Hey. I’m Jesse, the bassist for After the Mourning, and I am truly blessed. I say this in spite of the darker areas of my life. I have failed at most things I set out to do. I failed to complete high school. I failed to complete college. I failed to live happily ever after with my first wife. I have failed to defeat addiction by the power of my will. I failed to emerge from Iraq as a hero. Or a villain. And of course, I have failed to “make it” with every other musical endeavor. But I am blessed because I don’t care. All this may darken my musical taste, and give a sour influence to my writing and playing, but it empowers me, for I am no longer driven by a fear of failure, because I have failed everything. Recovery is long and dreadful, but I am alive and my destiny still waits for me. What lies ahead is what drives me:to someday be a good husband, a good father, a good soldier, a good man. And for you, the listener, perhaps someday I shall even be a good bassist.
Someday.
Other Projects Include:
Brainstorm
Newport, OR, Local Shows Only
1997-1998
Sound Buryer
Solo, Unreleased Recordings Only
1996-2001
StereoType 957
Eugene, OR, Album and MiniTour
2000-2001
The Aftermath
Eugene, OR, Practice Only
2004
A Vision in Grey
Eugene, OR, 2 EP's and Local Shows
2009-2010
Black Bell
Guest Bassist on Recording Only
2011
