I just had to do a live remix for one of one of my all time favorite artists. Which acoustic (or stripped down) performance would you like to see me cover next? Leave a comment on YouTube and let me know.
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!
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!
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.
I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining the amazing Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox for their 2018UtopiaReunion Tour! For a full list of shows, click here.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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!
