I studied Music and History at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR before combining the two degrees and becoming the school's first Ethnomusicology graduate. My plans at the time were to move on to graduate school and earn a teaching certificate, so that I could teach middle school social studies. Instead, I fell in love with the wrong woman and moved to Seattle, although I did return to school breifly for Audio Production and Graphic Design. Through a bizarre coincidence, I met the VP of Grocery Sales for the Seattle Coffee Company and began some lucrative contract work. All good things must come to an end, however, and I ended up as an art teacher for a corporate preschool center.

During this time, I played in several bands, including the gothy art rock band Diao in Portland and math-metal band Ms. America's Trash in Seattle. I was also writing and remixing electronic music on my own under the nom de plum Generation Excuse. Thanks to my experiences with Diao, I began to experiment with the role of bass in contemporary music. Since I was studying world music, specifically the sitar, some of that began to shine through into my bass playing. Today, I can honestly say that I play the instrument in a unique fashion, a tendency that prompted a local music critic to describe my latest project as "Melissa Etheridge backed by Primus."

Both my bass playing and my visual art are informed by the concept of negative space. Given an absence of complete form, the mind tends to fill in the gaps, creating an illusion of fullness. In a painting, a few strokes of white on a black background can come across as a face, while in music, a few notes can imply a fully-developed chord structure.

I sincerely hope you enjoy my work, and I'm flattered by the amount of traffic this site has gotten. I hope to have more to show you in the future.
-Cameron