Spanning a career of over 25 years, Peter Scartabello has composed over 100 works for film, commercials and the concert stage. Notable works include his Bass Clarinet Concerto commissioned by Kathryn Ladano and premiered at the NUMUS festival in Canada in 2012, music for the documentaries Gulabi Gang (2012) and Russian Lessons (2010), the horror franchise Bunnyman, and the romantic drama For Here or To Go? (2015).

'Soundcloud' is amazing. This service provides me with a platform to share my sounds with others, and for me to delve into the things you do.

This provides so much stimulus for creativity

Music and songwriting is a wonderfully absorbing and rewarding hobby for me,
yet family and work commitments inevitably mean that time to indulge in writing/recording is extremely scarce.

Most of my tracks presented here were made whilst I was living alone in a large bed-sitting room near Almondsbury (Bristol) which essentially was my 'studio' in the early 1980s. 

As my children mature and eventually gain independence, I hope to begin to produce more material soon. I have managed to retain and develop my playing skills by playing live in a rock band and as part of a church music group.

For now these ancient artefacts will hold this page for me as I begin to make myself produce more (hopefully better) material.

Picture a giant whale with a massive boom-box on it's back. It surfaces, blaring whatever is playing on the boom-box at the time, and dives back down. That's kinda what we're like. 

California composer James Michael St. Clair cut his teeth on composition by writing music (as the result of a bet) that garnered him two consecutive Disneyland Creativity Challenge awards at an early age. Ever since, he has continued to be an active composer for plays, banquet events, and television spots, as well as the concert stage (including compositions for such ensembles as The Definiens Project, The Robin Cox Ensemble, and the Devil's Horn Quartet). 

In addition to his work as a composer for stage and media, Michael has also worked extensively as a performer throughout the southern California area as both a piano soloist and accompanist, as well as bassist and keyboardist with the bands ShortOrder, The Changes Daily,Twenty Pound Donkey, and The Deacons. For the last few years, he has also been one the performers in (as well as a founding member of) the live electronic improvisational trio, "W.H.A.L.E.D.",  W.H.A.L.E.D. has been lucky enough to be featured at several venues, including long standing duties as the resident musicians for the Warehouse of Contemporary Art (WOCA). Michael was also the co-founder of Acoro Studios, a Cerritos-based recording studio. 

Michael's recent work includes the orchestral score to the popular Android roguelike game "Dweller", as well as additional music and arrangements for the video game adaptation of the Hollywood film "The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone".

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J.C. Scheid is a musician born and raised in sunny San Diego and currently based in (possibly sunnier) Long Beach. He enjoys the literature of Lewis Carrol and Michael Crichton, has a tremendous love for huskies, and is a master at cooking eggs and other breakfast foods.

Justin would like to describe himself as a Long Beach based composer, performer, producer, and concert technician (in no particular order). He graduated from California State University Long Beach, finished his Master's Degree in Music Composition at CalArts. 
As a producer and concert technician , Scheid has worked with artists across various mediums to put on events and artistic works. Along with composer Edward Park,  he co-founded and co-produced the Long Beach late night concert series ¿conVoke!, and since has worked in producing various concerts and events. He is also a co-founder and member of the art and music event group GypsyCollective. 

As a composer Justin enjoys a broad spectrum of musical genres, and often collaborates with other artistic mediums and performing artists to produce larger works. He recently provided music for Sophia Stoller's dance work Siren, marking their third major collaboration. He also composed music in collaboration with Sarah Belle Reid for Murmuration, a large scale organically grown work for trumpet, live electronics, percussion, dance, and live projection and lighting. For his own musical output Justin enjoys composing music for acoustic instruments and electronics, often mixing the two together. Such pieces include Anamnesis for electric guitar and way too much reverb, Vertical for trumpet and reactive Max/MSP, and Melodia for melodica and laptop. His purely acoustic works often employ either open instrumentations or "massed" families of instruments, such as Slow Piece for five or more pianos or keyboard instruments, Blossom Piece for surrounding Balinese galmelan, and Tree Piece for 10 or more instruments. Notable electronic works include Wild Roar (fixed media), just passing thru (fixed media), and Autumn Mix for microphones, monitors, and house speakers. 


Scheid studied flute with Dr. John Barcellona and composition with Dr. Alan Shockley while at CSU Long Beach. At CalArts, he studied composition with Michael Jon Fink, Ulrich Krieger, and Michael Pisaro. Also while at CalArts, he studied North Indian music under Ustad Aashish Khan, and Balinese Gamelan Gong Keybar and suling with I Nyoman Wenton. 




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