I have been loving, playing, practicing, composing, listening-to, studying, and sharing music my whole life.
I currently live in Brooklyn, NY, where I compose music for film and podcasts, mix and edit audio, and teach guitar privately and in the NY public schools.
Some of my recent work can be accessed here
E-mail me at samh.mayer@gmail.com
Some of my teachers include:
Lauren Passarelli, Phil Neighbors, Sheldon Reid, Casey Scheuerell, Jorge Perez-Albela, Evan Haller, and Tamora Gooding.
Some engineers I have worked with and learned from include:
Mark Watter, Kyle Pulley, and Joe Reinhardt (Headroom, Philadelphia, PA), Greg McCleary (Heart Punch, Allston, MA), Dave Westner (Wooly Mammoth, Waltham, MA), Paul Q. Kolderie, and Carl Restivo.
Some music/ians that I love include:
Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, George Benson, Kirk Franklin, Prince, The Beatles, Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, John Bonham, Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, Pat Metheny, Django Reinhart, Joe Pass, Dickey Betts, Derek Trucks, The Band, Big Star, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears, Whitney Houston, Talk Talk, Chaka Khan, The Cure, Elliot Smith, Nirvana, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Nels Cline, David Gilmour, Jim Campilongo, Arthur Russel, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Steve Reich, Brian Eno, John Cage, Björk, Fever Ray, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Outkast, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Metro Boomin, Rihanna, Janelle Monáe, Lana Del Rey, Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams, Steve Lacey, Jay Som, Perfume Genius, The 1975, Hop Along, Algernon Cadwallader, Kurt Vile, Japanese Breakfast, Toro y Moi, Oneohtrix Point Never, Alex G, Frank Ocean, Julia Holter, Thundercat, Kamaal Williams, Yussef Dayes, Nala Sinephro, etc.