Musical Activities
Bands
Improv Karaoke - avant-garde free noise jam
(2023 - present)
Saxophones etc, founder, organizer
Monthly improvised experimental jam session
2023 Now Society Residency
(Instagram)
Gander Jam - groovy open mic jam
(2018 - present)
Keyboards, sax, founder, organizer
Monthly groove and funk based jam session
Seriously one of my favourite nights of the month
Come play! Come sing! Come jam! (Instagram)
Land Assembly - experimental noise
(2022 - present)
Electronics, synths
Is this a band?
Is this just a weird recording experiment?
Who knows
Ducksback - modern jazz-ish
(2017 - present)
Tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet
Self produced albums of weird modal jazz
(Music)
Babyface Brass – jazz/funk
(2016 – 2024)
Tenor sax
Regularly seen busking downtown
Performances at Victoria Ska Fest, ArtsWells, Quadrapalooza, Woodstove Festival
Flown out to Calgary for a single gig
(Facebook)
Polka Time – polka (punk?)
(2018 - 2020)
Clarinet, tenor sax
Performance on local variety show Talent Time!
Sold out performances at Alpen Hall, The Cambie, and many others
(occasionally performing as The Dreadnoughts)
(Facebook)
…and at various times present or past…
Brass Camel
Chase The Bear
Rude City Riot
Felix
Cat Madden
Bad Magic
Emily Molloy
Russian Tim & Pavel Bures
Lil Mishka
Edarem
Green Penny Folks
VaudeVille Vagabonds
Ivy League Brawlers
Monsoon Season
Wet Nightmare
erk
Clayboy
Mandelbrat
and many many more…
Compositions
(of the “serious art music” variety)
Low Expectations (2021)
Bass saxophone ensemble
Commissioned by Redshift Music for their online video series
Edible Jams (2020)
Open instrumentation school band
Commissioned by the Salt Spring Island Middle School Band
Quarantunes (2020)
Open instrumentation
Collaborative distanced recording project during 2020’s covid lockdown
Flashlight (2019)
Chamber orchestra
Commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Woke Floke Gaze (2018)
Open instrumentation
Commissioned by Redshift Music and Ecstatic Waves
Sandbar (2018)
16 channel sound installation
Commissioned by Redshift Music
Fuck Duck Ancestry (2018)
Open instrumentation + dice, graphic score
Commissioned by Ecstatic Waves
Nobody (2018)
Open instrumentation & soloist
Commissioned by Lara Neuss, Colorado USA
Tesphne (2017)
16 channel sound installation
Commissioned by Redshift Music
Just Listen (2017)
Bass clarinet quartet
Commissioned by Ecstatic Waves
Sloove The Traction (2017)
Jazz large ensemble
Originally written for Space Elevator,
performed by Hard Rubber Orchestra
...Maybe there's more? I forget, who's keeping track right?
Film/Commercial Music
Commercials
Pyrrha - Game of Thrones Collection
BC Hydro - Consruction Update
City of Nanimo - Sort Toss & Roll
Generations Laser
CAPSi
CastleCS
and probably more...
Film Scores
Maya (2021)
Showstopper (2019)
Help Wanted (2016)
The Delicate Art of Puppetry (2015)
A Gift For Amelia (2014)
Crossing The Line (2013)
After The Beep (2013)
When The Clock Strikes Midnight (2012)
and probably more...
Postmodern Records
Postmodern Records, founded by myself and my good friend and frequent collaborator Nikko Whitworth, acts as both a record label and a collective to help promote and curate the vast amount of experimental and exploratory music found in and around Vancouver.
The label primarily focuses on music that may not normally be represented by other labels or outlets and hopes to be able to shine a light on the bands and groups playing locally who's sound cannot so easily fall under one or two descriptive titles.
Other Musical Activities
Musical Theatre Pit Orchestra Work
Fun Home (Arts Club 2018)
Sunday In The Park With George (United Players 2017)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (Geekenders 2016)
Heathers The Musical, twice (Gently With A Chainsaw 2016, Pipedream 2016)
Oliver! (Theatre Under The Stars 2016)
Legally Blonde The Musical (Theatre Under The Stars 2015)
Triumph of Love (UBC 2015)
The Gondoliers (North Shore Light Opera Society 2015)
Cabaret (Pipedream 2014)
Session Work
Performed and/or recorded with groups/musicians such as Marianas Trench, Los Furios, Sister Says, Bestie, BRASS, Sadie Campbell, Altona, Joel Butler, Ben Norton, Sorry Buttons, Rebecca Lam, The Phonix, Kevin Holman, Expain, many more...
Solo Work
I have tracks upon tracks of my own writing/recording/producing/collaborations that spans across many genres such as hiphop, musique concrete, grindcore, electronic, jazz, punk, pretty much anything. Some of these get released, some never see the light of day, maybe I'll put out an anthology one day...
Lectures etc
Every so often people ask me to come talk about things I do.
I’ve spoken at university and high school music classes, been invited to give workshops on topics from effects pedals to big band arranging, and have been a guest conductor for various local ensembles.