) Jesse MacLeod (son of Doug MacLeod) Dave Yaden Drew Lawrance	Mingo Lewis (Miles Davis, Carlos Santana,Elton John, Stanley Clarke, Steve Gadd) John Blackwell (Prince) Kenny Aronoff - (One of the world’s most in-demand session drummers) Mike Pinder (The Moody Blues) Mitch Faber Larry Gosch (The Coasters, The Drifters, Chuck Berry) G.E. Smith (SNL Band Leader) Michael O’Dorn (Chet Atkins, Merle Travis) Matt Baldoni Evan Stone Lee Simpson Brad Buethe

Nick Bearden Contact Info:

Email: nickbearden [at] gmail.com
Web: www.nickbearden.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/nickbearden
iTunes: www.itunes.com/buffalocreek
YouTube: www.youtube.com/nickbearden

Sara Haze info:

Web: www.sarahaze.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/sarahaze
YouTube: www.youtube.com/sarahazemusic
iTunes: www.itunes.com/sarahaze