Calder
Checks filenames, audio format standards, and loop accuracy in one pass.
Read the case study →Music & Design
Composer, sound designer, and software builder.
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SAMPLE PACKS
7M+ downloads · Splice OriginalsMusical loops, one shots and presets available on Splice.com—over 7 million downloads and counting—for use in your projects, weaving threads of musical history to pattern freshly imagined styles. These packs draw lines from Shoegaze and Dream Pop, to Cosmic Americana and Ambient Folk, through Indie Electronic, Future Soul, and Alt RnB. Listen to the previews, or click through to purchase via Splice.
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SOFTWARE
Calder · calder.toolsCalder began as a fix for my own pack-making and grew into a real product. I design software and workflows for other teams, too.
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NEWVILLAGER
experimental art-pop · with Ross SimoniniA new record and a new website from NewVillager.
New EP · out now
NewVillager Suite is out.
New record, new website.
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MY MUSIC
Jess · 400 unreleased songs and countingSongs I've released as Jess, and a mixtape built from my Splice loops—first signals from a 400-song vault.
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FOR CLIENTS
scoring & sync · commercial workBespoke music for film, tv, and brands—two decades of scores, sonic identities, and spots.
Red Antler · Hearst · Vevo · Chrysler · Subaru · Moleskine · Samsung · Google · Jeep—get in touch for rates →
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ABOUT
bio · photos · servicesA little about me—and where to reach me.
I’ve spent twenty years writing songs, producing records, and building live shows—usually alongside other people, which is when I’m at my best.
I spent a good ten years touring: playing keys, bass, guitar, and sample pads with Fischerspooner, the Pierces, Santigold, and Phosphorescent; co-founding NewVillager, an art-pop world of records and immersive events with Ross Simonini; and, most recently, touring my own songs with an electric guitar, kick drum, and keyboard through an Ableton looping rig.
These days I make sample packs and software in my studio, score picture, and design events. Music is how I connect with people.
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photo credits: Daniel Arnold 2007, 2013
WHAT I DO—SERVICES
Software & Workflow Design
Tools where audio, media, and non-technical people meet—Calder, instrument software at Splice, content pipelines. Napkin sketch to shipped app.
Producing
Helping artists realize their musical visions—Jeffrey Thrope, Bachan Kaur, Santiparro.
Event Design
Technical event design and production—the Creative Time Summit across six cities, and the Ace, NoMad, and Gramercy Park hotels. Google, Spotify, Ubisoft, NPR, Kate Spade, Pendleton.