Hello world! I am a hobbyist musician. I like to make noises with my friends and sometimes record them with my laptop.

This is my personal page, so I post my own music, my band's music, and I repost a lot of my friends' music or just random stuff I find interesting. 

I have very diverse musical influences. I originally started out as a drummer, but after a several year hiatus, I more recently rediscovered music as a deep-rooted passion of mine and have since learned several different instruments with a continued interest in developing myself as a well-rounded musician.


This is Fiction is a alternative rock band from Buffalo, New York. The bands debut effort "The Way of the World" was recorded in August of 2014 out in Los Angeles, California. And features guest vocals from Aj Perdomo (The Dangerous Summer) and Jonathan Lullo (Down to Earth Approach/The Seams). "The Way of the World" will be available soon on iTunes and Spotify.

Named for their college party house, Coyote Armada is anything but the average folk outfit. Frontman and lyricist Bob Barrick has a worldview in the moment; NSA spying disclosures, opiate abuse, and Midwestern adulthood are just a few of the subjects in his sights on Coyote Armada's most recent release, "How Not To Be Lonely." 

Josh Turner's academic precision on electric guitar and mandolin counters Barrick's often furious performance and works to anchor the wayward sound. Turner recently gained recognition as a touring solo performer with featured performances on ABC's "Good Morning America," with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and with members of the Backstreet Boys at the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. Bassist Craig Middleton, violinist Reid Sweson, and percussionist Patterson Day complete the ensemble.

In Coyote Armada's sound, many find traces of fellow Hoosier John Mellencamp's everyman anthem offset by soweto flourishes and pop experimentalism. A city with a young independent music scene, Indianapolis' musical identity is still in the forge, and Coyote Armada holds the iron.

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