A New Winter Triangle EP

Released two weeks ago. Ghost Pillars And The Way We Fly is my latest EP. Using more soft synths than my previous recordings, this three song album clocks in around 20 mins and is an easy, quick listen. Following in the footsteps of my other ambient releases this record is instrumental, with drums on only the last track which is a collaboration with a good friend from my high school years, Brian Loeffler aka theonetwoeq_view. Brian sent me an unfinished track that I added synth and layers of reverb to, while also reconstructing the layout of the song.

Listen now on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3MwR5Gk01Nk4rT99FykBVy?si=dYKjdq93TKyf_2yoDdlrXQ

Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/ghost-pillars-and-the-way-we-fly-single/1603096212

Youtube:

https://youtu.be/XHSWs2Y-s7E

SM

This most wonderful person, an important part of my life in Portland.

The Tan Side of Lonesome

I was lucky to again photograph a good friend and past bandmate Nathan Snell for his current music project Tan and it’s latest release, The Tan Side of Lonesome. Comprised of synth pop covers of 90’s and 00’s country songs, it’s absolutely catchy and entirely too short at five songs.

Photos were taken with a mobile studio setup in Nathan’s home in Nashville…see last photo for an uncropped view. The amazing cover was designed by Michelle Maguire. Preview the tracks or order vinyl at Stochastic Releases.

Two Shoots with Monique

It’s amazing the ways people come into your life…very happy to know this most unique person (and make photos with them).

The American Jobs

The last band I drummed with recently released an album called Sorry Business, made of material recorded pre-2018 in multiple studios and recording situations, the most memorable being a huge room in an old Masonic Temple across the river from Cincinnati, Ohio.

This album can’t be discussed without mentioning the tragic passing of Aaron Klamut who played bass and in many ways was the spiritual center of the band. We always hung out in his garage and created a huge amount of material in his basement, which would flood when those giant summer thunderstorms visited the Midwest.

Besides playing bass Klamut also sings on the song “Vinegar” which he improvised mostly sober from some strange place that his inspiration came from. I also have to mention that Aaron’s long time partner Ianna also sings on the song Silver Brains, probably the best song on the album.

You can listen to Sorry Business (and the preceding American Jobs album) on Spotify.