BIOGRAPHY

Pete Gidlund is a musician, music educator, and educational leader who lives, works, and makes music in the East Bay Area.

From the age of 16 to the present, Pete has played, recorded, and toured within the punk/indie-rock landscape- playing in many bands, making records, starting a small indie label, working with other small indie labels who have released his music, hosting two podcasts with frequent collaborator Matt Silas, and playing lots and lots of live shows.

For 23 years, Pete has also worked in public education- Teaching Music in Berkeley, CA and later becoming the supervisor of the Visual and Performing Arts for Berkeley Unified School District.

His latest release, INSTRUMENTAL WORKS 2014-2021 was released Feb 3, 2023 by Moon Scar Records and features seven years of composition through collage-like editing of quickly recorded snippets of ideas tracked and manipulated while traveling the country.