Blogging now to catch my breath, and process a monster month, y’all
First came, love, then came marriage, then came…nonono
First came SAMAPALOOZA:
I always have high expectations for Samapalooza fest, but Keating, Beletto et al surpassed them this year. Lotsa dancin, lotsa mirth. I also had an interview with Cat Caspar of ROOTJAM.COM, an interesting site centered on sharing musical stem files…have that video for you soon.
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Next was an adhoc show at VIRACOCHA, my favorite hideaway in SF. Shared the bill with
CHAPPO
CHAPPO is from Brooklyn. They sound like angry candy, and were 100% universally loved by SF. Their album is available (name-your-price, potentially free) on their bandcamp page.
Also at Viracocha was Jascha Hoffman, a guy I’ve been hearing about for along time, and finally had a chance to play alongside. His music is full of life, dagger-sharp witty.
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Later that week I spent a day recording with Nino Moschella, a funk soul brotha I admire, at his Bird & Egg Studio. Worked on a tune called “Whirlwind”. The semi-finished result is here:
Thennnn, I paid a whole lot of parking and traffic tickets, had a passport rushed to my door by some mercenary company, and flew to Canada with very little $ in the bank…Hung in Vancouver and Victoria, was a guest at a wedding and met a lot of LOVELY human beings. I hope some of you are reading this… I’ll be back to BC, no doubt.
Other mischief and reports soon…ps check out the LISTEN section, new! For a limited time, “Underwear” is free for download there. Please download some more of the tunes and help a broke minstrel.
LOVE
PECK
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