Musician, Writer, and Photographer
I’m not a computer guy. I know enough to set up and run my website, operate my recording software, and basically do what it takes to get by. When a problem pops up with my recording computer I only know the basics to get things working again. I have to tell you, when these problems …
Last night I watched Danny Boyle’s most recent movie, the head-trippy Trance. And yes, this blog is about music but first let me talk a second about the movie: It’s about a guy who’s hit on the noggin during an art heist. This jarring blow results in amnesia – which is a drag seeing as …
Back in 1997 I started sending out my first batch of demo tapes for my band, Cea Serin. I would send tapes to anyone and everywhere. Any webzine, magazine, fan site, or record label out there that would reply to me would get a demo tape. Sometimes I got really great reviews and this made …
Here’s a quick little story about how I had to do make an audition video in the space of a few hours. I had to learn the song, program the drums, record the keys, shoot the video, edit the video, then upload it before the person requesting it woke up the next morning. Sometimes extreme …
As you cruise through your life as a budding musician you might get to the point where you have to make an audition video. I’ve had to make several of these. And nothing sounds worse than recording a video where you record the audio through the air. Ugh. This goes double if you’re a bass …
Make no bones about it, when the Zombie Apocalypse goes down you won’t see it coming. Sure, you might be at the office, look out your window, and what’s that – the dead lumbering down the street? But then what will you have around to protect yourself? A protractor? Well, if you’re at home and …
Hello. Just wanted to drop a quick update here: new videos, things I’m working on, gear stuff and all that….
I once told someone the story about how I got my gig with Cirque Dreams and half way through they said, “Oh man, you were in the right place at the right time.” The expression “the right place at the right time” has always kind of annoyed me. It dismisses effort and devalues ingenuity. I …
A few months back I had a two-and-a-half month gig in the tropical heat of Cancun, Mexico. After the gig was done all my bass guitars were put back in their hardshell cases, loaded into a crate, shipped off from Cancun, sailed over the Gulf of Mexico, hit land in Florida, and then driven to …
I’ve been at this music thing for quite some time. Many moons have passed since I first picked up an instrument. I’ve learned some things is what I’m driving at here. Some things and some stuff. I’ve learned how to do things for myself; I’ve learned how not to do things. That’s one of the …
