I grew up in Louisiana, where music was everywhere but not always mine to make. There was real musicianship in my family — my grandfather Wild Bill Pitre, my Uncle Robert Pitre and his kids, all deep in Zydeco. I absorbed it from a distance. I didn’t realize until much later that the distance was probably part of what made me want it so badly.

I came up through animation and motion graphics. That path brought me to New York City, working around other artists — and it was there, in offices of all places, that I started seeing people with guitars. People who played like it was just part of how they moved through the day. Around 2007, I picked one up and started trying.

The guitar was the door. The piano was where things opened up. I sat down at the keys and learned music theory the way I needed to learn it — not as rules, but as tools for writing what I actually hear. Soul music first. Then cinematic. Then everything in between. I can now play guitar, bass, and piano well enough to take an idea from nothing to something real, and I’ve been doing exactly that ever since.

I release music under three names — Q. Bellow, Wayward Ambience, and Harmonaith — each one a different corner of what I make. Soul and lo-fi live here under Q. Bellow. Downtempo and synthwave live under Wayward Ambience. Cinematic and trailer music under Harmonaith. Same person behind all of it, just different rooms.

I’m a husband and a dad. I make music in the in-between moments — late at night, early in the morning, whenever life gives me a quiet window. My two daughters love music. They’re learning, asking questions, figuring things out. Watching them is part of what keeps me going.

You don’t need a background in music to connect with what I make. You just need a little curiosity and somewhere quiet to listen. I hope you find something here that stays with you.