Sharing tunes…
Saturday, April 9, 2016 I went to hear Fred Small, folk singer-songwriter and former Unitarian Universalist minister, in concert over in Davis tonight. Fred's been recording and playing socially conscious music since the early 80's and has had his tunes covered by the...
It’s Here!!! Older and Wiser CD
Last Friday, the Older and Wiser CD finally arrived. I was so happy to see all of them in the shipping box, I picked some up in both hands and danced around the room. It was one of those pure joy dances. It's been a long journey from the old cassette tape projects to...
CD Project Update
In my last post, I said my CD (Older and Wiser) would be available in two weeks. Well, it's over two weeks later and it's still not available. I've experienced difficulties with uploading the artwork for the CD cover and also uploading the audio content. I hope to...
Older and Wiser CD Coming Soon
I AM EXCITED!!! I'm near the completion of my long awaited CD project. Yay!!! It will be a retrospective of some great tunes I wrote and recorded back in that late 80s with a good friend of mine, Christian Heilman. Hoping to have the CD available within the next two...
Local Music for Fund Raiser
Two Fridays ago, our band, Souls Journey (Dena, Bruce, and I), played music for a local Heifer International Fun-Raiser, along with some other local music talent. The event was successful and raised over $1,500 for the non-profit. We closed the event and rocked the...
Brand New Day
Yesterday at a gig with my band, Souls Journey, I sang an original tune that came about a few years ago. I was visiting family on the East Coast and enjoying a first time jam with my nephew, James, who's been playing guitar since he was a teenager. During our jam, we...
Harmony Brothers, recording, the zone
Early in October, Alan and I (one half of the Harmony Brothers) went into the recording studio to begin what the four of us have been talking about for over three years: a good recording of our Harmony Brothers sound. The plan was to start the process by recording...
Harmony Brothers, Spiritual Life Center, co-creation
I have been a member of the vocal group, The Harmony Brothers, for over eight years now.All four of us (Alan, Dave, and Ron) met as members of the Spiritual Life Center (SLC) choir which, at that time, was under the wonderful direction of Richard Burdick.After singing...
mentoring boys
Today was our monthly outing with the boys. Each month, myself and a few other men from the Sacramento area get together with a group of boys for connection, sharing, and learning. Our work is to model conscious manhood by being living examples to them. We work with...
guitar heroes
No, I'm not talking about the popular video game. Yesterday, I saw a film called It Might Get Loud which features Jack White (of the White Stripes), The Edge (of U2), and Jimmy Page (of The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin). They share one main thing in common: they all...
musical memory
I heard music by Yusuf Islam this week from his latest album, Roadsinger. For those of you who aren't aware, Yusuf used to call himself Cat Stevens in a former lifetime. You know, Peace Train, Moonshadow, etc. Not to worry, I haven't changed spiritual directions. I...
musical flashback
I was in Starbuck's this week meeting with a friend (yeah, I know it's main stream corporate American culture) and, as I placed my soy steamer order (no coffee for me, thank you), there were CD's of The Beatles (Abbey Road, Help, Rubber Soul) on the counter. It was a...