Music Projects
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2001 - 2006Americana, Alt CountryBass, 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
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1998 - 2001Honkey Tonk, Classic Country, Western SwingBass
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
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2007NaSoAlMo projectGuitar, 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
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2006NaSoAlMo projectGuitar, 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.
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2005NaSoAlMo projectGuitar, 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