Hello friends and friends to be! I’m so excited to share my first official solo album, Potluck, with you. I produced the album myself, but this EP was born out of great collaboration. I had the opportunity to work with six talented songwriters, each bringing their own personal touch to a song on the album. Mason Jar Music helped me find the amazing instrumentalists featured on the record, and I couldn’t be happier with the result. Please check out some of MJM’s inspiring work at www.masonjarmusic.com. Thank you to all my family and friends for allowing me to make this album my obsession for four months of writing, arranging, and recording. Thanks to Nick Sansano, David Kahne, Bob Power, and Errol Kolosine for their wisdom and encouragement throughout the production process. Thanks to my bosses Phil, Limor, and Tom at Adafruit Industries for inadvertently helping to fund the album, for being flexible with my hours, and for maintaining a work environment that supports creativity. Special thanks to Ian Davis for mentoring me through the orchestral arranging process, especially for his work with the horns on Track 3. Special thanks to Andrew Ellis, Phoebe Ryan, and Carrie Crowell for being the best friends and supporters I could ever ask for. Extra special thanks to Dan Knobler and Jon Seale, not just for the generous studio time, expert mixing, and thoughtful critique, but for constantly inspiring me by creating music that moves and empowers whoever has the privilege of hearing it. Stefan Weiner - lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, vibraphone, rhodes, omnichord, autoharp, percussion Phoebe Holiday Ryan - co-write (lyrics track 2), and background vocals (tracks 2, 4, & 6) Jon Seale - co-write (lyrics track 3), and background vocals (track 4) Hanna Stenson - co-write (lyrics track 4) Anais Aida - female vocal and co-write (lyrics+music track 5) Derek Araujo - co-write (lyrics track 6) Mree - female vocals and co-write (lyrics track 7) Jason Burger - drums and drum arrangements, percussion and percussion arrangements Martin Nevin - upright bass and upright bass arrangements Spencer Doren - electric bass and electric bass arrangements Dan Knobler - acoustic guitar (track 4), and electric guitar and guitar arrangement (track 6) Matt Porter - organ (track 6) Andrew Lederman - Rhodes (track 5) Zubin Hensler - electronic production (track 5) Andy Clausen - trombone Riley Mulherkar - trumpet Andrew Mulherkar - tenor sax Russell Durham - violin 1 and violin co-arrangement (track 1) Rachel Koblyakov - violin 2 Rebekah Durham - viola Char Prescott - cello Kiah Victoria - background vocals (track 6) Brittany Buongiorno - background vocals (track 6) Alex Vita - background vocals (tracks 2 & 6)