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Welcome to the official page for multi-instrumentalist/producer and founder of....

Spring Clock Wonder, Omnibus 11 and Falo 6.

Here you will find more info about me than you ever wanted to know. You can keep up to speed with all of my current happenings, projects and gigs. And be sure to subscribe to my youtube channel where more info will be leaked soon. Now on with the current disclosures from my world....

Born in VA. to gypsies and jackals, I came up on a steady stream of music of all kinds. Moving and relocating frequently as a child, music gave me a stability that remains with me to this day. Always propelling me forward, even at a young age and before deciding to pick up an instrument, music had always given me a constant back beat that was bouncing around my brain and planting itself firmly into my soul. Christmas Day at the age of 9, I got my first drum set. That day I sorted out the basics to “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson and was playing along to the record. At the ripe old age of 9 I knew what I was going to be doing with the rest of my life. Music.

Within 3 months of that day I was being taken to jam sessions with guys 20 to 30 years older than me. I was handed the sticks and told to sit in. This is where I learned a love for improv and cut my teeth on how to feel out other players on the fly while sitting in the hot seat. The feel of driving a band along was just intoxicating. This would lead to a childhood of practicing and learning how to understand music rather than playing kickball and red rover. Even later through high school my family would worry about me. Why would I not go out on weekends and just sit in my room practicing? Because I was on a mission, a constant pursuit of the muse.

Though originally a drummer, at 15 I picked up bass guitar and a bit of acoustic guitar. Later that year I would be kicked out of the high school marching band for being too interested in making my own noise. A truth that has not waned one bit. After that I did the usual runs of the type of bands you play in as a teenager, generally lousy. Later on at 21 I got my first Stratocaster, thus beginning a love affair with yet another instrument, the electric guitar. This was territory I had been wanting to explore for some time and was happy to dive in head first.

I have always had a fascination with sound. All sound. Even back as a kid when I discovered I could over dub myself by using 2 to 3 boom boxes. I have strived to bring together the organic and the otherworldly in what I create. I myself enjoy being taken on a journey via sound and want those who listen to my work to have the same experience for themselves as well.

All of these paths and have led me to where I am today. Currently I reside in the mid-west working as a full time musician/producer doing work both live and in the studio for myself and many others. And I’ve been lucky to work with a long list of very talented and gifted people over the years and at this point there is no sign of slowing.

Artists/Bands/Clients I’ve either been a member of and/or have worked with in one form or another. Some of these include:

Spring Clock Wonder, The Adoring Heirs, Falo 6, Omnibus 11, The Glare Of Day, Larry Norman, Happy Gemini 3,  Ruby Armada, Joel Gragg, Fragile Porcelain Mice, Glenn Kaiser, Rod Kim, Kevin Reeves, Wade Baird, Saturn Vs. Jupiter, Alan Brady, The Freefall Effect, Miq, Deliverance, Buried Above The Rest, Michael Saul, Warm Morning, The Landlocked Project, Darren Locke, Urban Derivatives, Josh Rocha, Paradigm Lost, Rainy Day Parade, Mustard Seed, Vote For Pedro, Jesse Robertson, and Mass Marvel to name ....eh....a few....

Stay tuned as more adventures are in the works and on their way. And check out the discography page for a much more detailed history of my work, past, and present.

Peace and Future.... Ian Baird 2008

          email:ian@ianbaird.net