Archive for January, 2018

Contracting strings and playing on Stenfert Charles film scores

Many years ago I met Danny Bensi playing on The Diego Garcia album at Mexican Summer. Danny was the cellist on the gig and a super fun guy to work […]

Recording on the Grammy winning album; Gumbo Unplugged

Streaming live via Okayplayer’s Facebook channel, PJ Morton’s Gumbo: Unplugged was watched by an audience of 125,000 people who left 7,700 comments on the page watching PJ Morton get busy with some […]

Winter Jazz Fest 2017

Over the past couple years I’ve helped my friend Sly record string parts for his project – Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre This year the album was […]

Featured Artist on Atlas Obscura and Fernet Branca

Almost right after Into The Veil, Atlas Obscura asked me if I could host an event in San Francisco in collaboration with Fernet Branca. They wanted to host a Venetian […]

The Third annual ~ Into The Veil

For the third year, I helped Atlas Obscura design an immersive nighttime cemetery experience called Into The Veil. After the previous two years the event had grown enormously, we expanded […]

Concerts In The Catacombs: Memento Mori

Having worked at Green-Wood Cemetery over the past four years, I dreamt of playing music in The Catacombs. Every time I stood in its presence, it felt like it was […]

Creating an Immersive musical experience in Venice

Hidden Venice with a Psycho Mambo Twist    I met Gato Loco years ago on a boat party as they came up through the staircase playing the most exquisite dance grooves. […]

Performing with Kristin Kontrol for Pitchfork

On a summer afternoon in Bushwick I joined a string quartet to backup Kristin Kontrol. As one of the founders of the Dum Dum Girls, this was one of the […]

Musical Creations at The Great Forgotten Garden Party

Working with Atlas Obscura I helped put together a little summer soiree, that was anything but normal.   The Untermyer Gardens was once one of the grandest gardens in the […]

String Section on America’s Got Talent

While America’s Got Talent was filming at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, I was able make a few appearances in the String Sections that accompanied the performers. It was […]