A homemade album... that is to say, it was made at home. Almost all of it was recorded out in a cabin by a lake in central Sweden, then mixed in an apartment in Stockholm. Dreamy, ethereal homemade pop record crafted literally by a one man band. Jonathan Segel started playing guitar when he was about 7 years old. At about 10 he had a crush on a girl who played violin, so he thought he'd try that too.  Unfortunately he sucked at it.  That did not stop him, however, from playing the violin in rock bands when everybody else played guitar. Sometime around 1983, while carrying a violin across the quad at UC Santa Cruz, he was approached by some kids who had moved their band up from Redlands, CA. This turned out to be Camper Van Beethoven and the Border Patrol. Well, what we didn't know then is that this association was for life, as Camper Van Beethoven has now made records (ok, CDs…) for the past ~30 or so years, and is still playing.  Through all the ups and downs of that band, Jonathan has continued to make his own records in a variety of genres ranging from guitar-based rock music to way-avant-garde electronic music and many other places in between. While the past few years have seen the rock band, heavy on the electric guitar (“Honey” from 2008 and “All Attractions” and “Apricot Jam” from 2012), Jonathan’s moved to Sweden in 2012, leaving his normal band behind in California. 2013 was spent touring with Camper Van Beethoven, and recording by himself when home in Sweden. The recording came together quickly, and was mixed in the fall. It became a new CD called “Shine Out”.