Here's the PR bit where I make myself look cool. No trying; I am cool. It's really not a band; it's just me. I am a rambler in pursuit of happiness who has lived in various states across the U.S. I have lived in Gunnison, Colorado, Dallas, Texas, Hollywood, California, Highland Park, Texas also known as the Bubble, and now Pernik, Bulgaria.I have been involved in music to some degree since I was 11 years old. I was a band geek playing trombone and in my freshmen year of high school I took up the guitar. I figured why not, my last name is "Guittard." My other choice was to go sell chocolate for the Guittard Chocolate Company in California. Don't think sales is my thing so I chose to play guitar. I may still knock on the Guittard Chocolate Factory door some day.During college I played in jazz bands and recorded on my 4-track. Then I found myself adjusting insurance claims as a career. It wasn't much of a career. If you've seen the movie "Office Space" then you know the environment. That was it.So, I moved to Hollywood, California to study at a music school and after that I randomly met up with Roger McGuinn's son for a musical duo. Roger was one of the founders of the Byrds. The duo was with Henry McGuinn. We named it the Ragas after the style of music that emerged on the Byrds album "5D." The style stemmed from Raga Royalty Ravi Shankar. Henry and I gigged around a bit and then called it quits.After that, I became more involved in the Brian Jonestown Massacre scene in Silverlake, California. Anton Newcombe once stepped in at my time of need to prevent me getting my head beat in at a Hollywood Hills party by saying, "This is all just a misunderstanding." It was a bit wild in Hollywood to say the least.In Bulgaria, for the next year, I will teach English. I will record and post my new demos that I record on my laptop, the equipment I have available. After Bulgaria, I may take a trip to the moon.
