This Album captures a moment in time where two musicians clicked and played for fun. The recording which was intended as a simple demo, was recorded in 4 hours. It captures the sound and the emotion of a fine collaboration! Peter Duff, is a musician living and performing in Portland Oregon, Peter has been singing and playing guitar since his early teens growing up in Ireland. Lucky enough to be picked up by some of the national show bands who prowled the country at the time, doing covers of the hit parade!, he opened at some of the bigger venues around the country such as the wonderful TV Club in Dublin. To us, these were huge crowds, and it amazing to get the reactions we did. He played all over Ireland and appeared on Irish National TV. Working in Dublin during the golden years at the end of the 70's brushing shoulders with the likes of U2, Thin Lizzy, Planxty, the Fureys etc. 10 years of live performances let to me being both the owner of a Sound and Lighting Company used by some of the greats like Christy Moore, but also a somewhat Manager/Promoter/guy with a PA and a van for some of the countries highest rated acts like the electronic band Choice, the out of control Punx Jack Madness, the Cheeky Pigs and Jimmy Smiths Bogeys, metal band Mama's Boys. After moving to the U.S. in the 80's managing promoting Irish bands, he went on the road with several acts as a sound engineer, and had the pleasure of doing sound for Justin Sayne and their heady hair band Vegas collaborations with Whitesnake and Dio, and also several blues heroes like Robert Cray, John Lee Hooker, Norton Buffalo, James Cotton etc. A drive to explore and soak up the real America, led to travelling the country and living for extended periods of time in Memphis, Florida, California, Montana, Detroit, New York etc. 10 years ago he returned to live performing and from the Rock and Punk roots developed this current passionate acoustic style. Eclectic songs and percussive style matched with what is now a seasoned voice have been compared to a Johnny Cash or John Hiatt in style, but what ever it is they attempt to demand your attention. Tyler Carson ~ Traveling to far away lands and defining his musical landscape in studio, Tyler Carson has discovered a new sound for the violin. Tyler credits his varied upbringing for providing him with a unique perspective which he has utilized in developing his unique way of making music. Growing up, Tyler studied music along with and with equal attention to other pursuits such as downhill skiing in which he was highly ranked as a racer, golfing in which he competed with the top 150 players 14 and under in North America and recently his studies as an Integrative Energy Healer which brought tremendous context to his music making and unusual experiences on stage since the age of 7. His early performing career included being a member of the Young Canadians at age 7, for two years performing nightly at the world famous Calgary Stampede to 10,000 people as a singer and dancer. In 1994 he performed with the BC Fiddle Orchestra mainstage at the Commonwealth Games to over 60,000 people live and international TV. With his sister he began busking on local downtown streets and from business cards handed out there grew from local gigs to soloing with the Victoria Symphony, performing on many international TV features including the Jerry Lewis Telethon Hollywood as well as performing in Japan, Thailand, The Cayman Islands and New Zealand. During this time he shared the stage with The Chieftains, Ashley MacIsaac, The Irish Rovers and opened for The Crash Test Dummies and Brooks and Dunn and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada all before the end of his teens. With his sister he released several albums and was poised on a career in country music as a multi-instrumentalist and singer when his career made a sweeping change in direction. In his 20’s Tyler was diagnosed with a vocal condition called spasmodic dysphonia. A Focal Dystonia affecting his voice, Tyler at first had difficulty singing and within a few years had to abandon entirely his burgeoning career as a singer songwriter. Tyler considers this a profound gift as he refocused and doubled his attention on his violin and fiddle playing. He spent the next 10 years playing with and leading many bands in genres including bluegrass, celtic, gypsy-jazz, rock, pop and classical. In addition to cutting his teeth in pubs and local festivals, Tyler traveled regularly to Los Angeles where he studied voice with Seth Riggs and Speech Level Singing famous for supporting Michael Jackson on his Thriller tour and many other international stars including several Metropolitan Opera winners. He also spent time with friend Craig Else (Petit Cheval) hanging out in the inner circles of the LA music scene and during the day lifting Steve Morse and Dixie Dreggs tunes, complex fusion music of the 70s the like of which Tyler had never known. Tyler’s horizons were opening quickly and before leaving LA he had recorded with DH Peligro (The Dead Kennedys, Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and on soundtrack to feature film ‘Live!’ starring Eva Mendes. These experiences gave Tyler insight into the reality of commercial music and stardom. At the age of 25 a number of life changes came to a head and Tyler experienced debilitating panic and anxiety. Unable to work steadily for over a year he spent a great deal of time working with meditation and discovering a deeper connection to himself. In the end, a quote by Jack Kornfield best describes his experience, “All too often in western society, experiences labeled mental illness are actually spiritual awakenings.” Through meditation and studies in Energy Healing, Tyler discovered ways to be with anxiety while continuing with his musical dreams. Each deeply personal aspect began to inform the other and Tyler took his new musical vocabularies and traveled to England. In England he discovered a culture that supported and understood instrumental music in a way he had never seen before, likely due to the strong heritage of folk music which permeates the UK. And thus while still unable to sing, he became further inspired to find what he could do with his violin. Musical projects became more creative first with his UK duo, Jack Maple and then with Seattle based duo, Impossible Bird. Through these projects as he paired new found skills in meditation, he began to explore what could be conveyed through his violin alone. Like an idea that comes and goes over the period of months and years, a new way of playing began to emerge.