6.23.09 - Summer - Recent projects inlcude a bouncy little banjo ditty for Equifax. The track has some swell bass clarinet action by Jonathan Sielaff. Also finished music for Bran at GrowDesignWork for the Webbys. Busted out the autoharp for that one. And the ever dapper gentlemen over at FGA made a lovely little film that needed a bit of music. In the next few months I'll be back at work on The Thank You Bar with James and Emily. Blackfish (my duo with JG Everest) will play a CD release party in Minneapolis later this summer.
4.21.09 - Spring - Working with Spark on ID's for the VIVA network. Just finished an Oregon Lottery spot for TV and Radio with BPN as well as some ID's for Showtime. Also, finally getting some material ready to start playing some shows around town.
2.16.09 - Florida - Just back from a 3 week residency at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at FSU in Tallahassee. Continued developing Thank You Bar with Emily and James. Prior to that I wrapped up music for a gallery installation for filmmaker Guilherme Marcondes that opens in LA later this month. Details to come.
12.05.08 - Portland - A lot has happened in the last month, most of which involves relocating to Portland, Oregon. After moving far too many boxes and lifting many times my body weight, Hatfarm is now up and running in a lovely new studio in SE Portland. Although, next week I will be back in Seattle to continue my collaboration with dancer/correographer Emily Johnson and musician JG Everest on a project that is slated to premeire in Alaska in late 2009.
11.03.08 - Holiday - Recently completed a few short Christmas videos for Best Buy with AvenueA in Portland as well as a Halloween spot for Value Village with Digital Kitchen. It seems that I missed the call for the Thanksgiving spots. Don't know why. I've got some great pilgrim music that I'm just dying to bust out. You can make some killer sounds with a cornucopia. If its tuned right.
9.22.08 - Fall - Wrapping up a project for the Smithsonian Network, as well as branding for the ION network with Spark. Also beginning work on a dance project with dancer/choreographer Emily Johnson and musician James Everest.
6.30.08 - Updates - I've finally gotten around to updating my WORK page with several new videos that contain some of the many pieces of music I've made for Showtime in the last few months as well as a handful of odds and ends in the AUDIO column.
5.22.08 - Microsoft - Spending the next few months working with AvenueA-Razorfish on a project for Microsoft.
4.05.08 - Showtime - New audio for one of several new Showtime station ID's. More to come in the next few weeks.
3.13.08 - Mercedes - For the past several weeks I've worked with Happy Corp. in NYC creating music for the Mercedes-AMG website. I'll be posting videos soon. I am also working with both FGA and Spark on ID's for Showtime.
11.13.07 - Smithsonian - Just wrapped up two short station ID's created by Showtime for the new Smithsonian network. A few more to follow in the coming months
9.19.07 - Fall - Busy with FGA creating some short films for Microsoft, as well as more sound design for Nike.
6.24.07 - Summer - For the past few months I have been busy writing music for a documentary about language being produced by Tremolo Productions for the Discovery Channel. I'm also wrapping up a spot for Xbox with Seattle design studio B&G and music for Polo.
4.6.07 - Nike - Working on some audio for Nike to use at an in-store for the Boston Marathon.
3.17.07 - Austin Lucas - Last summer I played some pedal steel and dobro on a recording for Austin Lucas. He is a great singer/songwriter who spends most of his time in Prague but we crossed paths at a show we were both playing at in Oakland. Anyway, that record became 'Common Cold' which is available on Sabotage Records out of Germany.
3.12.07 - Shoes - Working this week with FGA on a spot for Brooks Shoes.
2.15.07 - Reel - The 2007 Hatfarm DVD reel is now available. If you need a copy send me an e-mail or give me a call.
1.11.07 - Hipshot Guitars - Italian guitarist Mike Cooper has just released a 3 CD-R collection of 21st Century Guitarists. I have a song on the first disc along with several other incredible players including Thurston Moore, David Toop, Susan Alcorn, and Keith Rowe. The only place to buy the set is from Mike Cooper's website here. Or, if you happen to be in Italy you could see Mike in concert and pick one up then.
