Photo: Drew Alvarez, Design: Joanne Ridley, Lyrics: Weston Smith, Drums: Mick Schrier, Bass: Izak Arida, Guitar: Weston Smith / Drew Alvarez, Vocals: Weston Smith, Drew Alvarez, Izak Arida

Photo: Drew Alvarez, Design: Joanne Ridley, Lyrics: Weston Smith, Drums: Mick Schrier, Bass: Izak Arida, Guitar: Weston Smith / Drew Alvarez, Vocals: Weston Smith, Drew Alvarez, Izak Arida

my high-school garageband: if.the.and

Google will often omit certain commonly used words in search queries. In 2003, I was very excited to know this and made all the other guys in the band giggle with my quick off-the-cuff executive naming decision: “if.the.and”

And so - my only reward being a faint “wait, did I pee a little?” feeling and some watery eyes, I instantaneously made sure our band would never, ever do well on the internet. I had basically designed a band name that would actively work against itself forward through time.

Cheers to Mick’s garage.

 

I’m terrible at finishing my own song ideas, but way better at helping other people flesh out their tunes.

If you happen to hear something you like, and want to work together (or rather as the youths would say - “col-lab””) on a musical project, say hello.

 
 

adventures in scoring:

Music: Drew Alvarez, Animation: Preston Platt

 
 

Music: Drew Alvarez, Animation: Preston Platt