BIG NEWS! I’m honored as hell to be one of the featured “cryptids” in Cville’s takeover of HarriSYNTHburg at Sage Bird Cider Works in January! I’ve long admired the nostalgic 8-bit crunch, searing guitar shredding, and hardworking DIY ethos of the event’s fearless leader, Ivan Christo, who, outside of his synth project Jaguardini, is a... Continue Reading →
Return to Charlottesville’s Book Club, Nov. 2025
Last Saturday I returned to Book Club, C’ville’s music-venue-in-an-afterhours-bookstore, opening for some casually virtuosic student shoegazers and some peddlers of self-described “slutty goth-punk”. All of whom were very young and very talented. To be very honest, for the majority of the day preceding the show, I was wrestling with some kind of nondescript malaise and... Continue Reading →
The Gigging Situation.
Full disclosure: though at the start of this year I was doing everything I could to let folks know I was able and willing to perform live, I didn’t really expect it to happen anytime soon. I have no name recognition and did my best for the majority of my fifteen+ years in this town... Continue Reading →
Gear Thoughts: Assembling a Live Performance Rig
For the edification of any passing strangers in a similar position (Pictured: My current home recording station) 1/23/2023 It’s easy to be a headless chicken researching potential purchases. I had to remind myself that I’m trying to put forth a distinct creative vision and so need to set goals from that standpoint: what tools will... Continue Reading →