Biography
In his younger days, Seth Freeman fantasized about hopping a freight train to nowhere with nothing but a guitar and a ruck sack. This vision stuck with him as he immersed himself in the Boston music scene. He put together the band Little John, which went on to critical acclaim and major label success. However, after the wear and tear of releasing three albums and moving from Boston to San Francisco to Los Angeles, they ultimately stopped making music together.
Seth went on to write music for film, television, and video games. He became adept at writing to picture in a variety of styles and approaches. He also built out Buddha Dog Studios and dug into the engineering side of recording music. Many of his scores and songs for film have been recorded entirely in his own studio, at times without the luxury of additional musicians. This prompted him to dive into playing drums, piano, bass, and other instruments he did not profess to master.
Throughout that time, his passion for writing and singing songs was always right there with him. Regardless of how much time he put into writing music for others, he easily fell back into the comfort of his own songs. While it might take forty takes for him to get a passable drum part, he naturally turns out complete songs in a very short time.
The song a day project initiated by a former bandmate proved to be an opportunity to focus on this strength. It was then, during February of 2009, that he wrote three of the six songs on his latest record. He had just begun preproduction with producer Michael Eisenstein (Letters to Cleo fame) and they were honing in on which of his previous songs to include. The choices they had begun to make were reconsidered in lieu of these new songs.
Ultimately the song choices for the record One and Only Maybe were varied, yet remained true to Seth's inner voice. As a producer, Michael kept the collection of songs cohesive by staying true to the core of the songs. Blair Sinta on drums, USA Mike on bass and additional guitars, and Peter Adams on keys formed a core band that, like so many live recordings from the early days of audio recordings, locked into the songs' inner groove.
One and Only Maybe, the first Seth Freeman record since his Little John days, is "full of heartache, heartbreak, and blissful love" (residentband.tv). Give it a listen. This just may be the record that conjures up your long forgotten childhood visions of hopping a boxcar to anywhere.
Instrumentation
Seth Freeman (Guitar, Vocals) / USA Mike (Guitar) / Michael Wagner (Bass) / Peter Adams (Keys) / Blair Sinta (Drums)
Discography
One and Only Maybe
Too Much Fun, Little John
We'll Always Have Ohio, Little John
Derailer, Little John
Links
| http://www.sethfreemanmusic.com |
| Seth Freeman Music |