1.10.07 - 2007 - Recently wrapped up music for a short video for the fine folks at Simple Human with 5-x-b. Currently in the middle of making music for several videos for this years motion graphics hand-off, Psst! Pass It On.
11.17.06 - Peggy Honeywell - The new album 'Green Mountain' by Peggy Honeywell was released this week by Ohio Star Muisc. The album was recorded in San Francisco in July and I was invited to sit in and play pedal steel and dobro on several tracks. If you are in the Bay Area I strongly encourage you to go and see her perform.
11.12.06 - Texas - Just returned from Austin, Texas where I've been going back and forth to compose music for a play by Steve Moore. The play 'Kneeling Down at Noon' opened Wednesday and there is a nice article in Austin's weekly arts paper, the Austin Chronicle. Once I get settled I'll post some audio.
10.29.06 - Dempster Diving - On Sunday I was Pauline Oliveros (at her request) for about 10 minutes when I performed her piece 'Theatre of Substitution'. I played with Loren Dempster in a festival honoring his father, trombonist and composer Stuart Dempster. The concert was held at the beautiful Town Hall in downtown Seattle.
10.10.06 - Fall - Getting started on music for the title sequence for Discovery channel's documentary on the History of Video Games. Also, I finally finished writing and recording a short classical guitar piece for Philip Docken's film 'The Land of Nod' which I believe will hit a few festivals later this fall. Take a listen here.
8.14.06 - Summer - Just wrapped up a couple of spots for Showtime with Spark. I'll post those as soon as I get the go-ahead. Also busy at work on music for a play being produced in conjunction with St. Ed's University in Austin, Texas with director Katie Pearl and playwright Steve Moore dealing with Islam in contemporary society.
7.15.06 - Seattle - It's been a busy few months as Hatfarm has made the move from Oakland to Seattle. Things are starting to return to normal though as I wrap up a short Ecko spot for 5-X-B and start in on some Showtime work for Spark.
5.26.06 - Mire - Mire plays its final show in the bay area tonight at 21 Grand. 8pm $6-10 door.
5.21.06 - Solo show - I'll be playing at the Hotel Utah in San Francisco for an 8pm show. The John William Gordon trio headlines. $8 door.
5.19.06 - AMC - Wrapping up 3 short spots for AMC with LA design studio 5-X-B.
5.17.06 - Peggy Honeywell - Recording some pedal steel guitar on a selection of tracks for the new Peggy Honeywell CD.
5.01.06 - The Best - It's always nice to be considered 'the best' of something. The Minneapolis weekly, City Pages voted 'Landmark-24 Hours at the Stone Arch Bridge', a project in which I was the composer best public art event for 2005.
4.21.06 - Boston Marathon - In case you didn't get to Boston this week for the big race you can still take part by watching the movie that FGA and Hatfarm put together for Adidas. Apparently there is a rumor that one year the winner of the Boston Marathon was disqualified after they discovered she had taken the subway for part of the race. 26 miles really is a long ways to go, especially if you're expected to run the entire time.
4.18.06 - On the Road - Take a look at the new television commercial for the MS Society of Australia.
4.10.06 - The Bunny - Just completed music for a short animation by Bran Dougherty-Johnson of Grow. The final piece will include work from 2 other animators, but you can see the piece as is now right here.
4.1.06 - Upcoming Shows - On April 9th I'll be playing pedal steel guitar in Davis, CA in a duo with Tom Carter. We'll be doing an in-studio radio show at KDVS and then an 8pm show at Delta of Venus. Then, on May 21st I'll be playing solo at the Hotel Utah in San Francisco for an 8pm show. The John William Gordon trio headlines. $8 door.
3.29.06 - March - Just wrapping up a bunch of spots with FGA for Adidas and the Boston Marathon. If you happen to be running the big race and are doing really well on your time, take a break for a few minutes and go hang out at the Adidas booth. And maybe get yourself a little sip of juice while you're at it. Also just finished a collaboration with Bran Dougherty-Johnson of Grow. Once both of these projects are done you can watch them in the VIDEO section.
