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From Seattle days to now, Still all about the music!! 

Tim Erickson

Seattle days & solo

"Spark Of The Zephyr" (The Edge You Frayed) new album out now! If you like bands where each band member, is a key member & albums that don't have any filler songs, this is an album you might really like!! 

The band chemistry is about all of the parts working together, everyone playing for the song, no holding back, just play it, sing it, write it how you actually feel it in that moment!

No auto tune, no AI, Just raw, in the room, serious band sound!

There are real alternatives out there these days, with cool artistic, independent music!

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Music News & Guitar Column 

““Sincerity is the key to expression & what you put in, can definitely be heard when they press play! So make sure you mean it! Plus your music will actually matter to you long term, if it’s real!!”  

    Jun 5, 2026

    "Spark Of The Zephyr" for love of Music! (Part II) 

    The best way to honor the past, and all of the friends we lost, musicians, artists, and beautiful bright light souls that we could really use right now... is to keep moving forward with purpose and intensity on 11 just…

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    May 13, 2026

    Hard Rock Album... "This Could Be Trouble" Out Now!! 

    “This Could Be Trouble” hits the ground running, delivering a full tilt 15 song 55 minute album of Hard Rock with a purpose! Professional independent bands, can give you albums that are actually about the music! Hard Rock that’s raw…

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    Mar 14, 2026

    It all started in Hollywood! 

    It all started in Hollywood for a Southern California skateboard kid, turned rock drummer, turned rock guitar player at 15, and then it was on! Hollywood, to the Bay Area Metal scene, to Seattle, a West Coast guitar player, writer,…

    Jan 9, 2026

    Seattle Days "Funky Shade Of Blue" Released! 

    Beyond the big four as some people call them, (really Andrew was the spark the inspired Chris to be the guy to set the bar as a writer/performer, Jerry was the complete guitar player that was a top shelf harmony…

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    Nov 15, 2025

    Happy Birthday to Bree! "Not Alone" released today! 

    Happy Birthday to one of the coolest, hardest working, most grounded, about the right things, talented, funny, amazing people I've met, and who I've got to spend the last 27 years with on this crazy planet! One of the biggest…

    Jul 22, 2025

    Being you, is the Real Punk Rock!

    Do what you do, whatever it is, that is uniquely you! This clip is from an open jam night in the beautiful Monterey/Carmel CA, just down from Pebble Beach. I was naming with Craig and his drummer, who after this…

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    Jul 18, 2025

    We were more funky than most of the other Seattle bands! 

    Me, Sean, Scott, and James from The Smoking Section in the Seattle scene days, were funkier than a lot of bands around town for sure, and we got to record our album at the world famous Robert Lang Studios in…

    Jul 17, 2025

    No Auto tune or other BS processing! 

    No auto tune, no vocal alignment processors, no AI ridiculousness, no air brushed sterile production style, just raw band sound that’s about the art form of song writing & expressive performances that are real down to every note, lyric, and…

    Jul 17, 2025

    Keeping a sense of humor & staying grounded! 

    I think if I had got into acting as a kid in Southern Cal, it would have been all about comedy, or independent stuff all the way for me, since big shot stuff always seemed silly to me! With music…

    Jul 17, 2025

    Play for the song! 

    I have quite a few other album I recorded for fun, since I love writing & record albums, but these are my four albums that were my signature albums, starting in the Seattle scene with the Robert Lang Studio album…

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