Peter Clarke

I am willing to travel outside Tennessee, but travel accommodations must be apart of our negotiations.

My name's Peter Clarke and I'm originally from Long Island. I have been a musician since I was 9 years old. I started learning the guitar, writing lyrics, and playing the trumpet. By 7th grade, I was an All-County trumpet player. By my early teens, I was a co-writer and lead singer in a rock band with some friends. In High School, I was a member of Tri-M, which was a music honor society, as well as a Wind and Jazz Ensemble, and AP Music Theory. As a trumpet player, I learned a lot about classical and jazz music. I also had the honor of playing TAPS at Memorial and Veterans' Day services, as well as the National Anthem at a local lacrosse game. In the Fall 2009, I attended Skidmore College on a Filene Music Scholarship, but had eventually grown out of playing the trumpet and started focusing more on songwriting and improving my guitar playing. In August 2011, I dropped out of school to pursue a career in the music business. For the next eleven years (minus COVID for performing live), I worked, saved, lived at home, wrote and recorded songs, and formed a band to play shows in New York City. In 2018, Relix Magazine featured me in an issue of their digital artist sampler. However, as New York became more of a place I did not feel akin to, I decided to move to Nashville in September 2022. Since then, I have had a great time here, with ups and downs as always with anything. I have met some great people, recorded an EP and a few singles, co-written, and played around town at the Bluebird Cafe, Fox & Locke, and was also able to quit food service after 13 years and work a full-time job in music at Nashville Record Pressing. I have played on Broadway as an acoustic artist and have a lot of country songs under my fingertips. Mainly, I love playing the banjo, recently have taken up pedal steel and love recording original music. Reach out to me regarding any wants you have for performing some songs solo, or if you need a banjo player. I would love to hear from you.

*Please note: If I know the venue has a reliable backline, I will usually NOT bring my amp (just to cut down on the lugging).