Grant Pierce

Very excited to release this music with @ryverb today! /album/miller-pierce-foretold-each-other Very grateful to Ryan for all the great work he’s done for this and for his beautiful playing and friendship! Recorded at Oregon Natural Fiber Mill with @openfieldrecording artwork by @chalicesofvision Release show Aug 18 at @turnturnturnpdx with @trigger.object @thesocialstomach and @alex_callenberger

New Album Announcement: {Foretold Each Other, Miller/Pierce} Release Date: 8/1/25 Album Release Show: 8/18/25 @turnturnturnpdx Ryan Albert Miller - Guitars/Auxiliary Instruments Grant Pierce - Drumset @ontheedgeofsomething Recorded Live: @openfieldrecording Art: @chalicesofvision Audio Mastering: Álvaro Domene More info soon Song snip “Promises, Friend”

So stoked to be playing the first night of this festival. Look at the line up! Every night is amazing. Hope to see you there!

Last chance to catch halfbird while we’re still ten years old. Also the debut of the cholesterol and the incredible truck.

Night 9::::/// Xylyn’s Congregation / Mike Lockwood’s Safe Travels/ Ryan Miller & Grant Pierce October 23, 2024 — 8:00 $15 Turn! Turn! Turn! 8 NE Killingsworth S Xylyn is a cherished figure and friend in our jazz community; born on Earth, one stone’s throw west from the palpitating heart of downtown Portland, Oregon. As a band leader, Xy’s musical visions unfold and sprout behemoth architecture dimly lit, oozing spirits from the gills as it gasps for its first breath beneath thumps quantized in fractals. They propel a soloist or a broken poet off cliffs into Jupiter’s hurricane eye. This will be a showcase of fresh improvisation-heavy music that comes from the Black American tradition. Original compositions and jazz standards approached in an unorthodox manner, casting spells of laughter, darkness, love, and spiritual-togetherness. Major influences include titans like Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Coltrane, and Henry Threadgill. Come and join the Congregation! Wyck Malloy - saxophone Paul Moyer - piano Xylyn Hathaway - bass George Colligan - drums Drummer/Composer Mike Lockwood will be debuting an original cyclical drone piece after years of conceptualization, musician wrangling and many attempts to wrest the time away from the flow of life. The band includes Noah Bernstein on alto sax, Mike Gamble on guitar, Andrew Jones on upright bass, Ryan Miller on guitar, Noah Simpson on trumpet, and Barry Walker on pedal steel. Grant Pierce is a drummer and songwriter living in Portland, Oregon. His music explores jazz, folk song, and heavier noise. He is a member of Halfbird, Young Hunter, June Rose, Stalwart Young, SPCJMRZ, and Not Bitter. Thank you! Ryan “Ry” Albert Miller is a forward-thinking guitarist, composer, and improviser with a captivating new sound. Ryan is an active member of Portland’s thriving creative music scene; uniquely fusing through-composition and improvisation. Ryan “Ry” actively performs and composes music for solo guitar and for the longstanding trio U Sco

The ISP presented by @creativemusicguild is upon us! Im very excited and honored to play duo with @ryverb on 10.23 at @turnturnturnpdx Also excited to hear what @slow_bologna and @xylynhathaway have going on! Poster art by @mealzmealz

Happy 5th Anniversary! I love you so much to me of all time! Im so grateful for our beautiful life of quiet growth and powerful love! Im so lucky to be yours and to call you mine! I love you, Annie

Tonight! @halfbirdpdx in Oakland at @goldenbulloakland with @gabekatz_music @itsaygabe and @_saihaj

@halfbirdpdx heads to California tomorrow! First show at @thesanctuaryarcata with @medicine_baul and Dan Kalmanson ( @lessthanidyll )! #arcatamusic #arcataexperimental #experimental #music

Happy birthday, @annieperkins1 ! Im so lucky to learn from your kind heart and thoughtful passionate spirit! Im so lucky to be in the light and warmth of little dances and singing songs with good food in our cozy home! To make a home for relaxing and creating and joy together! Im so lucky to to grow together with you like the flowers do! Im so grateful for our beautiful life together! You bes my joy to me! Today and everyday, I want to bring joy to you! I love you so much to me!

My bud Grant and I met a couple months ago to jam and this was one of my favorite moments from that excursion. And then of course I was hoping to make this reel as scary for your eyes as it might be for your ears 😆 Here's hoping y'all are starting out your new year fresh 😀🎷🙏 @ontheedgeofsomething #altosaxophone #saxophonist #saxophone #drums #drummer #experimentaljazz #freejazz #freeimprovisation #experimentalmusic #pdxmusic #jamming

@creativemusicguild 's Improvisation Summit of Portland is upon us! Very excited to play two nights of the festival! 10/18 @nofunportland with @annieperkins1 and @and.or_you as SPACE JAMMERZ 10/24 @turnturnturnpdx with @halfbirdpdx Poster by @design.carlo