Musician, Writer, and Photographer
Don’t you hate whenever there’s an article about taxes it always starts off with “well, it’s tax time again.” We get it, we have to pay taxes. I, for one, want to get as much money back in my taxes as possible. Some years I have to pay – this is always when I’ve worked …
In Victor Wooten’s Groove Workshop, and in his book The Music Lesson, he talks a little bit about how a musician, or how any artist for that matter, can get a wealth of new inspiration by applying methodology and techniques gleaned from other areas of artistry. For example, you can watch how a pianist plays the …
It’s finally time for a new Cea Serin album. It’s been a long time coming but I’m pleased to unveil the new cover artwork for the upcoming album “Intermission 1: The Vibrant Sound of Bliss and Decay.” So, without further ado let’s check out what it looks like…
If you’re like me you occasionally peruse online videos for music tutorials. I don’t claim to know everything about the bass guitar so sometimes I’ll come across something and I want to know how it’s done. For me, it’s like finding out how a magic trick works. Some people are content in seeing the …
“No number 2’s on the bus.” Alright, alright, we get it. We’ve all heard about the “no number 2” rule a million times on TV and movies. Don’t go number 2 in an RV or a tour bus. Got it! (I’ll get into just why that is in a second in case you didn’t already …
Ah, another year has come and gone which means I’m one year closer to death and one year closer to flying cars. And every year has its ups and downs, folks. It’s the ebb and flow of things. It seems like there weren’t any good albums, not a lot of good movies, and not a …
Every musician will always remember the time they got their first instrument. Maybe you had a friend that had given up on music so you exploited his desperation and gave him 50 bucks to help enable his alcoholism for a day or so and in return got his old beat up Fender. Maybe you had …
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 …
