My name is Ryan, my friends call me Fluff. Here you will find some ideas, extra bits and bobs, and other musical musings.

JAR was formed in 2007 when brothers John Thornburg (then 14 on Drums) and Russ Thornburg (then 10 on guitar) joined Alex Addams (then 15 on Bass and Vocals) to play the local teen centers on the “Eastside” of Seattle. After 2 demos, Addams left to focus on his education and Musical Theatre. In the winter of 2009, childhood friend Julio Posada was asked to join the band and John took on the responsibility of Lead Vocals. Building on their love of 60's/70's Classic Rock and 90's Grunge, JAR can be best described as the love child that resulted from The Doors and Nirvana having a One Night Stand.

In the winter of 2010, after 2 more self-recorded basement demos (recorded by Pat Moon of Shotty) and several “Open Jam Nights” at Oddfellows Bar and Grill in Redmond WA, they caught the eye of Lynn Sorenson (bass player for Bad Company/Paul Rogers) and his partner, drummer Doug McGrew (now touring with Geoff Tate of Queensryche). It was the decision of Sorenson and McGrew to change the band’s name to “Jar of Rain” sighting several other bands in the US and Internationally with the same name. That relationship resulted in a 5th demo recorded in Sorenson’s basement that the band was never thought captured what they really sounded like. 

In the Spring of 2012 Miller and the band’s families financed the first professionally recorded and produced full length album. Acting as Executive Producer, Miller brought in up and coming producer Johnny “Rocket” Adams (of Hot Roddin Romeos) and Engineers Curt Nelson and Rachel Fields to record at Fastback Studios in Seattle. The Album, HUMANS was then mastered at RFI Studios by Ed Brookes. Adams’ use of layering auxiliary keys (some provided by guest keyboardist Robert Lee Mitchell), percussion and other instruments and vocals, was the first to capture the explosive and dramatic LIVE performance that the band was becoming known for. HUMANS was released in the summer of 2012 and the band has been playing in support of the album almost every weekend ever since.

After 5 years, 7 demos, 1 album, countless hours on stage and an absolute rifle focus on making music a lifetime career, it is time for the world to know 20 year old John Thornburg, 16 year old Russ Thornburg and 19 year old Julio Posada. It is time for the world to know JAR.

Hi, I'm David. I make music, and I hope you enjoy it. 

Combining searing riffs with powerful melodies, contemporary jazz harmony, polyrhythmic grooves, and virtuosic solos, A Sense of Gravity is dedicated above all to strong, musical composition and moving songwriting. 

Founded in Seattle by guitarists David McDaniel and Brendon Williams in 2011, the two quickly began writing and recording their debut EP, which was released later that year.  The EP was quick to attract attention both online and locally, and within a few months the band had filled its lineup with some of Seattle’s best metal musicians, including keyboardist/guitarist Brandon Morris (ex-Collibus), drummer Peter Breene (ex-Arisen from Nothing), and vocalist C.J. Jenkins.    Shortly after, the band recorded its first full-lineup track - a jazz-fusion/groove-metal cover of White Christmas for the 2011 Djentlemen’s Club Christmas compilation.  The musicians released their first single and most progressive track yet, Spectre, early the next year.  2012 saw A Sense of Gravity finalize their lineup by hiring Chance Unterseher (ex-Rowan) on bass and expand their presence in the local scene by playing shows all around Seattle, opening for numerous bands, including Threat Signal.  
In November, they entered Fastback Studios (Jeff Loomis, 7 Horns 7 Eyes) to record drums for their debut full-length album, Travail, beginning the nearly year-long process of recording, mixing, and perfecting their most ambitious project to date.  The rest of the instruments and vocals were recorded in the band members’ home studios and the album was mixed and produced by guitarist Brendon Williams before being sent off to Fascination Street Studios to be mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Symphony X, Amon Amarth, Dark Tranquillity, James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Extol, Leprous, and more).  With Travail, A Sense of Gravity are prepared to surprise and delight the ears of progressive metal connoisseurs all over the world.

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