I am an artist. I work in sound (both installation and sculpture ), photography (both digital and film), ceramics , wood , and mixed media .
I am a musician, and have performed with a number of bands, including Poor Old Joe, Blue Dot, and Quiverfish.
My main performance style, currently, is solo systems-based improvisation using electric guitar , lap steel guitar , and voice .
I have contributed to recordings by the Refrigerator Mothers , a sub-set of the Hop Frog collective. I also recently participated in a remix contest hosted by Create(!) , using their track Six Dreams Divided . My original song, "How Fortunate We Are," was included on a benefit CD titled "Songs For Bethune," a fundraiser for the Passport to the Arts, a program that hires local artists to provide standards-based hands on art workshops with at-risk children.
My piece "Transduction" was in the First Annual SoundWalk show, "Healing Tree" in a jurored gallery show titled Acceptance at the Long Beach World Trade Center, "Objects with No Discernable Function" in a show called 'The Devil You Say' at the Long Beach Arts gallery and, most recently, "Obstruction" in a show titled "Fears and Loathings" at Open.
I completed a track for an upcoming vinal music compilation. It will feature 30 artists, each with one 45 second track. My submission, titled Toward The Opposite Center , is an improvised multitrack piece featuring, mostly, guitar. I recorded another, called Entropic Constillation .
I just completed my contribution to another group project. My piece, titled 69 , is one of 99 total pieces that will be assembled into one large piece.
I also contributed to Sloppy Seconds , another group project which is compiling 3600 one second compositions, each from a different artist or group. They will be organized into 60 one minute tracks. Hear my bit here .
I live with my wife, Shari, my step-daughter Lauren, our two dogs Django & Kapu, our two cats Niko Nekko and Violet, and our two goldfishes Spotless & Lucky. RIP Barney and Shogi .
Here's a "Music Video" I produced:
.. .. ..>
