Projects
Recording Projects
solo releases & collaborations
Building Projects
analog structures & digital tools
Living Projects
my bands
Solo Work
a 4-track EP / music for moving
dark & sexy / my most popular song by a country mile
a rich electro waltz with auto-tuned harmonies & thick bass
an original fiddle tune, improvized while playing the Atlanta contra dance
a 2-track / a prayer for rest amid the deepest winter of the pandemic
a 3-track / a solstice poem & two old world carols
my pandemic album
3 tracks I made on the Loopy app while I was building the studio
a commission for a dance video / my first foray into electronics & fiddle
my first solo release / written by my friend Eric Maroney
Collaborations
my song, arranged TTBB by Neal Donovan for the Free Key Choir
a song for new life
a railroad tune inspired by a peanut grinder / I'm playing harmonica
acoustic guitar & a song about Eli's parents & a beat I made out of it
a moody reverie and bass that will shake your car / Derek Sup on keys
a dreamy future-rnb bop
warm and tight / a song about the Great Turning
a waltz inspired by the Rio Grande, recorded at Yeshe's casita in Santa Fe
a song for falling in love / written in Io's song garden
an album / I produced this & recorded many layers on it
a song I recorded fiddle on while traveling in Burgos, Spain
an album / co-produced with the band like always, but I lead on this one
a collab over dm / she wrote the song, I made everything else
a live 3-track from a salt cave in Asheville, NC
a song about childhood trauma / I created many layers in the drop
harmonies & production
harmonies & production
the good dream's pandemic album / fiddle, vocals, & production
a song made in an afternoon / she wrote the song, I made everything else
recorded with Steph in Ireland, and a remix I made on the train
Support
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Analog
The Studio
A straw bale & earth plaster cabin on the land. Five sided, raised ceiling, center post, adobe floor, french doors, window seats, wood stove hearth. Built with Lucas Tamminen in 2019.
The Kitchen
An enclosed deck built off the side of the Barn. Cedar posts & timber beam, acacia counter, reclaimed windows. Cob insulation, plaster, & rainwater catchment coming in 2026.
Cornwall
A corner shelf & seat for the studio. Custom built to fit the 108º angle of the building's corners, hold the record player & amp, and offer deep storage and a nice place to sit.
Digital
Ableton 12 Mac Shortcuts
The extent to which the software gets out of your way is determined by how fast you are. How fast you are is determined by how little you use the mouse. This is a printable PDF reference sheet of all the unique key commands for Ableton Live 12.3 on Mac. Basics on the first page, deeper cuts on the second.
Gas Tracker
A simple web app to track fuel purchases, mileage, and MPG over time. Shows you some cool graphs. Works offline, stores data locally in your browser.
Soup Brother
12 of my favorite soups to make in the Instant Pot.
Tip: On mobile, tap "Share" then "Add to Home Screen" to save it as an app.
This Website
Built from scratch in vscode with help from Claude. Fonts are Rug Pull by Taylor Penton & Lumios Typewriter Old by Elena Genova. Cover Photo by Jake Hanson.
Living Projects
Maya Elise & The Good Dream
An indie folk band. We have two records together: Songs For The Breakdown (2021) and Everything We Watered (2023). New record is almost done.
Singing The Bones
A diasporic music project in collaboration with Lydia Violet & Kele Nitoto, recovering and blending the musics of our ancestries - the Celtic Isles & Scandinavia for me; Persia & Armenia for Lydia; Haiti, Congo & the African Diaspora for Kele. And Old Time fiddle & banjo music as a record of a place our ancestries have blended already.
Free Key Choir
A 140-person chorus of musicians, composers & friends that performs original arrangements of works by members. I sometimes sing bass.
Porch Rippers
An experimental fiddle-banjo duo in collaboration with Kyle Nuccilli of the Portal Project. Crooked Old Time tunes over drones. Live album coming in 2026.
Solo Work
Whatever I'm making. Currently in a big fiddle season.