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, Moondog, Frank Loesser, Magnetic Fields, Franklin Bruno, They Might Be Giants, Ween, Cake, Soul Coughing, Starlight Mints, Harry Partch, Dr. Frank, Cornershop, Fatboy Slim, White Stripes, Twink, Bjork, Old 97's, Lata Mangeshkar, Dinning Sisters, Miguelito Valdes, Lucho Bermudez, Pedro Laza, Cascarita, Graeme Revell, Jorge Ben, Phil Kelan, 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, J Dilla, 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, Psalm One, 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, Socalled, Jim Croce, Eleni Mandell, Sebadoh, Elliot Goldenthal, John Frizzell, Brian Tyler, Benny Goodman, Arling & Cameron, Johnny Cash, Serge Gainsbourg, Steve Goodman, Copperpot, Jimi Hendrix, Squeeze, Andrew Bird, Elvis Costello, Glenn Miller, Antipop Consortium, Marlene Dietrich, Beverly Kenney, Arthi Meera, Stan Kenton, M.I.A., Luiz Gonzaga, Alicia Keys, Rob Steady, Jacob Borshard, Count Basie, Jean Grae, Peggy Lee, Liz Phair, Claude Thornhill, Portastatic, Sara Tavares, Fred Astaire, Ugly Duckling, Elliott Smith, Moonshine, Willy, Nelson Riddle, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Madlib, Lullatone, Regina Spektor, Rolling Stones, Kaotic Drumline, Ray Charles, Carter Burwell, Leonard Rosenman, Barry White, George Jones, Akira Ifukube, Tito Rodriguez, Lionel Hampton, Ed's Redeeming Qualities, John Zorn, Dead Milkmen, Wynton Marsalis, Billy Eckstine, Nat King Cole, Alexandre Desplat, Miles Davis, Jay-Z, Marco Beltrami, Roger Roger, Tex Ritter, Woody Herman, Alan Silvestri, Central Services, Brainiac, Daft Punk, The Blow, Screeching Weasel, Tin Hat, Sam Phillips, Ray McKinley, John Powell, Carmen Miranda, Paul Simon, Don Byron, Eartha Kitt, Gerald Fried, Mel Torme, Sublime Frequencies, Charlie Barnet, Chico O'Farrill, Laura Veirs, Carl Stalling, Irving Berlin, Yip Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Kid Koala, The Cars, The Kinks, Green, Game Theory, The Tunnel, Jesus H Christ & the 4 Hornsmen of the Apocalypse, Glue, James Brown, Leon Redbone, David Bowie, Dizzy Gillespie, Rodgers & Hart, Harold Arlen, Onra, Oh No, Stella Chiweshe, Coleman Hawkins, Gerald Wilson, Erskine Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Long Shot, The Clash, Mozart, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Bach, Schubert, Mahler, Bartok, Wagner, Brahms, Herb Alpert, Kanye West, Young Marble Giants, Ennio Morricone, Frank Sinatra, Harry James, Marvin Gaye, Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, Madeleine Peyroux, Norah Jones, Thelonious Monk, George Barnes, Ray Noble, Jimmy Dorsey, Scott Joplin, Jaymay, Henry Brant, Chrostopher Young, Busdriver, Noze, Willie Nelson, Franz Waxman, Pavement, Antony & the Johnsons, Ami Saraiya, Xavier Cugat, De La Soul, Chris Tilton, Felix Brenner, Fats Waller, Spud Murphy, Julio Cueva, Destiny's Child, Venetian Snares, The Real Tuesday Weld, Sauter-Finegan, Django Reinhardt, Toots & the Maytals, John Lee Hooker, Donovan, Mitchell Froom, Dr Delay, Sparklehorse, Aphex Twin, Michel Magne, Postal Service, Dntel, Earl Hines, Black Eyed Peas, Howard Shore, Edith Piaf, Noriel Vilela, Louis Armstrong, Lalo Schifrin, Danny