Oliver D. Clarke
Music Portfolio
Since 2021, I’ve played drums for Wednesday Garden Fight with Sara, Kiera, Jasper and Julia. Here are some of our performances.
Beatfest
Beatfest was a student organized event that I was a part of organizing. We hosted 11 acts at a local historic venue. There was a large crowd, and we played four songs including a cover of Speeding 72 shown in the clip.
Porchfest
Our town organizes a Labor Day event that matches musicians with homeowners with a porch (or driveway) for them to play on. There is a full schedule throughout the day with over 50 performances at more than 25 locations. We played a one hour set. This is Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana which we’ve played a few times.
Winter Showcase
We were invited to play at a winter arts showcase at Fusion Academy in Montclair, NJ. We played a total of four songs, and in this clip we played Would? by Alice in Chains.
Mapso Open Mic
This student run open mic in the basement of a church was the first time we played in front of people. We had only started paying together a few weeks before. We may not have even had a name at that point. The setting, equipment, and the band were all a bit rough but friends and family came out to support. We played three songs. This is our cover of Celebrity Skin by Hole.
Working mostly in Garage Band, I have been experimenting with different genres of digital music.
Apollo
Lofi Prism
Serene Echoes
Chaos
My high school offers music technology, theory and industry classes and clubs. These are projects from those experiences.
Alien Movie Trailer Music
The goal of this Music Technology class project was to take a movie clip or trailer, and create background music for the clip/trailer chosen. I chose the trailer for the movie Alien. I created the music on garage band using a midi and added it to the trailer on iMovie.
Beatfest
At School I joined the Music Industry Club and Music Studio Club. We worked together to schedule, promote, and put on a concert at a local venue. In the process we were able to partner up and raise money for different charities and foundations. I also got to perform with my band during the show.
