Bill Shupp Software engineer, musician, space enthusiast

About

Posing in front of the Nasa countdown clock, just a few hours before Atlantis (STS-132) took off for its final mission.

Overview

I'm a musician, software engineer, and space enthusiast, currently working for OpenDNS in San Francisco.  On this blog I write mostly about day to day things I'm working on such as software and home improvement projects.

Technical Background
See my linkedin profile details on my tech background.

Musical Background

I play drums, bass guitar, and sing a bit, too.  After receiving a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies Performance from the University of North Texas in 1995 (where I had the privilege of playing with the grammy nominated One O'Clock Lab Band  on Lab '93), I spent several years in the Dallas music scene.  There, I worked with lots of great bands, including The Deathray Davies, Stereo Rookie, and The Tomorrow People.   In 2002, I relocated to Los Angeles to pursue bigger opportunities, where I worked with artists such as Zack Hexum, Gemma Hayes, and The Sheers, to name a few.  In 2008, I decided to give in to my second passion, software engineering, and move up to San Francisco to pursue that full time for a while.

Though music is not my main career these days, I still try to stay active in the San Francisco music scene playing with artists like Sonny Smith, Tom Heyman, and The Whitehalls.  Below are some of the highlights of my musical career.

Some artists I've worked with:

• Zack Hexum (Trauma)
• Gemma Hayes (EMI)
• The Whitehalls
• The Deathray Davies (Idol)
• Ashley Parker Angel (Universal/Blackground)
• Aly & AJ (Hollywood)
• Bonnie McKee (Reprise)
• The Sheers
• Marié Digby (Hollywood)
• The Oohlas
• The Hexum Brothers
• Charlie Paxson
• The Tomorrow People (Geffen)
• Sonny Smith (Fat Possum)

T.V. soundtrack appearances

• ABC "Men in Trees" (w/ The Sheers)
• FOX "The O.C." (w/ Zack Hexum)
• MTV "Road Rules" (w/ The Deathray Davies)
• MTV "The Real World" (w/ The Deathray Davies)

T.V. Appearances

• RTE One (Ireland) "The Late Late Show" (w/ Gemma Hayes, 2005)
• CBS "The Late Late Show w/ Craig Kilborn" (w/ Zack Hexum, 2004)
• FX "The Orlando Jones Show" (w/ Zack Hexum)
• Ameriprise Commercial (extra, band member)

Discography

• Bone Cootes (currently in production) (drums)
• Sonny and the Sunsets (currently in production) (bg vox)
• The Whitehalls - "Into the Wild" (currently in production) (drums, percussion, bg vox)
• Karmacoda - "Eternal" (2011) (snare drum)
• Kirk Wheeler - "Bonfires" (2007) (bass, drums, bg vox)
• Kiyoshi Graves - "Chase" (2006) (drums)
• The Sheers - "Goodbye World" (2006) (bass, bg vox)
• Kirk Wheeler - "Good Company" (2005) (bass, drums, bg vox)
• Zack Hexum - "Realistic Fantasy" (2005) (bass)
• Zack Hexum - "The Story So Far" (2004) (bass)
• Dane Petersen - "More Than A Day's Work" (2004) (drums)
• Dana Niles - "End of the Beginning" (2003) (drums)
• Brent Pierce - "Strung Out on Daisies" (2003) (drums)
• Mike Shupp - "This Time" (2002) (bg vox)
• I Love Math - (2002) (drums, bg vox)
• The Deathray Davies - Day of the Ray (2002) (drums)
• The Deathray Davies - 7" (2001) (drums)
• The Deathray Davies - "Electrict Ornaments - an Idol Records Christmas" (2001) (drums)
• Stereo Rookie "A Fine Place to Start" (2000) (bass, bg vox)
• The Nourallah Brothers - (2000) (drums, bg vox)
• Brian Kieta - (1998) (drums)
• UNT Two O'Clock Band - (1997) (drums)
• Fletcher - "Sign me Up" (1996) (drums, bg vox)
• Fletcher - (1995) (drums, bg vox)
• UNT One O'Clock Band - "50 Years: The Boxed Set" (1994) (drums)
• UNT One O'Clock Band - "Lab '93" (1993) (drums)