(Official biography_ by By J. Thomas Omeara) Mess of it ALL is the pet project of Graham Sedam. It's also his solo project. What this means- in this case- is that, to listen to his debut album, stages and cycles, is to be exposed to the essence of Graham. He writes about extremely personal, abstract ideas. The music on stages and cycles is a lush exploration of what a guy can do with enough determination (it took him 3 years to complete this project), a basement, a PC, and a synthesizer. Graham did have some help though, his long-time collaborator, Matt VanOpdorp, was a big help with laying down the guitar parts that Graham wrote. The ones that he didn't play himself. The journey that Graham Sedam took to get to Mess of it ALL was long, but in hindsight, seems a straight one. Mess of it ALL is one result of Graham being in bands, and being frustrated by the lack of control a lead singer has over the music in a band. So Graham decided to go it alone. But he'd do it the right way: he went to McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota for a degree in Associate of Applied Science in Recording Technology. The dude really doesn't do things half way, and you can tell that when you listen to his music. Since the release of Mess of it ALL's debut album, stages and cycles, Graham Sedam has released four albums. These albums have been collaborative efforts being released under different names. As a part of the group Diads, Graham and co-creator Tim Kress have released two full length albums, Make You Dirty and Early Mourning, a soundtrack to the novel with the same name. As you might guess, their second release is in fact a soundtrack to a novel Tim has written. The other two releases Graham has been a part of is with co-creator Matt VanOpdorp under the name Colour the Moon. The first release, Transitions, is an EP consisting of seven songs with the follow up, Reflections, being an instrumental full length album. More about these can be found at their websites. It has always been Graham's intention to continue writing and releasing Mess of it ALL music. Even though there have been no releases since the debut, he has accumulated a depth of material at different degrees of completeness. Graham's focus has always been on the "long game," and one could posit that this is his life's modus operandi. Having started his musical pursuits around the age of fifteen, he has been a part of bands writing and performing for over half of his lifetime. Every year, every band, he saw as a stepping stone to perfecting his craft and finding his creative voice. His formal education in recording engineering ten years later, which started out as a desire to learn how to record and mix his own music, has turned into a passion all its own and has helped him to continue to explore the outer edges of music and himself. His second Mess of it ALL effort, The Depth of Layers, was released on February 8th, 2016.