Songs recorded under the moniker Nurse St. Cloud.

Something So Simple (Nurse St. Cloud 2011)

Written, Performed, Produced, Recorded by David Cooper Claire at Clairevoyance Sound in Ludington, MI, and in Pittsburgh, PA.

Bass by Paul Buchholz.

Saxophone by Ted Malt.

Mixing/Mastering by Jeremy Gastrock at Type One Sounds LLC, Austin, TX.

Artwork by Sarah Erickson.


Shasta (The Theme of The Weird West) - Cooper Claire

Written, Performed, Produced, Recorded by David Cooper Claire at Clairevoyance Sound in Ludington, MI, and in Pittsburgh, PA.

Bass by Paul Buchholz.

Mixing/Mastering by Jeremy Gastrock at Type One Sounds LLC, Austin, TX.

Artwork by Sarah Erickson.

If You Wanna Know - Cooper Claire

Written, Performed, Produced, Recorded by David Cooper Claire at Clairevoyance Sound in Ludington, MI, and in Pittsburgh, PA.

Mixing/Mastering by Jeremy Gastrock at Type One Sounds LLC, Austin, TX.

Artwork by Sarah Erickson.

Teleshoal, MI - Cooper Claire

written, performed, produced, recorded by David Cooper Claire 
recorded at Clairevoyance Sound, in Ludington, MI, and Pittsburgh. 

bass by Paul Buchholz 

mixing/mastering by Jeremy Gastrock 
Type One Sounds LLC, Austin, TX 

artwork by Sarah Erickson

Pedaling - Cooper Claire

Seek No Destination

The Cat's Got My Tongue (Nurse St. Cloud 2010)

la la la la la 
la la la la la la la 
la la la la la 
la la la la la la la 

bow to the throne 
everything you own's now on loan 
but I'm on your side 
I can be a really nice kind of guy 

and maybe, who knows 
I'll find a pretty face to call my own 
and we'll take a drive 
through the blackest of nights 

cuz I'm gunrunning 
been on the grind 
I'm gunrunning 
call it a crime 

la la la la la 
(hey everybody) 
la la la la la la la 
(give me your money) 
la la la la la 
(well ain't it funny) 
la la la la la la la 
(I'm gunrunning) 

lady small arms 
got me riding backseat to her charms 
yeah she's looking fine 
ain't no better way than the life 

cuz I'm gunrunning 
been on the grind 
I'm gunrunning 
call it a crime 

la la la la la 
(hey everybody) 
la la la la la la la 
(give me your money) 
la la la la la 
(well ain't it funny) 
la la la la la la la 
(I'm gunrunning)

Rare Møöns - Gunrunning

Here's a little synthwave arrangement of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" that I made for Up Above & All Around by NYC playwright Brigette Estola. The work will be premiering at the New York Theater Festival, July 18 - 23.

I am neither a mix nor mastering engineer, apologies in advance.

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (Theme from Up Above & All Around) -- Cooper Claire

Joey Mankus - vocals / guitar 
Preston Gigante - vocals / bass / guitar 
Dave Cooper Claire - vocals / guitar / keys / drums 
*** 
Cooper Claire - producer / engineer 
Conor O’Toole - mixing / mastering 
Jeffrey Miller - mastering 
Tylee Marsh - album artwork 
*** 
recorded at Clareified Sound

Cutting Roses

Evergreen

Magician Hand

Bloodvow

Gunrunning

Cooper Claire is the moniker and musical calling card for multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter David Cooper Claire. 

Dave has worked extensively as a drummer and sideman in both Michigan and Texas, recording and performing with members of Billy Joel, Foreigner, Kenny Rogers, M83, Eminem, and The Polyphonic Spree.

Dave produces, composes, performs, and engineers music from his home studio, heretofore lovingly known as Clairified Sound, where he records drums and other instruments remotely for various artists. Dave loves literally every genre of music, and tries to be all at once: emotional, dynamic, precise, and musically significant -- or at least that's the highest mountain that he's constantly trying to climb.

Dave has programmed electronic drums, sequenced MIDI loops, and composed synth basses for the Billboard Music Awards on ABC (under the leadership of musical director/composer Edgar Struble), in addition to composing musical portions contributed to the incidental cues for the American Music Awards on ABC, as well as programming MIDI for the same show.

Dave's greatest aspiration is to meld the tremendous song and sonic power of modern producers such as Blake Mills, Johnathon Wilson, and John Congleton, with the sardonic tongue-in-cheek of artists such as Frank Zappa, Father John Misty, and Hunter S. Thompson, into a unique amalgam that truly represents his own specific identity.

Cooper Claire

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