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About Me


Music's what I do. I studied classical and jazz theory for way way too long, and cut my teeth in local rock bands. I currently live in Southern California, recording and touring with BRAVE CITIZENS and HOPEFIED .

I also am a producer and composer. Over the past several years I have worked on great indie rock records, film scores, drama, and commercials. You can check that out partially... here .

I'm from northern California and I don't say "hella".

I have a blog.
AIM me: beyondthiscity

for personal friends...

My Interests

vintage guitars. amplifiers. effects. recording. wine. mexican food. wayfarers. tattoos. macs. boxer puppies. longboarding. italian. F#-7+11 chords. veggie grill. traveling. pinstriped suits. gospel jams. red steel. pro tools. touring. netflix. saxophone. key lime. thai food. gypsy den. wii tennis. not shaving. iphone. reverb. ikea. sibelius 5. upper tensions. lolcats. logic studio. wholesome choice. american apparel. macs. halo. chipotle. napa valley. planet earth.

I'd like to meet:

the person that invented the burrito.

Music:

Oh god, here goes. Further Seem Forever, A Love Ends Suicide, A Night At The Pictures, A Static Lullaby, A Thorn For Every Heart, AFI, AC/DC, The Academy Is, Acceptance, All-American Rejects, Anberlin, The Appleseed Cast, Armor For Sleep, Ashlee Simpson, As Night Falls, At The Drive In, The Beatles, Beloved, Bjork, Black Eyed Peas, The Bled, Blindside, Bon Jovi, Braid, Brand New, Cannonball Adderley, Coldplay, Copeland, The Cure, Cursive, Daphne Loves Derby, The Darkness, Dashboard Confessional, Dave Brubeck, Days Away, Death Cab For Cutie, Delirious, Dr. Dre, The Early November, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Emanuel, Emery, Every Time I Die, Facing New York, Frank Sinatra, The Fray, From First To Last, The Get Up Kids, Glassjaw, Green Day, Gym Class Heroes, Halfway To Nowhere, Hardly Formal, Head Automatica, Hopefield, Husker Du, Imogen Heap, Jacob Greene, Jeremy Enigk, Jimmy Eat World, John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, The Juliana Theory, Kanye West, Mae, The Mars Volta, Matisyahu, Miles Davis, Mineral, Muse, Name Taken, N*E*R*D, Nightmare of You, Norah Jones, Norma Jean, Oasis, Over It, Pharoah Sanders, The Police, The Receiving End of Sirens, The Roots, Saosin, Saves The Day, Sense Field, Showbread, Sigur Ros, The Smiths, Something Corporate, Sunny Day Real Estate, Switchfoot, Taking Back Sunday, Terminal, Thursday, U2, Underoath, Waking Ashland, Weezer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Movies:

The Godfather, Crash, Casablanca, Dr. No, Goldeneye, Goldfinger, Runaway Jury, Edward Scissorhands, Stand By Me, Ray, Top Gun, Poultergeist, Big Fish, Airplane, Walk The Line, The Curse of Sierra Madre, Star Wars, A West Side Story, Grease, and a ton more I'll probably add later.

Television:

Conan O'Brien, Project Runway, South Park, Family Guy, Scrubs, 24, I Love the (insert decade here)'s. Guilty pleasures? Hogan Knows Best, Top Chef, My Fair Brady, Oprah's Big Give, Hell's Kitchen

Books:

The Godfather, The Firm, 1984, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Brave New World, Fight Club, Into The Wild, Nickle and Dimed (and Still Not Getting By) In America, Heart Of Darkness, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Heart of Darkness, Cosmos, Contact

Heroes:

My father, Dr. Pepper

My Blog

new page for music work

check out my producing/songwriting page!for all the beatssss
Posted by a on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:53:00 PST

kickin’ it on the personal ’space

i come through this page every few days just to clean out the inbox, leave a couple random comments for friends, maybe see what my friend subscriptions are up to. but as far as blogging or actual talk...
Posted by a on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:49:00 PST

BC on The Daily Chorus Tour

yup. Brave Citizens is heading out on our maiden voyage. March dates below.---------The Daily Chorus TourSponsored by www.thedailychorus.comw/ Overview, Brave Citizens, Anarbor, and GillmorMarch 21st-...
Posted by a on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:45:00 PST

i saw noel gallagher from oasis today

at a music store in Westwood. but i didn't have the guts to tell him he wrote one of my favorite albums of all time ("What's The Story"). dang.i did get all giddy like a schoolgirl and sit in the room...
Posted by a on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:30:00 PST

raining all week in orange county (angels cry over heath ledger)

no one down here likes it, or knows how to drive in it. but damn i sure love me some rain every now and then. our apartment's porch is the cleanest it's been in a long long time. despite the fact that...
Posted by a on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:31:00 PST

merry christmas

indeed. and what a weird ending to a weird year. I usually keep my musings on LiveJournal (yes for some reason I still have one), but every now and then it feels like dusting the bookshelf to write a ...
Posted by a on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:45:00 PST

21 = cool

being 21 is the cat's meow. my fine wine collection has begun with an 04 stag's leap merlot. weeewwwwwwwwsome music coming your waynew bc in november. alan douches is turning it into gold. new hf in j...
Posted by a on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:40:00 PST

blogs take forever

I have no inspiring words of wisdom for this one, I was just saddened by the fact that I haven't written one in some time. Here are some things I have learned/discovered lately:- the Blackberry is a W...
Posted by a on Mon, 21 May 2007 06:11:00 PST

i love the holidays

i love the holidaysFrom Thanksgiving to New Year's...the best time of year.I actually went out into the "Black Friday" shopping mall traffic today just to see what it was like. Holiday mall Santas, or...
Posted by a on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:01:00 PST

bring me Thai food at a show

and more than likely I will propose to you.I can't stop eating it. This is worse than my crack cocaine addiction in my previous life. Pad Thai, yellow curry, Thai fried rice. Just make sure no peanuts...
Posted by a on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:17:00 PST