With Todd Rundgren's Utopia on Jimmy Kimmel
On the last day of the Utopia tour, we stopped by the Jimmy Kimmel Live studios to perform a couple of songs for the late night talk show. Our performance of One World is now on YouTube, check it out!
Keyscape & Omnisphere Jam
Here's a short jazzy tune I wrote using Spectrasonics Keyscape (Wing Upright piano sample) and Omnisphere (bass/lead). Recorded live with no overdubs.
Hotel Jams & Utopia Tour
For the last couple of months I was on tour with Todd Rundgren's Utopia and it's been an incredible experience!
Here are 5 short jams I recorded live in my hotel rooms throughout the tour + some additional behind the scenes footage from my phone and fan footage from a few shows.
Catch our Jimmy Kimmel Live performance on July 9th!
Spectrasonics In-Studio Performance
I recently had the immense pleasure of performing live at the Spectrasonics studio, using nothing but their incredible software instruments (Omnisphere, Keyscape and Trillian) to create ALL the sounds - including the drum sounds which are all Omnisphere presets!
Huge thanks to Eric Persing and the rest of the amazing Spectrasonics crew for having me, and to the wonderful Moldover for building me my dream controller.
Touring with Utopia
I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining the amazing Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox for their 2018 Utopia Reunion Tour! For a full list of shows, click here.
My 2018 NPR Tiny Desk Submission
New place, new studio, new song! Here's my submission for the 2018 NPR Tiny Desk Contest.
All sounds performed live simultaneously (no overdubs or sequences). I used the fantastic iPad app GeoShred (by Jordan Rudess and Wizdom Music) for the first time.
Hope you enjoy!
Spectrasonics booth at NAMM 2018
So excited to be performing at the Spectrasonics booth at NAMM this year, alongside the amazing Anomalie! I'll be playing every day at 12:15pm, 2:45 pm and 5:15pm.
We just wrapped up day one and it was so much fun! if you're at NAMM, drop by the booth and say hi. Hall A booth #11602.
Big thanks to Eric Persing for having me!
Everything Means Nothing To Me (Elliott Smith cover)
I teamed up with The Secret Sea to record a cover of this beautiful Elliott Smith song, using Polyverse's incredible software!
In this arrangement, we run The Secret Sea's vocals through Manipulator (I control the pitch of his voice with my keyboard) and the guitar through Gatekeeper (to create that awesome gated sound).
If you're at NAMM 2018, catch us performing at the Polyverse Music booth (9906 B) every day!
New Custom-Built Controller, NAMM 2018
I'm so excited to introduce my new custom MIDI controller, built by controllerism expert Moldover!
Check out the short demo video. Expect to see this device in A LOT of my upcoming work! If you have any name suggestions for the controller, drop a comment.
I'll be performing with this new instrument for the first time at the Polyverse Music booth at NAMM 2018. Come say hi if you're there! The Secret Sea and I are preparing a cool set using the company's incredible software.
Special thanks to Moldover for the incredible work, and to Synthtopia and Musicradar for featuring the vid!
Live Challenge Winners Announced!
Here are the winners of the GLASYS Live Challenge! There were many amazing submissions which made it incredibly hard to pick favorites, but ultimately this IS a competition and I'm happy with my choices! Watch the winning submissions here.
Congratulations Mark Steiner, Korgy & Bass, The Secret Sea and Bobbie Snakes!
Huge thanks to everyone who participated, you've all inspired me!
Live Challenge submissions closed!
Submissions are now closed for the GLASYS Live Challenge! I received A LOT of amazing last minute videos that I'll be sharing on social media in the next couple of days.
Picking winners feels impossible right now, which is why I'm giving myself 2 weeks to listen to the 50+ submissions over and over and hopefully figure out which ones I like best! I'll announce the winners by the end of the year, maybe before.
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who participated in my little experiment, and thank you to everyone who has watched, supported and shared!
Happy holidays!
Introducing the GLASYS Live Challenge!
I'm really excited to introduce the GLASYS Live Challenge! This is a live video contest for ALL musicians with some AWESOME prizes which include a brand new Korg Minilogue Analogue Synthesizer, a Moog 108M Clusterflux and merch from Dave Smith Instruments.
Check out the introduction video and rules HERE!
Haley Reinhart with GLASYS
In exactly one week I'll be opening for the incredible Haley Reinhart at Lola's Room (The Crystal Ballroom), really looking forward to this one! Joining me on stage will be two of Portland's finest musicians - Micah Hummel on drums and Alex Meltzer on bass.
Get your tickets HERE before it's too late!
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Unwinder (Piano Version)
I combined a couple of ideas from my Finger Twisters video into a complete piece, and recorded a live piano version using Nord's "Mellow Upright" sample (my favorite).
I'm planning to record an electronic version of this tune on my next album. Hope you enjoy!
Stranger Thrones - (GoT + Stranger Things Theme Mashup)
The comments on my Game of Thrones live cover inspired me to create a proper mashup of two of my favorite TV show themes - Game of Thrones and Stranger Things. I had a blast recording this and recreating the sounds using my DSI Prophet 6 and Nord Stage 2! You can download a free MP3 from here.
The video was produced by the amazing John Thompson (Ballooga Media).
In the Studio with T-Pain
I had a blast working with T-Pain in the studio over the last few days! He's a seriously talented musician and a great guy, I'm stoked to have had the opportunity to collaborate with him.
Can't wait to share some of the sounds we recorded... but in the meantime, check out the Instagram videos he posted from our sessions, and this cool article on Hot New Hip Hop!
Live Taylor Swift Remix
I had fun jamming over an acoustic performance of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift, check it out:
Game of Thrones Theme Cover
I'm a big fan of Game of Thrones (like most people in the world, I guess :P ) and I got so excited about the upcoming season that I simply HAD to do a live cover of the theme (composed by Ramin Djawadi). Hope you enjoy!
You can download a free mp3 of this performance here.
The Avalanches with GLASYS at The Crystal Ballroom
Last night I had the privilege of opening for The Avalanches at one of the best live music venues in Portland, The Crystal Ballroom. The crowd and energy were amazing, thanks to Soul'd Out Productions and everyone who came out for a truly magical experience!
Photo by Brian Haines
GLASYS / T-Pain Video Goes Viral
This post is overdue, but these last few days have been so crazy and overwhelming (in the best way possible) that I didn't even get the chance to update my website!
For those who don't know, a few days ago I posted a new video where I jam to a T-Pain song on Reddit. The video reached the front page, went viral with over half a million views on YouTube, and received a crazy amount of press including a feature on the GRAMMY's website!
I'm utterly blown away by the response and would love to thank everyone who has shared/supported/purchased my music in the last few days from the bottom of my heart!