I've played on a variety of music projects since starting out on the piano as a youngster.
Below are links to a handful.
The Bay Area
Dave: The Ritz Cracker
This catch-all project has been a clearinghouse for vignettes that span the material of Black Wednesday and Strong End Jook Joint, as well as other sounds and things. Here are a couple beats from the recent tape, "Too Smooth to Be Fast":
"Cosmonaut Volkov"
"Old Flame"
Night Genes
When Boise native Eric Ingersoll moved to the Bay this year, he asked me to back him up on his Night Genes project. I play some key and percussion accompaniment for his eerie, left-of-center folk music. Lots more to come.
Boise
The Shitty Osmonds
Since early '04, my brother Dustin and I have maintained this perennial rock project. We've gone from distorted Rhodes, double-kick, and hand-me-down wolf t-shirts to lugging around an organ and a litigation bag full of guiros and other rhythmic delights. We released the super-rare "The New Shitty Osmonds" in summer '04, and are currently putting together an online retrospective to bring everyone up-to-speed. For now, dig our Myspace page, and check out our press in the Boise Weekly.
The Wassailers
This Christmas project was recorded long-distance via internet. It features the core of the Shitty Osmonds, but is quite a bit more reverent. Lots of jazz with a strong backbeat--not your grandpa's Lawrence Welk-type record, though he can listen, too.
Further
Strong End Jook Joint
Circumstance has sent this project into a holding pattern, but, damn, they got a good sound: ragtime, rock, hip-hop. For at least one summer, you couldn't walk more than a block between the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Bowery without hearing "Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor." Even if that's not true, dig the inimitable sounds at our myspace page or enjoy "Caroline Webster" right here:
Black Wednesday
This band was formed while I was studying abroad in Stirling, Scotland. My Chitown cohort and collaborator Felix Pineiro and I trolled the open mic nights, and quickly made a name for ourselves, causing barroom ruckuses with this brash, American, quasi country stuff. Alan Henderson, who would often provide accompaniment on the djembe, got us intoRandom Rhythm studio by the Stirling bridge, and, aside from a few stateside shows, that was the culmination of the project.
