Collaborations
Collabs
Here are some collaborations I've had the pleasure of participating in; they are in reverse chronological order. Do also check out my music page.
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Dos CaBras—'Oumuamua—2026
Murilo Fabrino and I go way back now; has it been ten years? We studied harmony together at school, he's played with me for some of my shows, and I even played a song with him at his graduation performance. Finally, we wrote a song together! Murilo has always been a bass player, but did you know he also plays chromatic harmonica, trumpet, and now electric guitar? On this track (there's no trumpet or harmonica, sorry), Murilo recorded the main riff with left and right doubled electric guitar. I sprinkled in some background guitar and performed Murilo's proposed guitar solo; I also came up with some lyrics and sang to Murilo's proposed melody. We recorded Murilo's friend, Pablo Kosinski, on the drums in a tight, small room one night and then devoured some burgers. Voila—we have a song inspired by 'Oumuamua! This is our first song as Dos CaBras and, with time, we plan to have more. Oh, and this is the second song released under my moniker, Jessellaneous. Thanks for having a listen 🌠.
Caliandú—Festa pra Dois—2022
I mastered this 2022 single from Caliandú via my friend Gustavo Halfeld who mixed it. It's a pretty cool track and I enjoyed accompanying it that final step toward the listening world. I actually did my part back in 2021, I think... it took quite some time for this one to make its way out. Worth the wait, though 🙂
Tico de Moraes, Jesse Rivest—Wonderful Words—2022
Just as with Fettering Chance, Tico and I wrote, arranged, recorded, and produced this song together, fifty-fifty. This time we released it with both of us as primary artists; Fettering Chance was released with Tico as the primary artist and myself as a featured artist. That was, in part, my lack of understanding of that aspect of distribution.
Wonderful Words is our second songwriting/production collaboration together and we were both just as excited about it as the we were the first one; perhaps even more so! On this recording, Tico sings and plays his seven-string jazz guitar, plus adds several extra jazzy, electric guitars; he also provides a rich layer of harmonizing vocals in the choruses. I also sing and I play acoustic steel-string guitar, a synth-and-electric-guitar tremelo vibe, plus the electric guitar solo. Tico mixed the track and I mastered it. As with Fettering Chance, Tico got our friend Misael Barros to do some fine drumming; this time he also got Alexander Raichenok to play piano/keys. We hope you enjoy it!
NOTABLE: On April 4, 2022, Wonderful Words was added to Spotify's editorial playlist, Vocal Jazz, where it stayed for 11 months!
Pacífico—Olhos Abertos—2021
I mastered this 2021 EP from Pacífico, a colleague and friend-of-a-friend in Brasília. The mutual friend is Gustavo Halfeld, who engineered and mixed the album and connected with me for the mastering; this was around the same time that Pacífico did the artwork for my single, Summer Grace. I really liked the engineering of the album as well as Lucas' (Pacífico) artistry in his music.
Tico de Moraes—Fettering Chance—2021
This is a single that Tico released under his artist entity; we wrote, arranged, and produced the song and recording together, fifty-fifty. This was my first ever songwriting/production collaboration and we were both very stoked about; Tico became one of my first musical friends after I arrived in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil; our friendship reached a new, exciting level upon this project's arrival nearly eight years later. Tico sings first and plays a seven-string jazz guitar. I come in singing next while playing a tremolo electric guitar. I also provided the background vocals in the choruses.
Tessa Rain—Dirt Poems—2010
I believe many folks in New Zealand had been waiting for Tessa to make her own solo album; she had been collaborating with others for many years. I was excited to have a part in her project, as I had known her songs in more intimate, rawer forms for quite a while. This project was produced by Age Pryor, one of Tessa's longtime collaborators, at Lee Prebble's studio, The Surgery. I found the whole experience to be quite fun! Robin Hinkley and I performed backing vocals on Toaster; I performed the whale-sound slide guitar on Circadian Rhythm. Ultimately, I think my favourite two songs on this album are Big Bang Theory and Town For You.
Niels Gedge—Between Two Lines—2010
Niels is one of the kindest, warmest, inclusive souls I had the fortune of mingling with in New Zealand. He has a wonderful, deep voice; he plays a lovely baritone guitar; and he writes some lovely songs. I have some fond memories of sitting about the fire and sipping scotch with my friend, Niels. When this project came about, I was very happy to play a part and quite keen to try out some tremolo guitar. That's exactly what I did on When I'm With You. I remember being quite fond of another track, Whanganui.