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Here B-Side Myself | White
Collar Crime | A Critical State of Affairs
Clator's
Music - Biography
Clator Butler breaks out of his cell with his
latest album White Collar Crime.
Over two years in the making, Clator has emerged from the studio with twelve
brand-new songs that illuminate you about the fall of Wall Street, the perils of complacency and codependency, the rise
of terrorism, the hope for a way
out and the promise of a new generation. While structured so that each
song can stand on its own, the album boasts far greater depth when listened
to in a single sitting, much like a novel or a rock opera. Literally a
"Washington Beltway Insider," Clator lets his life and musical
influences reveal themselves in songs that are ripped-from-the-headlines
just as much as they're ripped-from-Clator's-life.
... but this is not Clator's first epic. Clator
poured his heart and soul (and life savings) into the recording of his first
album, A Critical State of
Affairs, in which he tackles the troubling
side of media culture. Clator infuses his
progressive-rock roots into alternative, folkish and anthemic songs on the eclectic 14-cut,
independently-produced album, which has been featured on
DC-101 FM's Local Lix and on the nationally syndicated Greaseman Show.
A former newspaper reporter and editor who
now runs his own Web consulting company, Clator
has written and performed almost every note on his recordings. But no
man is an island. On White Collar Crime, rising DC drumming
sensation Jon Jester re-recorded all of the drumming, giving Crime a
bombastic wall of sound that punctuates every melody, every riff, and every
emotion. On A Critical State Of Affairs, his longtime pal Steve
Semich performed guitar leads on three tracks and singer Melanie Colton
added a feminine touch to the vocals of two tracks.
Clator's introduction to music began with the church choir
at the age of five. Refusing to take piano lessons early on because he enjoyed playing
by ear, he later learned to read and understand music when he took up trombone in middle
school (which he continued playing well into college). Upon getting his first electric guitar
at sweet 16, he began writing his own music and has since performed with
bands as well as solo in his various homes of Burlington, NC, Clemson, SC,
Danville, VA and the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Clator Butler is a member of ASCAP, the
Washington Area Music Association (WAMA), the Songwriters Association of
Washington (SAW), and the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA).
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