Scot began experimenting with music at a young age, starting off on the trumpet and piano at age 11. It was the eclectic potential of the guitar, though, that interested him the most, as he soon moved on to study Rock and Jazz styles, then the sounds and techniques of Flamenco - performing for Spanish dancers while still a teenager.
The seeds of what would become Scot's sound were planted in the summer of 1995 when he teamed up with musical veteran Arturo Garibay, forming the World Beat group Taber & Garibay. A mix of Jazz, Rock and New Age, they released a 12-song album of original material entitled "Andromeda" the following year.
Hardworking and ambitious, the group gained popularity in the Latin-Jazz world, selling thousands of copies of their independent release as they toured extensively throughout the Western U.S. - from San Francisco to Phoenix, Santa Fe, Dallas and Mexico.
While in the studio recording material for a follow-up to Andromeda in 1998, Scot was devoting
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Bio
Scot began experimenting with music at a young age, starting off on the trumpet and piano at age 11. It was the eclectic potential of the guitar, though, that interested him the most, as he soon moved on to study Rock and Jazz styles, then the sounds and techniques of Flamenco - performing for Spanish dancers while still a teenager.
The seeds of what would become Scot's sound were planted in the summer of 1995 when he teamed up with musical veteran Arturo Garibay, forming the World Beat group Taber & Garibay. A mix of Jazz, Rock and New Age, they released a 12-song album of original material entitled "Andromeda" the following year.
Hardworking and ambitious, the group gained popularity in the Latin-Jazz world, selling thousands of copies of their independent release as they toured extensively throughout the Western U.S. - from San Francisco to Phoenix, Santa Fe, Dallas and Mexico.
While in the studio recording material for a follow-up to Andromeda in 1998, Scot was devoting more and more time to his own songs, recruiting local Jazz talent to interpret his new brand of Pop music. The result is "Liminal" (2000), a blend of World Beat guitar grooves, ironic lyricism and melodic Pop hooks.
Scot relocated to southern California in 2000, releasing the alternatice pop album "Gone" in March 2002, whose opening track "We" reached #10 on FM 92.1's Top Ten Local Songs of 2002. Scot and his band are currently in the studio recording a follow-up to "Gone"...