Vocals/Guitar/Songwriter

When she was young they called her “incorrigible.” She always looked for the next adventure and shunned boredom. Born in Spain, the youngest of a family of five, her mother is British, and the man who she believed was her father was in the US Air Force. They got a divorce when Susan was 4 years old. Her mom later remarried a different Air Force man. During all this, they moved a lot.

Finally landing in Spokane, WA., Susan found out her true roots. Her quest for understanding and acceptance led her to find out she really had a Spanish father. She was 25 years old at the time. All this just adds fuel to her creative spirit. Susan writes songs that illustrate her life – unpredictable.

Early on, Susan started playing guitar with a little formal training and a lot of winging it. Singing and strumming cover tunes was one of her favorite pastimes. Moving to Seattle in 1992, Susan started writing her own songs, and performing them at countless venues from outdoor festivals to intimate settings, all the while sharing the stage with some of Seattle’s finest musicians.

Currently, in addition to fronting the Conspiracy, Susan studies with vocal coach Andy Shaw; she’s also worked with Robert Lunte and Gretta Matassa. In 2006, she completed the University of Washington Song Writing Certificate Program where she studied with the legendary Sue Ennis (Heart, Lovemongers) and Christy McWilson (The Pickets). Her song, The Climb, appeared on the Seattle Songwriters Collective CD, Exposed. And in 2008, Susan released her debut CD, Unpredictable.

Susan continues to have an abundance of energy and thrives on being creative. During the day, she works at the City of Seattle doing outreach and organizing to improve the health of Puget Sound. At night, she plays music and shares life with a wonderful husband, a sweet dog, and many incredible friends and family.

Guitars/Vocals/Songwriter

A veteran of many Northwest bands (Bad Sneakers, Dos Pesos, and Bentwood Rockers to name a few), Bruce Blood is a Puget Sound Guitar Workshop board member and habitual “guitar camper.” He performs with his long-time partner, Bill "Dr. Biscotti" Scott, (see BloodandBiscotti.com), and is charter member of the infamous Guitar Outlaws.

Web Manager of the City of Seattle's award-winning site Seattle.gov by day, and a songwriter for most of his life, Bruce has recently channeled his computer expertise into the field of digital recording. He promises that his long-awaited debut album, featuring his family and a host of musical friends, is nearing completion and will definitely be released sometime this millenium.

In addition to music and technology, Bruce enjoys cooking (and eating) great food of all kinds, but most important of all is his family! Married for "a really long time," he and the amazing Rita share two fabulous grown daughters and an expanding passel of the planet's coolest grandkids.

Learn more about Bruce at www.bruceblood.com.

Congas/Percussion/Harmonica/Vocals

Percussionist Martin Goldstein started out in his Mama’s kitchen on pots and pans. Since those early days, Martin has gone on to play everything from hardwood floors, coffee tables, and his friends' backs, to of course, the congas. In the 80's, Martin got his first public exposure on the streets of Seattle playing congas with percussion ensembles outside the clubs in Pioneer Square. The clubs' patrons would stagger into the street after hours and throw tips at the percussionists to keep the party going. In the early 90's he lent his talents to several bands in the Guadalajara, Mexico club scene, where he gained his Latin influences. Back in the States, he sat in on a variety of rock, jazz and folk projects. Notable projects have included pop jam bands Zen Voodoo and Organica, acoustic folk rock project Dust, singer songwriter Alisa Wolfe, bosa nova quintet The Freeborn 5, and 11-piece funk cover band Func Pro Tunc. Martin's career took off when in Y2K he joined the funky jam band, Happy Savage, in which he performed and recorded regularly, and utilized his full potential as conguero, percussionist, back-up vocalist, and harmonica player. Now Martin has joined forces with the Susan Harper Conspiracy, adding to the mix his contagious high-energy style, enthusiasm, and love of the groove.

Keyboards

Sean Lahay has been active in Seattle’s music scene for the past 20 years as a band member, session player and engineer. He plays a range of styles from world pop to originals, and is a composer himself. He also plays with the band Detective Honey, a blend of electronic trip-hop.

Drums

Vernon Lawton began playing drums at age 3 and spent his formative years studying and performing orchestral percussion and playing in jazz and rock bands. He lived in the California Bay area in the 80's and performed with nationally renowned classic rock musicians from CCR, The Band, Buddy Miles, as well as many regional favorites of the time prior to his foray into the world of jazz. Since his relocation to Seattle, Vernon has become very active in the local jazz improvisation scene. His unique style which spans many genres (new music, experimental, standard and free jazz, avant-garde, ska, R&B, rock, soul, etc…) and his more orchestral and lyrical approach to the drums, regarding them as a tonal instrument rather than a strict time-keeping device, has garnered him much acclaim in local musician's circles. Aside from his recent jazz gigs he continuously explores new musical environments and applies his unique brand of rhythmic treatments to music whenever possible. Vern frequently hosts the “Sunday Jazz Improv” sessions at his recording studio, providing local musicians the opportunity to musically stretch out in a comfortable environment while recording each session for posterity’s sake. All this, whilst documenting the evolution (or de-evolution) of the Seattle local music scene with his video camera.

More: www.myspace.com/verndoggie

Guitars/Songwriter

Bass/Vocals/Guitar/Songwriter

My rock music career started in 1986, in Stamford Connecticut. Me and my best friend Doug drew straws to see who would play lead guitar in our awesome rock band. I got the short straw. Doug got to play guitar. I was stuck with bass.

But that hasn’t stopped me. I traded in my BMX bike, bought an Ibanez bass and learned how to pick, thump and slap my way through all the greats. Our high school rock-god dreams didn’t pan out, so Doug drifted into other things and I found new people to play with. Though I was always back in the rhythm section, I’ve always wanted to write and sing and play for myself. Through stints in a mind-blowing New York fusion group (Helmet of Gnats), a San Diego jam band (Noodle), a San Francisco dotcom groove band (jp*orbit) an experimental cabaret ensemble (Madd Vibe Orchestra) and a parent-friendly kid’s band (Orange Sherbet), I’ve made my own sound, my own songs and now my own CD.

More: www.adrianlibertini.com

Bass