music film life
My good friend, Kevin Caetans, is having his holiday party tonight. That means our band from the 90’s, Velvet, might play a song or two at his house. Velvet did a lot of cool things. Our CD was one of the very first enhanced CDs and we were nationally distributed. No hits but a lot of experience in how not to run a music label. Pictures at 9…
My beautiful chair broke a couple of months ago during an all nighter. I’d been working about 20 hours straight and leaned back. Boom. The rail that holds the back to the bottom broke flinging me backwards and skinning my knee on the underside of my desktop. Very dignified. Well, well.
I’ve been keeping the carcass behind my studio desk for no particular reason other than it hurts so much to part with a dear friend that doesn’t hurt my back even after many hours sitting on it. Some people made cracks about my pakrat behavior.
Lo and behold. Jerry Witt, owner of Motion City Films, and the man from whom I sublet my studio threw away a chair. I saw it in the trash bin. Looked twice. Could it be? Yes, I, a professional music producer, dumpster dived and fished it out. The part is a perfect match! Yay! I really love my chair. The arms aren’t a perfect match (see below). Now it has character. You can take the boy out of Tennessee but you can’t take the Tennessee out of the boy.
Happy Sitting
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“And What Is Love” gets a new life having been remixed by my buddy Josh Christofferson. He’s a screenwriter who rocks it up with some roughed up electric guitars. It’s a gas to hear it. Find it on the From You page.
If you’re looking to invest a few million in a movie, contact Josh.
My buddy Chris Cruz had his CD release party today at his house. It was just like a house concert. I mastered it but I think he used someone’s mastering. Go figure.
Anyway, I’ve heard about house concerts and thought ‘what a neat concept’. It sounds like a great way to play, meet people and have a good time.
That’s Chris Cruz in the middle and my buddy Curt Sauter on bass on the right and another Chris on guitar on the left. It’s kind of a hard to see details because I took it on my cel. I do love technology. This was in Anahiem in the shadows of Disneyland.
My rabbit tattoo is compliments of Natasha. She’s pretty darn good with an ink pen! And she’s also got an eye to make me look skinnier in pictures. Eh…what’s up doc?
Did yoga overlooking the beach today. Not a bad thing, eh? But, boy am I not flexible. We’re sitting and the instructor says just relax and flop forward, no pressure on your back at all. Well, if I flop it’s not going to be forward. And keeping my back tight is the only thing keeping me headed in the forward direction. I love the benefits but I’m going have to make my own video and call it Yoga For Stiffs.