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If asked about my guitar playing, I would say, “Still learning, but getting better”.  Guitar is one of those things that I would love to master, but I’m happy being the guy who fiddles with it and keeps trying. I’m in the middle of finishing an original Christmas song right now.  My goal is to… Continue reading Stay grounded, keep trying.

I love documentaries, especially ones about the music and the industry.  Last week I watched, 20 Feet from Stardom which is about back up singers.  Some of them wanted or still want to be the star and others are simply happy being in the background boasting someone else’s career. I bring this up because a lot… Continue reading Keeping things in perspective

As a musician, studio engineer and producer, I’ve heard a lot of different bands,  be it in clubs, friend’s places, etc.  One thing I can never stress enough is record a band rehearsal.  Simple reason, all of us think we are sounding amazing when we are in the zone.  You are playing along and hitting each… Continue reading Upstart bands — record yourself!

Hello everyone! As you might know, “Hollow Spirit” has released two new songs over the weekend on SoundCloud: Picture Window I Don’t Care Because of the great response from the releases.  We are looking to make a video for Picture Window. Working with old Technology Since Dean and I started working on the old “Hollow… Continue reading New Music and working with old technology

Just read the following article: Musically Speaking: Talk the Talk – Walk the Walk.  As someone who started by playing hard and trying to learn more, I agree with this. Please give it a read.

I’m currently working with my good friend Dean on recordings which started back around 1993 / 94, we aren’t too sure, but we know it is somewhere around there, when we were in a band called “Hollow Spirit” which included our friend Paul on drums.  Most of these songs, I recorded with Don and Dane when we were… Continue reading Same songs, different interpretations

The nice thing about having a home studio is being able to go back and redo something that you didn’t like without it costing you anything.  I took advantage of this a couple weeks back.  The vocals for “Cold Black Sky” weren’t my best work, so I went back to redid them. “How Much I… Continue reading New release and revised vocals!

I’ve been doing something that I haven’t done in a long time.  Listening to indie music.  I was out of the loop for so long that I didn’t bother to see what other artists were creating.  I have to say, there is a lot of great music out there that isn’t in the mainstream and… Continue reading Enjoying music and moving forward

After working with Dean on our old Hollow Spirit work.  I have released the Hollow Spirit version of Cold Black Sky on SoundCloud! You can find it here: Cold Black Sky – Hollow Spirit Version Thanks again for listening!

When I was with Hollow Spirit, we did a Christmas party for the place that Dean worked at the time.  For the party, I ended up writing a Christmas song.  It has been rolling in my head for the past couple of weeks, and I think it is about time to record it and release… Continue reading Is it too early to think about Christmas?