Alex Weber, bassist and composer, is based in Baltimore, MD. Being born into a musical
family, he was always surrounded by music whether it be at performances of his father who was a
percussionist, at the shows his actress/singer mother would perform in, or just by hearing them
practice around the house. Alto saxophone was his first instrument but after picking up the electric
bass at the age of 12, he immediately knew that this was to be his calling.
Early on he was attracted to punk and ska music but quickly started to drift in the direction of
heavier musics like the various forms metal. Throughout middle and high school Alex would
perform and record with various metal bands that all performed at many of the well known
MD/VA rock venues opening for notable acts such as Cynic, Devin Townsend, Gojira,
Candlemass, and Sonata Arctica.
In 2007, Alex enrolled in the Jazz program at Towson University and was introduced to the
acoustic bass, which he also quickly became attached to. While he was there, he studied bass under
Jeff Reed and improvisation with Jim McFalls and Dave Ballou while also studying with visiting
artists such as Drew Gress, Ellery Eskelin, and Mark Dresser. He graduated in 2011 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Jazz Performance.
During this time Alex also began his career as a freelancing musician playing jazz in local bars and
restaurants. This has now spread out into him performing many differing styles of music including
jazz, rock/funk, blues, fusion, bluegrass/country, folk and classical.
Alex joined the progressive metal band Exist in 2008 to cover bass and vocal duties and has since
recorded two albums with them, the 2010 EP “In Mirrors” and their debut album “Sunlight” in
2013. Exist is currently writing for two new albums scheduled for a 2016 release. He also plays in
the local jazz/metal fusion group Talking Points who has just recently recorded their debut album
and in December of 2013, he joined Phil Cunneff's New Trio that plays many of the various forms
of jazz. Early that year he also toured all of North America with Jeff Loomis' group that performs
music from his two solo albums.
