When I was a kid, my mom would always fill our answering machine messages with my brother and I doing goofy music things.  The very first multi-track recording I made, I used the answering machine and a boom box to track four trombones.  From there, I upgraded my technology and started using a computer.  In high school, I recorded an album per year of tracks with almost all of the instruments I owned.  As my collection grew over time, I could do more intricate things.  In this section, I have a handful of these projects that range from big band charts, to rock and roll to classical music.  Also on this page, I have links to albums of bass duets I've made over the past few years.

Playing with music has been a way for me to engage with the places that I live, both the people there and the locations.  Jam sessions and bands have always been a central part of my social life.  Gigging has given me many opportunities to explore my surroundings, from the dive bars, to clubs, to islands, and boats, and vineyards, and beyond.

This section is a collection of some of the music I've made with others.

This group is named for the highway of crows that fly from the north end of Lake Washington into Seattle every day.  During human rush hour, you can often observe the crow rush hour traveling -- as the crow flies.  This not-so-standard instrumental lineup focuses on playing unique arrangements of jazz standards.

For several years, Sonic Nodilus ran one of the weekly Seattle Jam sessions.  We started at Europub, then moved to The Nitelite, then to the Lookout before eventually reaching a dead end.  Aside from this, we played at many of the mainstays of the Seattle Music scene.  This band features David Erickson (sax), David Sandman (guitar), and ::Remy Morritt:: (drums).

One of the first group of musicians I met when I moved to Seattle was through ::Ev Stern's:: Jazz Workshop.  The title of this group pays homage to this, obviously.  This group was primarily David Erickson (sax), ::Charlotte Dike:: (piano), and Will Lone (drums), but often featured other musicians like ::James Sloan::, Tai Taitano, Yelena Bagdasarova, Al Angel

The Van Meyers was formed by guitarist Doug Meyers and percussionist Kevin Van Walk to explore unorthodox aspects of jazz and improvisation. Originally a duo, Meyers and Van Walk opened the doors to include musicians of all backgrounds and interests as a sort of creative music collective. The duo frequently collaborate with the regions finest artists in both live and recorded settings.  You will find a few albums that I was involved with during my stay in Corvallis.

Stemming from a benefit concert, I played a string of gigs wit Saxophonist Chaz Lipp and American Idol Finalist Sanyaja Malakar [and also Charlie Hiestand (piano) and Chris Patin (drums)].  This culminated in us recording an album ::The Good Merlin::.