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Joint Souls is a soulful band led by Markus Teuton, the sole composer and lyricist of all the songs.

Regular members list (doesn't include one-off substitutes)

• Markus Teuton: guitar, vocals, writer
• Ryan Featherman: alto sax
• Owen Gwinn; Yotam Snir (Jan 2024–present): tenor sax
• Noah Brown: keyboard
• Kohl Hebert: keyboard
• Solomon Lubell: bass
• Ethan Horn (Nov 2023–present); Aiden Chan (Mar 2024–present); Galin Hebert (through Oct 2023): drums

Joint Souls released their first studio album, Trouble in Stride, on 2024/01/30, and it was recorded across the weekends of 2022/10/22–3, 2023/03/04–5, and 2023/10/07–8. There is an planned bandcamp release which will have more details and credits than this page, but it is also available on other digital streaming platforms:

Joint Souls also got into MoPOP's Sound Off 2024 (having also submitted for the previous year). Because of the 21-and-under age limit, half the band had to be subbed. In typical fashion, I have an unofficial audio recording, and the produced video of Hope Is In My Hand will also be linked here when it is released. Below is the personnel and the setlist:

Sound Off info

Personnel:

• Markus Teuton: guitar, vocals, writer
• Aadithya Manoj: alto sax
• Yotam Snir: tenor sax
• Kohl Hebert: organ
• Solomon Lubell: bass
• Ethan Horn: drums

Setlist:

1. Gettin Up Higher
2. Hope Is In My Hand*
3. Trouble In Stride

* This song is the one that will have a produced video, at the band's choice. The other two songs will not be released in any form by MoPOP.

Joint Souls Performances

We have played several live shows in an effort to spread our music and musicianship. Here is a list of performances we have done of all sizes since my induction to the band, with generally mediocre quality recordings provided where available (reverse chronological order):

West Coast Tour 2024

• Seattle, WA The Royal Room, 2024/03/26

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin Up Higher
  2. Makin My Way
  3. Livin A Lie (Just Drivin Round)
  4. Hard to Handle by Otis Redding
  5. This Is How We Heal
  6. Hope Is In My Hand
  7. Simple Love
  8. Trouble In Stride

• San Luis Obispo, CA Channel Frequencies (house show), 2024/03/23

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin Up Higher
  2. Makin My Way
  3. Livin A Lie (Just Drivin Round)
  4. Hard to Handle by Otis Redding / drum solo
  5. Hope Is In My Hand
  6. This Is How We Heal
  7. Trouble In Stride

• Santa Cruz, CA The Woodhouse, 2024/03/22

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin Up Higher
  2. Makin My Way
  3. Livin A Lie (Just Drivin Round)
  4. This Is How We Heal
  5. Hope Is In My Hand
  6. No Player
  7. Hard to Handle by Otis Redding
  8. Trouble In Stride

• San Francisco, CA Brick and Mortar, 2024/03/21

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin Up Higher
  2. Makin My Way
  3. Livin A Lie (Just Drivin Round)
  4. This Is How We Heal
  5. Hope Is In My Hand
  6. Hard to Handle by Otis Redding
  7. Trouble In Stride

• Eugene, OR John Henry's, 2024/03/18

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin Up Higher
  2. Makin My Way
  3. Hard to Handle by Otis Redding
  4. No Player
  5. Livin a Lie (Just Drivin Round)
  6. Hope Is In My Hand
  7. Trouble In Stride

• Portland, OR Burlingame Space, 2024/03/17

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin Up Higher
  2. Makin My Way
  3. Livin A Lie (Just Drivin Round)
  4. Hard to Handle by Otis Redding
  5. No Player
  6. Turning Twenty
  7. This Is How We Heal
  8. Simple Love
  9. Drum solo / Hope Is In My Hand
  10. Trouble In Stride

Before tour

• The Tractor Tavern, 2024/02/14

  Approximate setlist:

  • Gettin' Up Higher
  • Makin' My Way
  • Hope Is In My Hand
  • Simple Love
  • No Player
  • Trouble in Stride

• The Bad Bar, 2023/12/02

  Setlist:

  1. A flat blues (segue)
  2. Jam intro
  3. Gettin' Up Higher
  4. Makin' My Way
  5. Hope Is In My Hand
  6. Simple Love
  7. No Player
  8. Trouble in Stride

• MIΔ House (Mu Iota Delta UW), 2023/10/28

  I don't remember the exact order of songs. However, the setlist was very similar to the previous three, with a focus on the more energetic songs.

• The Royal Room, 2023/10/26

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin' Up Higher
  2. Makin' My Way
  3. Hope Is In My Hand
  4. No Player
  5. This Is How We Heal
  6. Simple Love
  7. Trouble in Stride

• The Bakery, 2023/10/22

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin' Up Higher
  2. Makin' My Way
  3. Hope Is In My Hand
  4. No Player
  5. Simple Love
  6. Trouble in Stride

• Barboza, 2023/10/18

  Setlist:

  1. Gettin' Up Higher
  2. Makin' My Way
  3. Hope Is In My Hand
  4. No Player
  5. Trouble in Stride

• Jelly Jam / 2023 (reduced band members), 2023/08/26

  Setlist:

  1. Simple Love
  2. Twenty
  3. Jam tune 3(?)
  4. Makin' My Way
  5. This Is How We Heal

• Resilient Voices with Toni Hill and Khu.éex', 2023/06/10

  Setlist:

  1. Twenty
  2. Makin' My Way
  3. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  4. No Player
  5. Simple Love
  6. Hope Is In My Hand
  7. This Is How We Heal
  8. Trouble in Stride

