

Travis Ryan of Cattle Decapitation talks Transformers, GI-Joe's, Music, and more on The Jasta Show
By Seth Metoyer, This was my first time listening to The Jasta Show, even though I've been meaning to tune in for quite a while now....

Was Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood Machine?
Or was he just a victim of his own vices? Hollywood. The pinnacle of professional achievement, yet also the cause of countless...

Some Thoughts on the Geometry of Grief
With the advancement of life, recently hitting 48 years old and inevitably thinking about mortality more and more these days, books like...

Brain Matter and Mangled Carpenter chart together for first time on The Implosion from Blast.FM
This is a bit of a monumental day. I'm stoked to see that two of my bands have made it onto The Blast.FM, The Implosion Loud Charts this...

Life Update: Reflecting on an Eventful 2021
I've been a bit of a recluse on social media over the last 2 months (heck, for most of 2021) but particularly since my diagnosis of...

Spotify Unwrapped 2021: Mangled Carpenter and the year 'Under The Shadow'
This was an exciting year for my death metal band Mangled Carpenter. What started as an idea back in high school, circa 1990, with my...

Mercy Is Infinite: Thanksgiving 2021
My wife and I watch the wonderful Oscar Winning Danish film Babette's Feast (1987) every Thanksgiving. It's not technically a holiday...

Mangled Carpenter's brutal version of 'Christmas All Around' lands on Fleas Naughty Dog Vol. 9
Christmas is my favorite time of year next to Halloween. Last year, my death metal band Mangled Carpenter was proud to have the song "God...

Mangled Carpenter brings the holiday heaviness with 'A Very Mangled Christmas (Remangled)' EP
It's been a busy year for me musically. My death metal band Mangled Carpenter released our first full-length album "Under The Shadow"...

Brain Matter unleashes heavy industrial EP 'Someone To Devour', releases official visualizer
My heavy industrial band Brain Matter just released our first EP, Someone To Devour through The Charon Collective record label (pick up a...

On Horror Movies, Composing and Timing
I've been an indie movie producer for almost a decade now. I've learned a lot about the industry and its ups and downs - like every...

Watch and Listen to my Stargirl Scene Music Score: Composing Outside the Box
For this year's Spitfire Audio movie scoring competition, we got a dope Stargirl TV Series scene from the kind folks at DC to put music...

'Brain Matter' releases official visualizer for new single 'Internal Unrest'
My heavy industrial project 'Brain Matter' is in full swing as we work on the finishing touches for the upcoming November 2021 EP release...

Watch and Listen to My Westworld Car Chase Music Score
For the past couple of years, Spitfire Audio has held a scoring competition for composers. For my Westworld entry, in 2020, I wanted to...



















