My album 2020 is out now on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, etc. It was a yearlong project that came to life with the help of 20 musicians recording in their homes, sponsored by many generous Kickstarter backers.
2020 Album Released
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Incompleteness Wins Best TV Series at LAFA
A new TV show I scored just won Best TV Series at the Los Angeles Film Awards, possibly the biggest competition for indie film and TV. Incompleteness is a drama and dark comedy by David Ash, who I've worked with on several films, including Twin Cities.
Four Humours is on Kickstarter!
Five years ago, I had the crazy idea to make a game based on the four humours theory of personality, in which your blood, bile, and phlegm influenced your temperament. I'm happy to announce that my game Four Humours is now on Kickstarter!
Burren Girl
Earlier this year, I composed for Rita Davern and Melody Gilbert's film Stories I Didn't Know, about the struggle between the Dakota people and Irish immigrants moving to Minnesota.
But Rita wasn't finished with her story. She still had years of footage from her trips to Ireland, searching for her family's roots, and finding out why they moved to America. That's what her follow up documentary Burren Girl is all about.
I was pleased to work with Rita again. This time around, I acted more as music supervisor and editor, helping find existing Irish songs and gluing them together with custom composition.
Kickstarter for New Album: “2020”
I just launched a Kickstarter for my new album of original songs.
They're some of my most personal songs yet, about lost relationships, anxiety, and the search for meaning in life.
Stories I Didn’t Know
I recently scored the feature documentary Stories I Didn't Know. It's a heartfelt journey of Irish-American woman Rita Davern coming to terms with her ancestors buying land that was sacred to the Dakota people of Minnesota.
Dragon Insurance in the Finals of the Cardboard Edison Award
My board game Dragon Insurance made it to the finals of the Cardboard Edison Award! It's one of 16 finalist games out of 195 submissions. The judges will be playing these games in April, and I'll know the results soon after.
On TV in Duluth
Karen Sunderman and Steve Ash at WDSE WRPT / Duluth PBS made a really nice segment about my film scoring process, and it's airing on TV tonight!
Four Humours Featured in the Star Tribune
Star Tribune journalist Richard Chin wrote an excellent article about indie board games in Minnesota, and he included my game Four Humours. He also interviewed some other creative Twin Cities game designers/publishers, including Adam Rehberg of Adam's Apple Games (who's publishing Four Humours), Seppy Yoon of Fight in a Box, and Patrick Leder of Leder Games.
3rd Place in Cardboard Edison Award
I entered my board game Four Humours in the Cardboard Edison Award, and placed 3rd out of 213 submissions!