"Lift Index"

"Lift Index" is a song I had been working on for a few months before my uncle passed away on January 1st. After that, I felt compelled to finish and record the song, and I added the "ghost" guitar in the background, which is just a bunch of reverb with very little dry signal. I recorded and edited the song in Logic Pro X. I used two rhythm guitars, which I panned hard left and right, one guitar for the ghost guitar, a bass, and the Drummer track in Logic. The title was a temporary title that stuck; the first chord is a C, and in order to play the second chord, all I did was lift my index finger.

Cartoon Lion, "Educated"

I played bass and sang backing vocals in the Phoenix area band Cartoon Lion for a few months in 2013. I wasn't in the band long, but it was long enough to contribute to the band's four song EP, Pia Pium Petra. I don't appear in this video, but the audio includes my bass lines and multiple layers of backing vocals. You can watch my first public performance of this song here.

"Hot Spring Rain" music video

I might as well start my online portfolio with the project I had the most involvement with! In addition to directing, shooting and editing this music video, I played bass and sang backups on the song.

This was a video I made for my band Indacoda Blue back in 2008. I shot it on a Flip Cam, back when I was just making behind-the-scenes videos for the band. I edited it in iMovie '08. The coolest effect, in my opinion, was the "headphones audio" when the Robber takes the iPod from Quinn on the street. You can also catch a glimpse of my "acting" skills at the end. Luckily I'm only in it for about 1.5 seconds.

The video was never finished because we could never find the time to shoot the performance parts. Also, I had no idea what I was doing as a director. I was just winging it, as you do. As the message at the beginning says, I thought the footage was too funny to just forget about, so I made it a "half video".

I also made a version with a commentary track, mostly so I didn't forget the little tidbits about the making of the video.