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Jesse Shafer (Sandbox)

I am a Musician, composer and producer based in Los Angeles. I came up working In the Charleston, SC music scene and spent my childhood in Nashville Tennessee.I write, record and perform my own original music and work as a session musician in Southern California and beyond. I have played with numerous groups in rock, jazz, folk, country and experimental music. Some of my session credits include opening for the likes of Social Distortion, Susto, Sweet, Lily Meola, and recording on HBO scores. Likewise, I am a composer of jazz, ambient, classical and cinematic and have released music with sunnyside records and apm music. My chamber music has been performed internationally and I have won multiple awards for it. I play guitar, bass, pedal steel, sing, bouzouki and have recently started playing violin. I am an educator in the Los Angeles area and previously held a faculty Position at musicians institute from where I hold a masters degree in guitar performance.

I started playing music at age 7 while living in Nashville and began performing in charleston, sc as a teen. during this time, I played with my original prog rock band, inn vinegar, and played jazz and folk gigs in the area.i spent much of my time learning more about music and got a bachelors degree from the college of charleston in jazz guitar performance. around the same time, I began releasing instrumental music under my own name. I have since pivoted to writing folk and alt country music, both instrumental and with lyrics. 

Currently, I am playing guitar for touring rock band Six Gun Sal, pedal steel for new alt-country band BFFs Forever, and am helping a handful of established artists build and launch live bands. I am also launching a new anonymous solo project and am learning how to code.

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