hometown: Olympia, WA
current town: Los Angeles, CA
music icon: Paul McCartney, Damon Albarn, Billy Corgan, Ben Gibbard
favorite food: Guisados' taco sample
fun fact/secret: I watched The Notebook for the first time on a first date, and towards the end I had to get up and walk to the back of the room because I was weeping. so. hard.
bio: Since beginning his music career in 2010, songwriter & producer Peter Verdell has divided his time between fronting indie bands Act As If and Forever X2 as well as collaborating with artists in the studio for pop, hip-hop, and alternative co-writes. Accolades for his projects have come from the likes of MTV, Paste Magazine, Collide, American Songwriter, Earmilk, Buzz Bands LA, and KROQ FM, and his songs have spanned networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, CW, E!, SYFY, and TeenNick. For the past decade, Verdell has been a weekly volunteer musician at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where he takes requests ranging from “Shake It Off” to “Let It Be” to “The Wheels on the Bus.”