ello. Welcome to my website. I'm Evan, and I am a musician. At least, I'd like to think so. I play guitar and sing background vocals in the band Shaimus. We have songs in the video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. I also recorded a cheesy rock guitar version of the Eagles Fight Song that sometimes gets played on WMMR in Philadelphia. Other than that, I'm generally un-famous and could not claim to be anything more than a Z-list celebrity. Yet I write a blog as if people care what I have to say. Funny how that works.

I grew up in the Philadelphia area. I've been playing guitar since I was about 12½ and daydreaming of being a rock star since I was in diapers. Oddly enough, I finally grew out of diapers when I was 13, but the pipe dream remained. In elementary school I learned to play the recorder, started formal music training on the sax, and listened to Aerosmith and Motley Crue. In an effort to spurn authority figures (and because I had already memorized how to play "The Pink Panther" theme), I quit sax and took up guitar in middle school on a whim. About 6 months later I was playing in my first band and that was that for me—we were not even remotely good, but they were some of the best times of my life and I was hooked. Since then I've played with many bands, solo artists, and other musicians, both live and in the studio.

For a long time, I wanted to be a cartoonist and drawing was the focus of my life. But after realizing I was only fooling myself by ignoring my lifelong passion for music, I made the move to Boston and attended Berklee College of Music on a partial scholarship in 2001. During my senior year, Shaimus formed and we moved to Los Angeles in 2005, where I got my first tan (which immediately faded away the moment I stepped inside). We were fortunate enough to have "All Of This" appear in Guitar Hero, which blew up in popularity and helped us gain some exposure as my guitar solo became tendinitis fodder for gamers across the globe. And in case you are wondering, I cannot play my own solo in that game. It's hard. More recently, "Like a Fool" was featured as a free download for Rock Band 2.

One day in 2006 in a fit of boredom (and after a few beers) I recorded a rock guitar version of the Eagles Fight Song for fun. After getting a positive response from friends, I sent it to the guys at the Preston & Steve morning show on WMMR in Philly. They were cool enough to start playing it on the show and invited me to play it live on the air that December (that's the picture on this page). It all came as a pleasant surprise considering it basically started as a big joke. Funny how that works, too.

Outside of music I'm pretty boring, although I generally like to live in a shroud of mystery that makes me appear more interesting than I actually am. I love movies and have an odd fascination with science, particularly theoretical and quantum physics (which I occasionally even understand). I like cracking jokes at inappropriate times, making fun of commercials, and playing frisbee. I enjoy traveling, beer, and am easily distracted by shiny things. I am a big sports fan. I also enjoy writing, which is why I have a blog. It's definitely not because I think I have anything important to say.

At the moment, my one true ambition in life is to leave some sort of horrible, disfiguring scar on the world of music. And maybe do some good in the rest of the world, as well.