I made a Monster Mash music video, starring @nerwen . I always wanted to record Monster Mash, but recording cover songs requires paying publishing . Youtube has a catalog of songs that they pay publishing on for their users, they pay the songwriters for you. That's why people can make music videos with popular artists music on Youtube, if it is in the catalog. If...
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Can't blame me, because there is no such thing as magic...
Fall Colors 2020 Hindsight Playlist on Spotify. @eirenne did a series of SGTV live streams where she made playlists. I was trying to learn about some new music, so it was good timing for me. Watching her stream I picked ideas to make a good playlist. ( I was making 3 hour playlist, but it is advised to have shorter lists, make a theme, and...
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Drawing of some of the musical equipment in my room...
I've been mostly Vegan for one year. I ate cheese that was already on something 5 or 8 times. When there is no almond milk, sometimes I have something that resembles diary, in my coffee. For those reasons I say vaguely vegan. I was already vegetarian, and before that I ate chicken/fish but not beef/pork.
My body is almost adjusted to vegan. I was sometimes...
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Forest Fires in California are creating so much smoke the sky is a dim orange hue. At 11am, inside the house it is dark as night.
Here is my little songwriting set-up. It is 100F, 37.7C and very hot here. I am smoking weed and writing songs. Trying to hammer out some new ideas; as opposed to picking from the song tree. piano, guitars, bass, tube head, Zoom R24 recorder.
It is too hot. California is on fire. Covid restricts activities. Life is great!