Music Projects

  • Lushy
    Lushy photograph
    2010
    Lounge, Bossanova, Cocktail Pop, Indie Pop
    Bass

    My dirty little secret was that I'd never owned a suit before I gigged with this well-dressed band.

  • Downpilot
    Downpilot photograph
    2005
    Indie Pop, Indie Rock
    Bass

    Played bass with Downpilot for a few months before their original bassist decided to rejoin. Short stint for me and I never got to record with Downpilot, but I'm a huge fan of Paul's songs so I gotta give them props.

  • 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 well received but rarely ventured out of Ballard. 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

  • NaSoAlMo
    NaSoAlMo screenshot
    2005 - Present
    Solo recording project
    Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Production, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering

    National Solo Album Month is an annual challenge where musicians endeavor to produce an entire album by themselves within a single November. Participants must play all roles through the process: writing all the songs and lyrics from scratch, singing and performing all instrumental parts, producing and engineering the recording, and mixing and mastering the final product. A successful attempt must run at least 29:09 in length, and one cover song is allowed. So far, I've finished three times and failed once. My attempts are chronicled over here.