How do you describe to anyone what it’s like to walk away from everything before viral pandemic and global shutdown? The months leading up to the 2020 lockdown were a time of personal breakthrough; a time of vivd lucidity in both dream world and waking life and the end of a fear loop. Over the […]

In early 2011, I was ready to record my next album, Will-o’-the-Wisp, but the night before our first studio session I was hit by a car in a crosswalk at 40 mph on the highway in front of my apartment. The survival rate at that speed is about 5%. 11-23-2010: “Abe asked if I’m ready to join […]

In the wake of a whirlwind summer I took to the tide pools of my soul and reveled once more in the world of experimental noize. Booking only a few shows and private events in 2009, I immersed myself in the creative process through painting, mixed media art and instrumental noize sessions, often times engaging […]

In 2008, Jeremy Wilson (Dharma Bums, MastanMusic) recorded a collection of songs from my summer concert series. The project was put on hold several times for various reasons. The title track, Empty Pockets, was cut because the final mixdown I was provided was somehow missing my vocal tracks. Nearing completion of the original EP, Jeremy […]

Six Second Sound, or Six 2nd Sound, was a rock band from Ridgefield, WA formed in 2001 by Brady Beard, Ron Melton and Jake Hoesch.