Alex Arrowsmith is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon whose songs range from abstract and eclectic to folky and melodic. They consist almost entirely of his own performances on vocals, keyboard, guitar, bass guitar, drums, and other miscellaneous instruments. He has currently self-released 7 albums on his own independent label, Ectoplasmic Records. All of his albums are self-produced, and many of them feature clean and layered production. ImageMetadata File history File links Taken by Alyssa Perkins. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Portland is the largest city in Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde On Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... Fender Precision Bass For other uses of the term see Bass (disambiguation). ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

Arrowsmith's influences include They Might Be Giants, Ben Folds, The Beatles and The Cure, all of which are reflected in his vast musical reach. They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American pop/rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as the two Johns or John and John. TMBGs most famous songs are probably one single from each of their first three albums, Dont Let... Ben Folds Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter. ... The Beatles (L-R, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon), in 1964, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show promoting their first U.S. hit song, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and ushering in the British Invasion of American popular music. ... The Cure circa 1990s The Cure is a British rock band widely seen as one of the leading pioneers of the British alternative rock, post-punk and Gothic Rock scenes of the 1980s. ...

Albums

Wharfless (2005)

1. New Times And Fire Road
2. Wharfless
3. Bail
4. The Daylight
5. Not For Good
6. What You've Done To Me
7. Hold On To The Wolves
8. Millions Murdered
9. When I Died
10. Need Someone
11. Tried And True
12. Haggle
13. What Daze

The Albatross Project (2004)

1. I Am The Ice Age
2. The Loss of Your Albatross
3. The Industrial Revolution
4. Fight The Cougar
5. Trow
6. I'm Your Back Hair
7. Banana Slug
8. (You've Got To Earn) My Respect
9. Missile Silo
10. Hummingbirds
11. It's A Druid Eat Druid World
12. Gemstone Rap
13. Admire The Admiral
14. Pirates Are Not Funny Anymore
15. Black Omen

Crack House (2003)

1. Time Travel
2. Found The Hound
3. Dinosaur
4. Cast My Shadow
5. She Turns The Screws
6. Put On A Show
7. Modern Man
8. Banana Seat
9. She's A Magnet
10. I Had An Idea
11. Soldier Down
12. No Tomorrow

The Brask (2003)

1. Blimp
2. Let The Sideburns Burn
3. Tentacle
4. She Wants To Kiss Me
5. Colorado
6. Pangaea
7. (Whats Up Witchoo) Fu Man Chu
8. I Have to Go Bee
9. Hit In Brazil
10. Arts And Crafts
11. Brassstache
12. Please Please Please
13. Freeze Tag
14. The Bog And The Bayou
15. Do the Splits
16. Prince Williams Secret Moustache

Sacramento Gold (2002)

1. Cold
2. Sacramento Gold
3. She Wants to Kiss Me
4. November
5. The River Why
6. Just Like That
7. Thinking of Ewe
8. The Storm Pt. 5
9. Walk It Off
10. Scenes From an American Restaurant
11. All Things
12. Beam Me Up Chad Beam

A Bunch Of Songs (2002)

1. Surgeon
2. So Long Mrs. Wong
3. Respect The Bear
4. Yeti Or Steve
5. Beard Down to Here
6. Fear The Torpedo
7. Chee's Chocolate Radio Spot - 1986
8. The Man With The Golden Touch
9. Beard So Soon
10. The Shark Was Coming At Me But Then It Blew Up
11. Rap How I Wanna Rap
12. Seize The Grappling Hook
13. Who Got The Huh?
14. Fitness Test
15. Alien Jump Rope Party
16. The Bear Fantastic
17. Crazy Polter
18. Eighteen Wheeler
19. Gas Station Jacket
20. Spiderman and Dracula
21. Hat This Tall
22. Keep That Rope Taut
23. Charlottes Web
24. My Dudes Are Your Dudes
25. Sports Fright
26. What Goes Through My Head Every Time I Go To A Sub Shop
27. Chee's Chocolate Radio Spot - 1994
28. Verb Unit
29. Wolverine Trapped In A Safe Deposit Box
30. Fondue
31. Haffa Stache

Honey, I Shrunk The Meat Grinder (2001)

1. Intro
2. How To Make A Fire
3. Uppercut
4. Movie Review 1
5. Charlottes Web
6. Blowkiss
7. Im Powerful
8. Movie Review 2
9. Who Got The Huh?
10. Slice Of Life
11. Al Pacino
12. She Likes My Name
13. Movie Review 3
14. Gerald Ford
15. Bamama

External links

• Official Site
• Ectoplasmic Records
• Myspace Website
• All Music Guide