Bands
Jerseyband
Lungcore. My main band. Check us out. Lock up tight.
Kneebody
Great band from California.
Thought
Buffalo band. Represent. Mike Williams. wassupwassupwassup
Respect Sextet
Respect the Respect.
Heart of Barf
Lungcore installment number 2. The grindcore project of Ed and Brent from Jerseyband. That demon should join a doom band.
Matt Curlee and Neos
Neos. Matt Curlee is one of the top organists in the world.
So Percussion
Bang dat stuff…
Alarm Will Sound
Classical music times 2005 times electronica times time.
Janus Trio
String trio. Friends from Eastman.
Interests
Boom Design Group
My company. Check us out if you need some love in the design department.
School for Improvisational Music
School founded by trumpeter Ralph Alessi. Check it out if you need some spice.
Coast to Coast AM
Paranormal radio show. I love and fear the paranormal. Art Bell rocks.
Fark
My favorite news blog.
Friends
Eric Biondo
Eric Biondo is one of my favorite songwriters/musicians. He has taken the pentatonic scale to higher levels of emotion. Nomathayin? We grew up together in Buffalo.
John Allison
John is one of my main inspirations as a musician and human being. He’s a singer songwriter based in Atlanta. John is one of those rare people that every time he picks up his guitar its pure emotion. I play with John often down here in hotlanta.
Ike Sturm
Ike is one of my best friends. He is an amazing bass player and musician. We use to listen to ECM records together almost every night during freshman and sophomore year at Eastman.
Nathan Heleine
One of my partners in crime. Nathan is about as nice as they come. Great saxophonist too.
Madeline Sturm
My other partner in crime. Maddy is an amazing artist and mind. Love to love to love ya love ya love ya.
Josh Rutner
Josh is a great saxophonist and magician. After about 2 years of prodding he finally let me in on how David Copperfield made the statue of liberty disappear.
James Hirschfeld
James is an awesome trombonist.
Ben Wendel
Ben is a sick saxophone player. He taught me through osmosis the importance of the major 10th.
PJ Kelly
PJ is a bass player and very great web programmer.
Christine Hagan
Christine is an extremely gifted musician. She writes really good music. She is a long time friend of mine.
Connor O’brien
One of the things I like best about Connor is his conviction. There is something to be said for going for something full on.
Jesse Neuman
Jesse and I met at a jazz summer camp. That camp changed our lives musically. Jesse is a great trumpet player and improviser.
Kaveh Rastegar
Kaveh is one of my favorite bass players. Kaveh introduced me to Kool Keith…and thats all that needs to be said.
Caleb Burhans
Sick, sick musician.
Matt Mitchell
Matt Mitchell taught me how to listen. If you don’t think that’s huge…you’re way off track. Matt is an unbelievable musician.
Ralph Alessi
Ralph is largely responsible for developing the way I think about music and life in general. He is one of the best trumpet players alive.
Alex Hamlin
Alex is taking the bari saxophone to new levels. Slap tonguing in particular. Alex is also one of my best friends.
Red Wierenga
Respectable Red.
Chris Wicks
Chris is a great saxophone player in Rochester, NY.
Andre Canniere
NYC trumpet player.
Tony Barba
NYC saxophonist.
David Cowles
Great cartoonist. Designed a bunch of stuff for Jerseyband.
David Crowell
Alaskan Dave. NYC saxophonist.
Nate Wood
Great drummer, producer, musician.
Mike Ross
Drum, drum, drum.
Brady Miller
Drum, drum, drum. Movie, movie, movie.
Anna Dagmar
NYC singer/songwriter.
James Casto
James is an amazing singer/songwriter in Atlanta. I greatly enjoy playing with James. Great tunes.
Jared Schonig
Jared is a drummer in NYC. He is the drummer for the band Thought. He has brought new energy to the band.
Aaron McEvers
Saxophonist, composer/arranger in Chicago. Aaron is the founder and leader of bands, M5 and M13…James Bond style…ya dig?