[3] Pearce started playing guitar at age 13[4] and discovered the music of Brian Eno and Harold Budd while in college.
[7][8] For his eighth and ninth CD's, Lingering Light and Rainshadow Sky, Pearce featured compositions written for the Chapman Stick.
Pearce played on two cuts on William Ackerman's Grammy-nominated[18] recording "Meditations"[19] and has music on two of the Echoes "Living Room Concert" CDs.
[20][21] Pearce also contributed a Chapman Stick version of "Sudden Light" to the Star's End 30th anniversary CD,[22] appearing alongside Robert Rich, Jonn Serrie, and Steve Roach.
He has also contributed his guitar and Stick playing to recordings by Kevin Keller, Paul Avgerinos, Al Conti, Robert Linton, and Vidna Obmana[23]