​Tim Watson, 26, is a guitarist, producer, and composer based in Brooklyn.

 

Some notable performances include appearing with Marcus Gilmore's group at the Village Vanguard, in Chennai with reknowned Carnatic artists Anantha R. Krishnan, Shree Sundarkumar, and Charumathi Raghuraman, and with the Emmanuel Michael group at Musig im Pflegidach.

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He is known for his work in the jazz world as a sideman with some of the leading voices of his generation, including Flanafi, Nazir Ebo, Lex Korten, Dion Kerr, Emmanuel Michael, Brian Richburg, and Cisco Swank. He has also performed or recorded with artists like Marcus Gilmore, Joel Ross, Harish Raghavan, Immanuel Wilkins, Luke Titus, Brandon Seabrook, and Noah Preminger, among others. Beyond the jazz world, he regularly  collaborates with artists including Sarah Kinsley, Laura Elliott, WHATMORE, and YVES. 

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He is a member of My trio.

 

His recent large scale theatrical work BLACKPILL 2023 (~25') was inspired by fringe internet communities. It uses texts pulled from online forums to loosely illustrate how sites that were originally designed to be anime discussion forums ended up (in large part) creating both the blueprint for modern internet humor and the political movements that resulted in the modern alt right.

 

An avid student of Carnatic rhythm, in 2022 Watson performed with leading South Indian classical artists Anantha R. Krishnan, Shree Sundarkumar, and Charumathi Raghuraman in Chennai, India on New Years Eve to close out the Madras music season.

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He is fluent in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere. He also works in graphic design and is the graphic designer of Closeup. ​