His music combines precipitous edges with subtle shifts of syntax. He draws influence from architects and playwrights to structure pieces like places to inhabit. Raised in Homer, Alaska, he first learned to make a world from scratch by watching his parents build a log cabin home in the woods. His debut album of chamber music with Cadillac Moon Ensemble and producer/guitarist Aaron Roche, entitled The Perfect Nothing Catalog, was released on Innova Recordings in November 2017.