Jeffrey Silverstein is a musician, special education teacher and writer based in Portland, Oregon. Originally from New Jersey and after later working as a community manager for MTV and studying as a teacher in New York City, a sea change brought him out to Portland. It’s fair to say he hasn’t looked back at his decision. Nowadays when he isn’t teaching, he records under his own name (previously he was one half of the bi-coastal duo Nassau with Justin Giles-Wilcox) finding inspiration in what life throws at him.
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Jeffrey Silverstein is a musician, special education teacher and writer based in Portland, Oregon. Originally from New Jersey and after later working as a community manager for MTV and studying as a teacher in New York City, a sea change brought him out to Portland. It’s fair to say he hasn’t looked back at his decision. Nowadays when he isn’t teaching, he records under his own name (previously he was one half of the bi-coastal duo Nassau with Justin Giles-Wilcox) finding inspiration in what life throws at him.
Interestingly, it is his debut solo EP How On Earth that brought Jeffrey to my attention a few weeks ago. In short, How On Earth is a collection of atmospheric folk songs, so rich in its sonic landscapes, that I felt like I was taken away on a journey of the mind. Impressed in particularly by his guitar work on How On Earth and another new track called Easy Rider, I found myself reaching out to Jeffrey to talk about life and music. Here is some of what we talked about.
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…shrink me down again
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