Acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Chris Bucheit began monitoring the six-string at age nine, later on spending ten years because the frontman for the energy pop band Big Resident. He then considered acoustic solo overall performance, drawing on a range of affects from pop to jazz to R&B to hone a method he dubbed “alternapopafolk; ” in 1997, Bucheit released his debut LP Naive Function Songs, followed 2 yrs later yourself to Mouth.