“I thought something had exploded. It was a pretty violent shock”: See the moment this guitarist’s jam was interrupted by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake

We’ve all been interrupted from our guitar playing at inopportune moments because of a knock at the door or a ringing phone, but one guitarist recently experienced an interruption of a far greater magnitude. 

Last Friday (April 5), Jared Demel was filming himself practicing playing acoustic guitar when a 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook his home, prompting him to shout: “What the f**k was that?!” 

Speaking to Fox News about the incident (see below), Demel said, “I thought that something had actually exploded in the basement… The last thing on my mind was [an] earthquake.”

“I live in Los Angeles so I'm fairly used to earthquakes,” he continues, “but it was a pretty large jolt. I was caught offguard. We've had some pretty sizable ones since I've lived in LA, but even though it was only a 4.8 magnitude it was a pretty violent shock.”

The multi-instrumentalist has only just started to learn guitar, and has been filming his playing to document his progress and capture any happy accidents along the way. 

As a solo artist, Demel blends indie, electronic, and ambient music. He also features in SUPR PWRZ, a project with his brother, Kid Leo.

“I've been making music my whole life but I only picked up the guitar so sometimes I'll film reference videos 'cause I wanna see what kind of chords I'm playing,” he says. 

“I'm trying to branch out into guitar and it seems like the Earth responded: Positive or negative… that's for you to decide, but I did shake the world with my music to some extent.” 

Perhaps an endorsement from EarthQuaker Devices is the next natural chapter of this world-shaking story.