Category Music

J Lee Mobile Unit Live @ Other Cinema/ATA

This was a very interesting night. Thanks to Craig Baldwin for having me. I’ve been wanting to do the “19th Century Light Show” for some time. The premiss being an all candle light show using my candelabra mobiles. The mobiles…

Warm Spell Live @ Z Space

Warm Spell was invited to play Jackhammer Park at Project Artaud for the Spring Open Studios festivities with Conspiracy of Venus. It rained so they bumped us into the cathedral-esque entryway of Z space with its’ wonderful high ceiling and…

Starry Skemes Live, May Day 2026

We played a North Beach show a couple years ago at Tupelo’s for a KXSF benefit and I was schmoozing up the bar owner/booker and told him we are available and he asked me “can you play a three hour…

3rd Hand Collective

A Brief History of 3HC The 3rd Hand Collective is a project started at Community Thrift Store in San Franisco by myself and Nick Fowler. I had been making thrift sound mix tapes for a few years after discovering such…

Open Mic Nite

J Lee singer songwriter acoustic series

I’ve been writing songs for over three decades now exploring many different musical spells and vibes. Writing on acoustic guitar has been a pretty consistent method, of course, though it is a challenge after you’ve been up and down the…

Starry Skemes

Starry Skemes is Dave Mairs (drums), Bill Fischer(bass) and J.Lee (guitar, voc). Their music is influenced by baroque 60’s psychedelic garage rock and built on an 80’s/90’s indie rock foundation. Their musical pallet is wide ranging from sonic intensity to…

Warm Spell

Warm Spell is an SF Bay Area experimental soundscape drone improvisation band icluding Marina Lazzara (drums/vocals), Kevin Van Yserloo (violin), Brian Lucas (bass), Tammy Fortin (guitar), Richard Marriott (trumbone/flute) and J.Lee (Farfisa organ/modular synth). Warm Spell Playlist for Homebound Parakeets…