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Forever In Blue Jeans- Scott Alexander skahdt 26 views Get the mp3 at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scott-alexander-makes-7-or/id345528240 I absolutely wanted to be Neil Diamond when I was 5. At the time, I thought the so...
Bad Reputation for Bassoon and Yelling- Scott Alexander skahdt 809 views Get the studio recording on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scott-alexander-makes-big/id367128072 Learn more about Scott Alexander at http://www.scottalexandermusi...
My Little Pony- Scott Alexander skahdt 48 views Get the song on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scott-alexander-makes-mistakes/id53794424 for more info about Scott Alexander, including detailed song notes and ...
"Why Are You So Horny?" Scott Alexander Makes a Big Deal Out of It skahdt Download the song FREE at http://www.ScottAlexanderMusic.com Recorded at 37.5 Productions by Ryan Graham and Yale University by Zach Herchen Fred Dole- basses Zach Herc...
$20 Bill (Old Dickory)- From Scott Alexander Makes 7 or 8 Dollars. skahdt Free Downloads, without SPAM at http://www.ScottAlexanderMusic.com I was staring at one of the $20 bills that some rich guy had tipped me and thinking that Andrew Jackso...
Fucking Technology- Scott Alexander Makes Friends skahdt Free downloads at http://www.ScottAlexanderMusic.com This song was inspired by a column I was writing for CDbabel (which sadly no longer exists) about the threat MP3 distr...
Penny Gumball- Featuring Jessica Teague skahdt Free downloads at http://www.ScottAlexaderMusic.com I used to love these gumball machines when I was a kid. I was always thrilled when my mother and father would give me...
"Special Effects" Scott Alexander Makes a Big Deal Out of It skahdt 187 views FREE DOWNLOAD by signing up on my mailing list (limited time) at http://www.ScottAlexanderMusic.com This song was featured on The Peoples Court. They did some pretty sever...
Let's Go Shopping (Scott Alexander Makes 7 or 8 Dollars) skahdt 114 views Download this song FREE at http://www.tweetforatrack.com/ScottAlexander I don't think anyone would consider me a shopaholic, but I can certainly relate to the comforts o...
Scott Alexander Montage skahdt 766 views Nonrepetitive Pop + FREE COOKIES at every show! Learn more at www.ScottAlexanderMusic.com or FreeCookies.Net

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Date Joined

Sep 10, 2006

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"What kind of music do you play?" is probably the most awkward thing you can ask a musician. Lately, I've felt most comfortable calling it "nonrepetitive pop." What I mean is, most of what I write has a nonrepetitive structure, but I still prefer to make music that is catchy and not difficult to understand.

Some people tell me that the music is weird (meaning they probably don't like it) but funny, and I should be a comedian instead. Being funny on purpose is not really my thing. I prefer when thoughts just happen to be funny. I find myself inclined to write about things that are difficult to talk about or embarrassing, so funny happens rather frequently, but I am rarely, if ever, joking.

I live in Oakland, but grew up in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. I went to college: first to study bassoon at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. It wasn't for me, so I transferred to the ethnomusicology department at UCLA. Academia wasn't for me either. My education gave me an appreciation for contrast in dynamics, structure, and aesthetics as a whole. I came to look at music as a vital dialogue within a society and I arrived at a belief that music is the art of putting sound into context: It's more than just the notes and lyrics one hears. It's the way in which one comes across them, the people they are with when they hear them, what's going on in the world and our lives when a song is played. It matters how well an audience knows a musician and how well a musician knows their audience.

So I try to approach "promotion" as part of the music. I'm still figuring this out. But one thing I do is give out free cookies at all of my performances, and on an inflatable couch at random times and locations.

Oh, and I also try to talk to as many people as much as I can. So please, contact me.

I'm not famous. I think that would be annoying, but less so than working a day job all my life. I'm still searching for those special thousands of people that will support my career, because a strong cult following would be nice. So I hope that you, your friends, and I will be a good fit for each other.

Hometown

Mendota Hieghts, MN

Country

United States

Schools

Peabody Conservatory of Music, UCLA

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