Kaye, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Thomas Newman, Marcos Valle, Alemayhu Eshete, Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Muluqen Mellesse, Teshome Meteku, Dorothy Fields, Gene Kelly, Air, Os Mutantes, Amon Tobin, The Interiors, Fiona Apple, Stephen Malkmus, Tim Fite, Metric, Amy Millan, Feist, Girl Talk, Larry Clinton, Dust Brothers, Masaru Satoh, ELO, Fountains Of Wayne, Violent Femmes, Don Ellis, Deerhoof, Groovie Ghoulies, Steven Sondheim, Quasimoto, Yea Big & Kid Static, G.Love & Special Sauce, Spoon, Gene Krupa, Nine Inch Nails, Gilberto Gil, Annette Hanshaw, Ruth Etting, Ted Heath, Geeta Dutt, Al Green, Benny Carter, MF Doom, Ilan Eshkeri, Haydn, Stars, Art Neville, Hooker OK, Fletcher Henderson, Kodo, Sinead O'Connor, Ethel Merman, DJ BC, Say Hi, Hercules, Hoyt Curtin, The The, Quintron, The Strokes, Joe Williams, John Williams, Slim Gaillard, Jimmie Lunceford, Stereo Total, Twista, Yma Sumac, Leo Sujatovich, Andre Popp, Tona La Negra, Larry Adler, Joao Gilberto, Sidney Bechet, Dave Van Ronk, Jessic Fogle, Mose Allison, Beth Custer, Mucca Pazza, Williwaw, Jose Curbelo, Lou Reed, Fatlip, Julie London, Devin Davis, Lefty Frizzell, Noor Jehan, Aimee Mann, DJ Earlybird, Totom, Cheese On Bread, Major Matt Mason, Esquivel, Cat Stevens, Qypthone, Sid Ramin, Henry Mancini, David Shire, Rokia Traore, Ben Webster, Tommy Dorsey, Laurie Johnson, Mariano Merceron, Suzanne Vega, Mouse On Mars, Ms John Soda, Diana Ross, Spike Jones, Notorious B.I.G., Andrews Sisters, Tchaikovsky, Gnarls Barkley, Michael Jackson, Sy Oliver, Omar Souleyman, The Robot Ate Me, Harry Nilsson, Franco, The Police, Dominic Frontiere, Las Rubias Del Norte, Mills Brothers, Roy Budd, Tom Jobim, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Pixies, Club Foot Orchestra, Anselmo Sacasas, Cornelius, Jurassic 5, Chet Baker, The RZA, The Who, Ceza, St Vincent, Led Zeppelin, Mates Of State, Wendy Carlos, Pupi Campo, Noro Morales, Hossam Ramzy, FannyPack, Trio Esperanca, Neal Hefti, Dixie Cups, Shonen Knife, Shorty Rogers, Beach Boys, Ghislain Poirier, Descendents, Husker Du, Replacements, Karl Zero, Harry Connick Jr., Nino Rota, Talking Heads, Chick Webb, Nudist With Laptop, Koji Endo, All Things Lucid, Flat Cats, Elvis Presley, Of Montreal, Golden Gate Quartet, Ambrose, Jenny Toomey, Tenacious D, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dog, Russell Garcia, Scott Bradley, Lia Delby, Vaughan Monroe, Susana Baca, Architecture In Helsinki, Shostakovich, Anthony Braxton, Paul Williams, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Roy Eldridge, Charles Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Axel Krygier
FILMOGRAPHY:
2009 - Sherlock Holmes (dir. Guy Ritchie) Composer, HBO promo
2009 - Ninja Assassin (dir. James McTeigue) Assitant music editor; Composer, DVD featurettes
2009 - Whiteout (dir. Dominic Sena) Composer, DVD featurettes
2009 - Orphan (dir. Jaume Collet-Serra) Composer, DVD featurette
2009 - Watchmen (dir. Zach Snyder) Composer (2 cues), HBO promo
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 - Psalm One - Co-producer, Co-writer, "My Bucket Song"
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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