Ballast

Damon Aaron grew up in the foothills of LA playing folk and country music with his family and noodling with radio shack synthesizers. He began to get serious about songwriting while working towards a degree in fine arts at UC Santa Cruz. Throughout the 90?s, he led soul and hip-hop bands in LA singing and mc-ing, and played guitar for others like the Breakestra, The Rebirth and seminal hip-hop artist Divine Styler. Eventually, he began working with several percussionists and developing a style informed by hip-hop, as well his interest in traditional folkloric and soul music of all kinds.