Walls

Delusional (2023 Release)

Written by Jen Miller and co-produced by Peter Eddins (2023)

Throw Me In The Lake - Jen Miller

"Hydrangea" confronts the endeavors that we wish we could have done earlier on in life, and urges the listener to go do that very thing today anyway. We all fall into the trap of the "normal life", which we later find out is largely unfulfilling- but that's okay- here comes another day.

With my head in the sky, they said,

'Your well will run dry, at best

If you head out West

See, you're now twenty five

There's no better time to invest

In a normal life'

At twenty five, I dreamed of moving across the country to live on the West coast with my partner- but having to quit my seemingly "important" soul sucking day job as a consequence was a huge deterrent. These were hypothetical conversations that ran through my head when I thought about telling my loved ones. I spent that year in stagnation, afraid. When I was twenty six, as the year's Spring season arrived, I quit my job and moved to the West Coast with my wife and two cats. Everything I was afraid of losing and all of the related consequences were real and exist to this day (*gasp* a gap on your resume!)- and entirely worth it. I learned not to fear them because in the end, the scarcity and instability it caused forced me to grow in a direction that I actually cared to grow in (which happened to be my music career that would have otherwise never seen the light of day).

"You'll find there's a time to play it safe and there's a time to run away".

-MP

Hydrangea

Fly Right

Fly Right (feat. Olive Klug)

Feels Like Home

Our Home

i know i know i know

Restless Things

On My Way

Let Your Love Run Cold

Blue Lake

Hey! It’s Mike.

Calm Canopy- the deep peace and inspiration I find under a canopy of trees.

In the 2020 clusterduck-shmitstorm, I quit my corporate job and moved from the Toronto area to Vancouver Island with my wife and two cats where I'd write and record the first Calm Canopy singles (, , , ) in a makeshift bedroom studio, which were all released over the span of a few months.

2021: the new songs made their way into new ears, *miraculously* gaining over 100,000 streams via various Spotify editorial playlists such as Indie All Stars, Fresh Finds, Fresh Finds: Rock, Fresh Finds: Indie, Fresh Finds: Pop, RADAR Canada, New Music Friday Canada, undercurrents, and Ready to Rock. I was floored. I felt like dancing; I did.

I produce my indie rock/pop anthems of inner discovery from my home studio in a sleepy town located West of Toronto. 🇨🇦

In addition, I take on custom song commissions for cool cats who know an unforgettable gift idea when they hear one.

"Calm Canopy is one of those artists you should appreciate [...] it's a one-man-band who knows how to pen a song, play, record, and do everything else" - It's All Indie

Hydrangea

Calm Canopy

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