[4] Schefano then joined Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray in Little Red Rocket as their drummer, and also contributed guitar, piano, and vocals to the group's 1997 debut album, Who Did You Pay[5] on Tim/Kerr records.

[6] The Art of Navigation was co-produced by Shelby Tate of Remy Zero and mixed by Robert Schneider,[7] best known as a producer for his work on Neutral Milk Hotel's critically lauded In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

[8] MTV praised The Art of Navigation as "great sixties-inspired pop"[9] and CMJ New Music Monthly called Schefano an "ace songwriter and lyricist.

"[6] Maria Taylor, who was previously romantically linked to Schefano,[10] credits him for teaching her "how to write songs, play drums and find my voice.".

[21] On January 6, 2017, Buzzbands.LA premiered the first single "Come to Think" from Schefano's debut self-titled solo LP Opposite Side of the World, released on Maria Taylor's new label, Flower Moon Records.

[28] In April 2018, Paste premiered a new single from Maria Taylor called "Real Life" featuring Schefano, from a compilation released by her label, Flower Moon Records.

[29] Schefano's track from the album, "The Future is Now," premiered in May 2018 in LA Weekly, calling it a "sprawling, drawling, epic pop-rock song that sways in and out of layers like a beautiful Pink Floyd/Beatles hybrid.