Posts made in March, 2016

At coffee, I run into everyone. Our town only has one coffee shop, so it’s easy to find everyone there. I ran into a couple of musicians that I’ve jammed with, and I dig their tunes! Well, like me, they signed up for Distrokid – and like me, they have the eternal musician’s struggle: Record, listen, hear the mistakes, re-record, listen, hear something “lacking”, re-re-record, listen – and so on.          The thing that a lot of us...

The Storyteller is an idea that I took from a book that helped me in a lot of ways. Transcending Evolution by Richard H. Barker. I would try and think of how to describe The Story, or The Storyteller to you – but I think this quote from Mr. Barker’s site (www.transcendingevolution.com) would do it. Your story acts as a lens through which you experience reality, but it can also become a wall between you and reality; it can become...

The Storyteller’s Impasse… Man, this album took a long time – and then happened quickly. I started working on the album in late 2014 with my friend, Shawn, who gave me great feedback and was an awesome bandmate back in our Pedro & The Pages days. He helped as a friend, arranger, producer, and co-instrumentalist & singer. (HEY, SHAWN! If you want to work on anything while you’re living on the other side of the country, It’d be...

  Oh the joys of recording in a home studio… The strange noises that sneak in – dogs barking, cars going by, planes, chickens (who do the chicken version of barking), and the ever-buzzing cell-phone.There are some parts that some musicians, like myself, are not adept to. Mastering is a process that I can’t say I have even begun to… Well… Master. So, I talked to some folks in my little town and on-line, looked for advice wherever I...