Music Projects

  • An American Starlet
    Starlet photograph
    2001 - 2006
    Americana, Alt Country
    Bass, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar

    Fulfilled two life-long music dreams by going on tour with a band and recording an album that had a barcode on it. We were critically aclaimed but widely ignored in Seattle's hyperactive music community. Eventually the singer/songwriter quit the band and moved to L.A. like a true rock star. But not before I learned a ton of stuff about recording from him.

    My favorite song is probably Duchess of Hazard

  • The Shiners
    Shiners photograph
    1998 - 2001
    Honkey Tonk, Classic Country, Western Swing
    Bass

    After a brief stint in complex Seattle pop band Epigene, I went to the other end of the spectrum and got a classic country education by playing with the Shiners. I used to hate country just as much as you do...but now I know what Grampa knows. We were a bar band, playing three hour sets and getting drunks to dance in varying degrees of earnestness to old-school country. To this day I know of no other country band which based a love song on quantum physics. Band split when the singer/songwriter decided he was too old for the music racket, broke up the band and moved back South.

    My favorite song is probably Meant to be Mean

  • The Novemberists
    NaSoAlMo screenshot
    2007
    NaSoAlMo project
    Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Production, Engineering, Mixing

    Determining not to have my brain melt again for National Solo Album Month, I decided to go for quantity over quality this time, doing eighteen songs and including drums which I'd started learning in 2007. I had a lot more fun doing NaSoAlMo this year, although the results weren't necessarily better.

    My favorite song is probably Number One Rock Song

  • The Snockerers
    NaSoAlMo screenshot
    2006
    NaSoAlMo project
    Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, Percussion, Harmonica, Production, Engineering, Mixing

    My second go at National Solo Album Month. I'd learned a year earlier that it was posssible for me to write songs, so this time I tried writing better ones, and chose a theme I actually cared about, Photography. I put too much pressure on myself and melted my brain.

    My favorite song is probably Hangover Kids if you're a happy person or Shots at the Bar if you're miserable.

  • Speler
    NaSoAlMo screenshot
    2005
    NaSoAlMo project
    Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, Percussion, Production, Engineering, Mixing

    My first foray into National Solo Album Month. Also my first foray into songwriting and recording with GarageBand. I chose the theme of watermelons so that I wouldn't waste precious recording time on lyrics.

    My favorite song is probably Watermelon Queen