I mostly stick to the composing/producing but I do dabble in piano, guitar, bass, clarinet, theremin, musical saw, washboard, slide whistle, and (urp) vocals. I'm fortunate enough to have had many esteemed collaborators including Dave Ratzlow, Chris Blasingame, Jamie Poindexter (founder of the Kaotic Drumline), Arthi Meera, the Mayfair Workshop (Mark Greenberg, Clarence Fraher, Paul von Mertens, Steve Versaw, and Jeff Parker), Cynthia Lin, Chandra Clark and Nate Mayland, And i have all my mastering done by Collin Jordan over at the Boiler Room--he's good.
Influences
Jon Brion, RD Burman, Lullaby Baxter, Frank Loesser, Magnetic Fields, Franklin Bruno, They Might Be Giants, Ween, Cake, Soul Coughing, Starlight Mints, Dr. Frank, Cornershop, Fatboy Slim, White Stripes, Twink, Bjork, Old 97's, Lata Mangeshkar, Dinning Sisters, One Ring Zero, Tom Waits, Andrew Bird, Rilo Kiley, K McCarty, The Breeders, Alvino Rey, Alice Donut, Asha Bhosle, Beau Hunks, Missy Elliott, Wilco, The Coctails, Betty Hutton, OK Go, Boswell Sisters, The Ratzlow, Brainiac, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Michael Giacchino, Flaming Lips, Ken Nordine, The Beatles, Perez Prado, Cab Calloway, Randy Newman, Jay Dee, Jonathan Richman, Calexico, Prince, Beck, Boyd Raeburn, John Kirby, Raymond Scott, Blackalicious, Hal Kemp, Duke Ellington, Tom Ze, Caetano Veloso, Chano Pozo, Freelance Hellraiser, Belle & Sebastian, Machito, Gilberto Valdes, Milt Hinton, Charles Mingus, MF Doom, Latin Playboys, Jerry Goldsmith, Maxine Sullivan, Lucy Ann Polk, Les Brown, Jan Savitt, Butterglory, Red Norvo, Tito Puente, Buster Harding, MTX, A Tribe Called Quest, Solex, Blossom Dearie, Mirah, Ralph Carney, Earle Hagen, Amalia Rodrigues, DJ Greg Caz, Angel Melendez, Benny More, Bertolt Brecht, Anita O'Day, Club Foot Orchestra, Broken Social Scene, Don Davis, Annette Hanshaw, Mary Lou WIlliams, Enon, Nada Surf, Bernard Herrmann, Danny Elfman, Quincy Jones, Beulah, Superchunk, Billy May, Phil Moore, Aretha Franklin, Arsenio Rodriguez, Marc Ribot, Greg Cohen, Blondie, Artie Shaw, Arto Lindsay, Cibo Matto, and so many more...
FILMOGRAPHY:
2009 - Watchmen (dir. Zach Snyder) Composer (2 cues), HBO promo
2009 - Ninja Assassin (dir. James McTeigue) Assitant music editor
2008 - The Spirit (dir. Frank Miller) Composer - Promo materials and DVD bonus features
2008 - The Clique (dir. Michael Lembeck) Composer - DVD featurette
2008 - Speed Racer (dir. Wachowski Brothers) Music consultant; Composer - Promo materials and DVD bonus features
2008 - Our House (dir. Meema Spadola) Composer - DVD.
2007 - Julie & the Clown (dir. Stephanie Sellars) Original score and songs
2007 - Twisted: A Balloonamentary (dir. Sara Taksler & Naomi Greenberg) Original score, as member of Mayfair Workshop
2007 - Five Years After Guantanamo (Human Rights Watch) - Composer
2006 - Chicago Bulls player introductions (dir. The Wachowski Brothers) Original music, with Jamie Poindexter, and remix of "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project
2006 - V for Vendetta (dir. James McTeigue), "BKAB," closing credits song - BUY IT NOW!
2005 - License to Play (dir. Ann Rose) Original score 2005 - Red Hook Justice, PBS (dir. Meema Spadola), Original score 2005 - Loving & Cheating, Cinemax (dir. Thom Powers), Original score
2001 - Roadrunner, (dir. Christopher Blasingame), Original score, with Chris Blasingame
DISCOGRAPHY:
2009 - Ami Saraiya - Producer, "Lullaby Song"
2008 - "Connecticut's For F*cking by Jesus H Christ & the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse - Remix, featuring Cobra Red
2007 - Doppelganger by Cynthia Lin - Mixing, additional production 2007 - Kaotic Drumline, Co-Producer 2006 - Arthi Meera, Producer - Buy it on iTunes! 2005 - I Believe In You by Dynamite Ham (producer, performer) BUY IT 2000 - Big Band Bash, Soundies Records, Liner notes
Hey Ethan, thanks for the request! You sure have a lot of cool things on your page. Kudos on Speed Racer, and I really like the Arthi Meera and Cynthia Lin songs.
very nice to meet you last night in RealSpace! best, Sue
Heyya Ethan... I liked your blog about your music prod school (the one w/ the quote from you). And congrats on finishing Cynthia's album...(has that been done for awhile now? egads, long time no see:-). Looking forward to the day I have some new piano/vocal tracks ready to experiment with with you...whee for experimentalism!! :-) Hope you are doing well! Jessica
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