2.24.06 - Mire Plays Some Music - Mire will be playing on Friday, February 24th at the 1510 Performance space. Showtime is at 8pm and I believe we'll be first, followed by the Left Coast Improv Group. The venue is located at 1510 8th St. in lovely Oakland CA. Cost to get in the door is $6-10 sliding scale. Cost to get out the door is spending some quality time with the heartbreaking, paint peeling, Electronic-Country squall of Mire. Click over to my audio page to hear what Mire sounds like.
2.1.06 - New Release - I'm happy to announce that my solo CD Songs of the Nightlife has been released this week on Foxglove Records. This is a collection of songs for pedal steel guitar that was recorded in 2003. To purchase, go here, and click 'add to cart' located below foxglove102. Cost is a mere $7. Details about a CD release show will be posted soon.
1.10.06 - Video Blogs - They're popping up all over the place and director Will Rainbow rolls his crumpled hat into the ring with Tiny Tube. I helped out by writing the theme song as well as contributing other bits of musical underscore. The site is updated weekly and there are several episodes already in the Archives.
11.03.06 - Lottery - at the Luggage Store Gallery in SF will be random groupings of Bay Area Musicians into duos, trios, and quartets. November 3rd, 8pm $6-10 sliding. Musicians to be involved include: Jen Baker - Trombone, Jon Brumit - Percussion, Phillip Greenlief - Saxes,Bob Marsh - Violin/Tap Shoes, David Michalak - Lap Steel Guitar, Joel Pickard - Pedal Steel Guitar, Rent Romus - Saxes, Jonathan Segel - Violin/electronics, David Slusser - Slussomatic/Saxes, Damon Smith - Double Bass, Matt Davignon - Turntable
9.25.05 - Love and Death - at Mama Buzz Gallery. November 15th starting at 6:30pm - Acoustic songwriter showcase featuring: Brian Glaze, Greg Ashley (gris gris) Ben Riesman (the fits) Sweetbriar, Austin Lucas (in town from Prague). I'll be sitting in with Ben playing dobro. Should be a fine night of unplugged singin and twangin.
8.01.05 - LANDMARK - 24 Hours at the Stone Arch Bridge - Ongoing for the next several months is a project in Minneapolis with a group of artists I'm involved in called LocalStrategy. Website will be coming soon, but in the meantime here is a brief blurb about the event, and here is the lovely Stone Arch Bridge.
7.21.05 - 2005 Edgetone Music Summit - will be taking place July 21-24 and Mire will be getting in on the action. We will be playing at 9pm on July 21st at the Luggage Store Gallery in SF. Full details of the festival can be found here.
5.21.05 - Folk Yeah - Mire will be playing in the 'Folk Yeah' mini weekend festival in Big Sur at Fernwood Resort. Other groups on the bill include: Brightblack, Six Organs of Admittance, Peggy Honeywell, and more. Further details can be found at the Fernwood website. Mire sound clips can be heard at the Mire website as well as on the Audio page of this site.4.01.05 - New Songs - written for the Walker Art Center have been added to the Audio Samples page (Waiting, Jiggey, Wishing on Five, and Hard Trail to Find.) The Walker needed hold music for their telephone system and so I was asked to write a few short ditties to help pass the time.
3.29.05 - Solo Show - pedal steel guitar at 21 Grand, playing at Matt Davignons CD release party. Show begins at 8pm $6 door.
3.20.05 - Mire - at Cafe DuNord opening for Brightblack. Show begins at 9pm.
3.17.05 - PPF - with Myles Boisen at 21 Grand - I'll be sitting in with Myles group as they reinterpret blues forms through radical improv strategies.
3.12.05 - Droneshift - I'll be participating in Matt Davignons Drone Shift at 21 Grand - 40 musicians creating 4 hours of shifting drones and textures. 7pm to 11pm $6 sliding
3.01.05 - LandMARK - work continues on the 24-Hour performance piece with Lisa Damour, Eleanor Savage, Katie Pearl, Emily Johnson and, Krista Walsh in Minneapolis, MN. The 24 hour piece will take place from sundown to sundown beginning on August 26, 2005 and be held at the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis. A website will be coming in the next few months with further details.