Spencer Seim

Who is Spencer Seim?

Spencer Seim is an American musician, best known as the guitarist in the band Hella. He is also the drummer in the Nintendo music cover band called The Advantage. His composition style is mode heavy. He has been practicing on and off with Zach Hill since they both started playing music and both have been influencing each other throughout their musicianship. While playing for Hella, he strums while muting certain strings with his left hand, giving him the ability to play clear melodies while voicing chords without sacrifacing power for either. He also uses two hand tapping to play from disparate areas of the fret board, and he uses rapid tremolo picking to create an intense, droning effect. Polyrhythms often appear throughout his compositions, giving the impression of two instruments playing instead of one. Playing for The Advantage, Spencer drums employing methods such as repetitive doubles on a single bass drum and quick cymbal muting. Spencer's style also often incorporates complex time signatures, well evidenced on Chirpin' Hard and recordings by the Advantage.

Spencer recently started a solo project named sBACH. The sticker on the cover of the self-titled release says "a thousand times better than Hella or The Advantage.