• Pink Castle with All of our Cornbread, volunteerPark, & Trevor Eulau, 2023/05/13

  Setlist:

  1. Makin' my Way
  2. No Player
  3. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  4. Hope Is In My Hand
  5. Trouble in Stride

• MIΔ House (Mu Iota Delta UW) with The Rainstation & Ways of Expression, 2023/04/28

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Makin' my Way
  3. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  4. Jam Tune no. 0
  5. Jam Tune no. 1
  6. No Player
  7. Hope Is In My Hand
  8. Trouble in Stride
  9. Simple Love (encore)

• Chop Suey, 2023/04/26

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Makin' My Way
  3. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  4. Jam Tune no. 1
  5. Simple Love
  6. No Player

• The Royal Room with volunteerPark & Milo Venus, 2023/03/10

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Makin' My Way
  3. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  4. Trouble in Stride
  5. Jam Tune no. 0
  6. No Player

• Cafe Racer with volunteerPark & Kumité, 2023/03/01

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Makin' My Way
  3. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  4. Trouble in Stride
  5. Jam Tune no. 1
  6. Simple Love
  7. No Player

• Skylark Cafe & Club with The Shai Permilovsky Quintet & Midpak, 2023/02/24

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  3. Trouble in Stride
  4. Simple Love
  5. No Player

• The Royal Room with volunteerPark & Milo Venus, 2023/01/05

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  3. Trouble in Stride
  4. Jam Tune no. 1
  5. Simple Love
  6. No Player

• Equinox Studios / Very Open House 2022, 2022/12/10

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  3. Trouble in Stride
  4. Jam Tune no. 1
  5. Jam Tune no. 0
  6. No Player
  7. Encore (improvisation)

• Blue Moon Tavern with Crooked Path & Midpak, 2022/12/08

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  3. Trouble in Stride
  4. Jam Tune no. 1
  5. Jam Tune no. 0
  6. No Player
  7. Encore (improvisation)

• MIΔ House (Mu Iota Delta UW), 2022/11/18

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  3. Trouble in Stride
  4. Jam Tune no. 0
  5. Jam Tune no. 1
  6. No Player
  7. Encore (improvisation)

• The Royal Room, 2022/11/02

  Setlist:

  1. 20
  2. Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  3. Trouble in Stride
  4. Jam Tune no. 1
  5. Jam Tune no. 2 (feat. Ty Keenen)
  6. No Player

• Cafe Racer / Scrambler Jam no. 17 (reduced band members), 2022/09/27

  Only one song was played: a longer "arrangement" of No Player.

• Jelly Jam / 2022 (reduced band members), 2022/08/20

  I don't remember the exact order of songs, and I might have also forgotten something else. However, this is what I recall:

  • 20
  • Livin' a Lie (Just Drivin' Round)
  • Jam Tune no. 0
  • Maybe another jam tune
  • No Player
  • Down by the Water
  • Possibly a jam encore

On "reduced" gigs, I played bass instead of or in addition to my usual keyboard role.

In the two years leading up to the eventual album release, Joint Souls uploaded three singles. The two from 2022 were recorded early in the year, before I joined the band (I was still in Boston at the time). This version of No Player is identical to the album version, except perhaps some mastering differences. I don't play on any of these singles.

With Aryana León

Aryana León is a pop/R&B/hip hop singer. I have played behind her in a backing band for some shows:

• Sofar at Locust Cider, 2024/02/17 (2 piece backing band)
• Barboza, 2024/01/25 (5 piece backing band)
• Sunset Tavern, 2023/11/20 (5 piece backing band, which also played an impromptu mostly instrumental set to fill the prior act due to a cancellation)

Previous work with Markus Teuton

On Markus' single Growing Pains (2021) [S][A][Y], I contributed to two songs (Aisha On My Mind, Rise Again) by playing keyboard & electric bass, and producing/mixing them.

On Markus' single Just Don't Know (2022) [S][A][Y], I contributed to the eponymous sole song by playing keyboard & electric bass.

College ensembles

In my stint at Berklee College of Music, I was enrolled in two ensemble classes (both were the general "Small Band Jazz" ensemble, rating 4). In each ensemble, there was an encouragement or soft requirement to bring in music (basic lead sheets, personal arrangements, originals, etc.), for the purpose of playing a mandatory recital at the end of the term. I chose to arrange a composition each for both ensembles; these both were played at the aforementioned recital which was recorded and has been uploaded to my YouTube channel.

Here are details on the two originals, with links to the full recitals:

1. Cloud City:
   • Medium jazz waltz employing equal parts modal interchange and shifting key centers.
   • Originally composed January 2021
   • Ensemble/Instrumentation: trumpet, violin, 2 guitars (single part), piano, electric bass, drums
   • Ensemble led by prof. Herman Hampton, fall 2021 term. Recital happened on 8 Dec 2021, video recorded as requested by professor.
   • Trimmed video link of full recital here: https://youtu.be/8tXfeiRuaAs. A timestamp for my composition is in the video description.
2. Blare:
   • Up-tempo jazz waltz with stream-of-consciousness harmony, accompanied by a refrain borrowed from a moment of La Cathédrale Engloutie.
   • Originally composed February 2020
   • Ensemble/Instrumentation: trumpet, 2 tenor saxophones, piano, bass, drums
   • Ensemble led by prof. Mimi Jones, spring 2022 term. Recital happened on 16 Apr 2022, audio recorded by me.
   • Audio-only video link of full recital here: https://youtu.be/nicr8GBLPcM. A timestamp for my composition is in the video description.