Who We Are

Paul  Godwin has spent most of his professional career enabling others to join together in music. With innovative projects such as The Sippy Cups, Dogon, Eternal Return and Main St. Collective he has brought experimental, ambient and rock music to audiences throughout the  world.  A 1981 graduate of Berklee College of Music’s first class in Music  Production and Engineering, Godwin went on to create music for TV commercials, documentary films, dance and theatre in NYC and SF. In  1996 he started NEWdOG Records and released albums by Dogon, Spool,  Jhno, Robert Jürjendal, Miguel Noya and Eternal Return, garnering critical acclaim from WIRED, Billboard, PROG, Spin,  Alternative Press, Keyboard, Time Magazine and more. In  2003 he provided an original score to the West Coast premiere of Tony  Kushner’s “Homebody/Kabul” for Berkeley Repertory Theatre and was  honored with Theatre Bay Area’s Best Composer Award.  As co-founder of Myrtle Tree Arts, he brings experimental music and sound  experiences to projects such as Earth Dayta, FIRE/LAND,  RIPE AREA, and  int'l sound art festival Sonic Faultlines (2023). 

Co-Founder, Myrtle Tree Arts, and Talking Tree Ranch Artist Residency. Ameera (Amee) Godwin's artistic works includes FIRE/LAND: Knowing the Territory, Earth Dayta, The Size of What I See, DOGON, and RIPE AREA, supported by CA Arts Council funding in partnership with American River Conservancy. Ameera's work integrates multimedia, using digital photography and video collage, with live theatrical performance, site-specific installation, drawing, poetry and music. The themes of her work lie at the intersection of art, science, and community. She brings together diverse practices focused on resilience, learning, and action to care for the environment. As a video documentarian, she founded Mudfog Films and created The River Farmer and Shared Ground, garnering numerous film festival awards. She holds a Master of Arts in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University, Bachelor of Arts from Center for Media Study at University of Buffalo. She consulted at the seminal think tank Interval Research, worked as an arts educator, and continues efforts to advance open and equitable access to education at ISKME.