Goodnight Human

To sit here and describe my music makes about as much sense as describing what chocolate tastes like. Please give it a listen, it'll take less time and effort anyway, and you won't have to guess what I mean by a mixture of genre defining adjectives that don't really make sense. I tour a lot. I did about 120 shows last year, and at least as many the year before. I do a lot of colleges, it makes it possible for me to not have to have any other job. I've done large shows in big arenas opening for more famous people and I've also played in living rooms for 20 people at a time. I find joy in both. The presentation of my songs in a live venue is a work of dynamics. I utilize whatever technology I can get my hands on to increase the dynamic range of my songs. This includes but is not limited to looping machines, drum machines, computer based sounds and programs, and an array of other effects that broaden the sound I'm capable of as a one man show. If you want to gain my disfavor, use the phrase 'one-man-band' when you try to describe me. As for my personal history, I was born in a small town in Southern California called Thousand Oaks (it was small 25 years ago), where I stayed during my school years. I now spend my time when I'm not touring in the mountains on the Wyoming/Idaho border. The Teton Mountain Range is not far from here and provides me with a serene yet rugged background to create to. Music is not necessary to survive, but it does motivate one to desire to survive on a higher plain. I feel this way. My songs, as trite as it sounds, are short snap shots of my life. I'm trying to develop into a writer of fiction, but for the time being find it difficult to create worlds I've never known. I'm getting better at writing from the point of view of others and not just my own. Thanks for taking a minute to get to know my music.