Darwin Deez is a band/guy.  If you go to a Darwin Deez show, you’ll see me on stage with three other instrumentalists/friends.  The music we play is authentic, homegrown, minimal pop/rock that I write from the heart, baby.  And it is some kind of catchy.  We also like to break it down like a fraction to custom mash-ups.  What I mean is, we dance on stage between songs.  It’s kind of a “thing we do” type thing.  And after the show, we sell t-shirts and stuff.  It’s pretty standard.  But it’s awesome.  I grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina but I met most of the band members in New York City.  One member at a time, Darwin Deez grew from a solo performance project to a full-on four-piece force for peace.  But the songwriting and creative direction has always been my own.  Starting in 2007, I wrote and recorded the self-titled debut album, Darwin Deez, in my Manhattan apartment.  It took me about two and a half years.  I was using a pretty old tower PC, some effects plug-ins, a practice amp, and an inexpensive microphone.  I didn’t use the word baby in any of the songs.  And my main guitar has only four strings.  I’ve been writing songs since I was 11, and now that I don’t suck, people are finally taking notice.  P.S.  Today I bought a trailer for our minivan.  1/3/11