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Sitting Quietly Doing Nothing

This is from a long time musical collaboration of five great friends called the JAS Quintet. It has been one of my favorite projects to be a part of over the years. The images are random and somewhat unnecessary. We work so hard at being, but its non-being that we actually use.

Musicians are: Joel Shotwell Sax, Jim Speirs Trumpet, Jeff Paul Piano, Andrew Reinartz Bass, and Daniel Heier Drums.

Thanks to Jesse Yost for helping put the video together.

Everything A Thousand Million Times

The title song from my first solo record is a lullaby of sorts. “Everything A Thousand Million Times” is a phrase that encapsulates all the things my daughter and I say to each other before bedtime. “I love you”, “I’ll miss you”, “Sweet dreams”… eventually turned into “Everything A Thousand Million Times”. Often times the phrase would naturally turn into a melody. A melody that kept resonating inside of me. I imagine the phrase we would say over and over again, “Everything a thousand million times, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU”. The last statement of the phrase leads us into a peaceful dream state. The video is simply some footage I took camping one weekend.

Musicians:

Joel Shotwell (woodwinds and bass guitar)

Jeff Paul (Fender Rhodes)

Billy Yost (Percussion)

Seduce & Betray

This is a really cool song my friend Billy Yost wrote and asked me to play on. Please please enjoy this and check out other stuff that Billy has done solo and with his band The Kickback.

Spanks (feat. Kiana Keane & Joel Shotwell)

Here is another tune in collaboration with Billy Yost, this time with his group The Kickback and Kiana Keane.