I was definitely a noisy kid. My parents forced me to audition for the school musical when I was ten years old, and much to ALL of our surprise, I got the lead.
There I was, singing up on stage in front of hundreds of people. Before that? Just noise.
I did musical theater for the rest of my grade school career, and even joined a band or two along the way in high school. Eventually, I realized writing music
was more satisfying than anything I'd done previously, and I never really stopped. There have been a lot of bands, a lot of band-mates, a lot of band-mate booze-fueled
arguments, and a lot of performances. Some of the best memories I have, and I wouldn't trade any of it for the world. Somewhere along the way I decided that visual arts
would be the thing I invest time and money into, and music would be relegated to "things I do for fun". Thankfully, it's so much fun I don't even think about how
depressing that sounds. So here's my PSA: Singer in search of band-mates! Have mic, will travel.
"Skydive" By: The Painters Union
After years of collaborating with some close friends, we decided to move in together
in hopes of playing more music. We certainly did that (sorry neighbors!). An organization that puts on a web-series of big name artists in small venue settings — Tiny Desk —
started a music competition for bands across the country. We did not win. Didn't even make finalists. We did, however, have a great time making this, and produced a
whole lot more under The Painters Union moniker.
"I'd Still Go" By: The Painters Union
Since we failed at winning the competition, we figured we'd might as well keep annoying
our neighbors. This time, with LIGHTS too! The two years we spent living together in White Plains really were some of the best of my life. Not our neighbors though,
they had a bad time.
"Haunted" By: Threads
Fun fact: I wrote this song about a girl. That girl, 5 years later, became my girlfriend. We now live in LA together.
Awkward.
"Unravel" By: Threads
The time we spent recording this EP was incredible. Our bass player, Matt, was a recording engineer for
a pretty well known studio on Long Island, NY and he got us some time in the booth. The audio console was a relic, but in audio terms, that meant it was #good. That
same console had at one point been used to record the likes of John Lennon and Michael Jackson. I leave you with that, without comment...
