From 2009 to 2011, Peshkepia performed and recorded the orchestral pop albums
Opportunities (2009),
Shining Stars (2010), and
Post Mortem (2011) under the songwriting moniker "
Paulie Pesh." Peshekpia's song "
Shining Stars" is featured in the
Josh Stolberg film
Conception (2011) starring
Alan Tudyk and
David Arquette. Peshkepia's song "
Nothing Happened" is featured in the "
Despicable B" episode of
Gossip Girl. In 2013, Peshkepia (credited as "
Paulie Pesh") performed acoustic and electric guitar on
Chris Schlarb's
Psychic Temple II (
2013) (
Asthmatic Kitty). Peshkepia partnered with Jared Freitag of Backwoods Animation Studio to launch an animated children's musical series called
The Scribbles (2017). Peshkepia scored the
Rob Margolies film
Weight (2018) starring Zachery Byrd,
Ashley Johnson,
Jason Mewes,
Randy Quaid, and
Kathy Najimy. Peshekpia scored the Matt Leal film
What We Leave Behind (2018) starring
Kansas Bowling. ==Personal life==