My name is Noam Schatz.

I first fell in love with music in the back of my father’s car, listening to cassette tapes of classics like Bill Withers, CSNY, and the Beatles.

I picked up drums at nine and began to understand my place in the world by mercilessly beating things with sticks.

I started bands in High School, taught myself guitar, played music with my best friends, began writing songs.

Went to Wesleyan to study music. I played West African drums with Abraham Adzenyah and New Music with Anthony Braxton. Many hours of devoted practice; Highlife, Hip Hop, Rock, and Jazz. It was there that we formed Mobius Band.

After we graduated, my comrades in Mobius Band and I decided to move to Western Mass and take a stab at the impossible music business. We went up. we went down, we went sideways.

Spent my thirties being a dad and playing in a variety of Western Mass bands. Got into circuit bending, learned the names of 1000 wild mushrooms, and ran a couple marathons before picking up the idea of songwriting again.

Since 2016, every two weeks, without exception, I have written and recorded a new song, over 200 and counting.

When I’m not music-ing, I work as a dogwalker for Sarah’s Pet Services and hang out with my wife, kids, dogs, and occasional ne’er-do-wells.