born and raised in the suburban midwest, scott padden has been making music in san francisco for the past decade. his songs have been described by his peers as "real, raw, and fantastically heartfelt." 

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his band, television spies, was christened in 2018 and has supported acts like levi parham, omar velasco, lola kirke, oh pep!, the americans, lillie mae, and phil lesh. 

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he regularly tours as a bassist with goodnight texas, andrew st. james, the brothers comatose, the stone foxes and scott law & ross james' cosmic twang, and has performed on many of his friends' records.