A multi-instrumentalist, Conrad's recordings are done largely alone with help from various friends. Live the songs take different forms, sometimes Conrad plays alone, sometimes with other musicians. Players on recordings have included Lindsey Oliver on double bass (The Mummers, Kate Walsh) Jim Briffet on Guitar (The Miserable Rich, Clearlake), Nick MacGauley on drums, Mike Siddell on violin (The Miserable Rich, The Leisure Society, Lightspeed Champion).