Projects
Currently playing with/working on:
The Capitalist Youth is an indie rock band I play assorted instruments and sing in. We call it “friends-in-a-room rock,” which means that it sounds like a bunch of friends in a room making music together. Greg writes really catchy, ironic lyrics about God and girls, and we fill it in with lots of banjo and glockenspiel. We are working on a full-length album.
The Cosmonaut Union is a music production company that I am a part of. We record film music, and other types of music.
Gunsling Birds is a heavier indie rock band that I play bass in. Textural music, with some funky bass lines, heavy riffs, glitchy interludes, and beautiful acoustic guitar sometimes. We have a full-length album out, which you can purchase [here], or from iTunes, or any of the links from our website (depending on your preferred method of buying music). We’re currently working on a trio of EPs: one loud, one soft, one remixes of the first two. Rad.
The Solomon Douglas Swingtet/Trio/Quartet is a swinging jazz group that I play bass (and sometimes trombone) with. We have two albums out, one of which I played trombone on, as well as recorded and mixed. You can buy those albums [here]. Another album or two in the works, recorded in Montreal at the end of an awesome tour in late 2009.
Aura Sonic, Ltd. is a mobile, location and live recording company that I am a part of. Steve Remote has been recording for over 30 years, and has encountered enough situations so that he knows how to prepare for everything. I have gotten to assist him on recordings with Average White Band, Chicago with Earth, Wind and Fire, jazz saxophonist James Carter, a host of bands and musicians at the Newport jazz and folk festivals (including Fleet Foxes, the Decemberists, Neko Case, Dave Brubeck, Michel Camilo, Esperanza Spaulding, and others). It is usually a blast. It is always insane. If you need a live recording, or a truck with a controlled audio/video environment for any use, we can do that.
Einstein’s Dreams is a post-rock/improvisational chamber band, which mostly exists in my head, but we have a couple of tracks which you can download [here].
Credits
James Carter, John Medeski, Christian McBride, Adam Rogers, Joey Baron: Heaven on Earth. Recorded live at the Blue Note. 2009, Half Note Records. Assistant engineer, with Aura Sonic.
Average White Band: Times Squared: Live from New York, vol. 2. 2009, self released by AWB. Assistant engineer, with Aura Sonic.
A.C. Newman: Get Guilty. 2009, Matador Records. Trombone and additional engineering.
The Solomon Douglas Swingtet: Live at the Legion. 2009, self released by Solomon. Trombone, recorded and mixed.
Chris Conly’s Bromantics: 99 Cent Dreams. 2009, self released by Chris. Recorded and mixed.
Charles Burst: Come Home and Feast. 2009, Ernest Jenning. Additional engineering.
Takka Takka: Migration. 2008, Ernest Jenning. Assistant engineer.
The Landau Orchestra: Janus Plays Telephone. 2007, Milan Records. Trombone.
Nate Graham: Daylight. 2007, self release by Nate. Co-produced and co-engineered, trombone on two tracks, arranging on one track.
The Hi-Risers: The Fine Art of Making Mistakes. 2006, self release. Trombone on one track.