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Artist
Cloud Person
12+ albums
seattlerockfolkpsychedelicacoustic
about
Cloud Person, as the name suggests, began as an innocent solo project meant to document songs that didn’t quite fit the mold of Pete Jordan’s music career. It’s one thing to play a part in a collective, to make beautiful music with your friends, to share your talents on multiple instruments; it’s another thing altogether to make something uniquely human that belongs only to you. But like a cloud, honest music from a generous heart can’t help itself from growing bigger and more powerfully expressive. Honesty, loyalty, and the collective versus the individual are not only strong themes within Jordan’s lyrics, they are also the groundwork that led to the natural expansion from solo project to trio to 6 piece musical communion. The band is relatively young in Seattle’s music scene, but the wizened nature of their performance is due in part to the genuine friendship between bandmates and the insistence of Betsy Johnson (Violin/Vocals), Cameron Arneson (Bass/Vocals), Steve Straney (Drums), Mikkel Lee-Meyers (Keyboard/Vocals), and Chris Stroh (Aux. Percussion/Melodica) on participating in a project they believe in. Blending elements of roots folk, classic rock, gospel, and psychedelia, what really stands out to the listening ear is the haunting minor key chord changes often paired with a poignant phrase in big three part harmony. The guitar and violin dance around the melody of every song while Jordan’s full throated vocals lash out against the new status quo of modern folk, which
