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I gotta to say this has been a great few months. Had a few writing session that have been awesome!

Iv been making final adjustments to my latest project Golden Bear. Such a labor of love… Should be done with editing by late May and looking to mix by early June. Bring it!!!

I was at Martinsound Studios this week doing a session for “happy Dancing” youtube star Matt Harding. I had never seen these videos before but it looks like everyone else in the world has. This guy is a genius,  I want to get paid to do what he does.  We were working

Dan Blessenger, Matt Harding, Garry Schyman and Mike Landau

on a video that he just finished up which should be out soon . Gary Schyman was producing and as a side note Gary worked on The Revenge of the Nerds. One of my all time favorite movies!!!!!  The  the band was Mike Landau  on Guitar and Dan Blessinger on drums. It was a fun hang and we played surf rock all day long. pretty awesome.

Did a few edits on the theme song for the TV Show Coming Home. There is a new producer this year for the show and they want to use the song more in the commercials. yes!

Tracked vocals for my band The Proletariat. It’s coming along nicely and looks like I should be done with it by late march.

Till next time…

Did a last minute gig with Jewel at the Gorve in Hollywood last week. My good friend Jason Freese was the MD on the gig. We did a tour together years ago and it was really good to see him again. Hopefully there will be more to come.

Was at Henson Studio this past Saturday playing for a benefit concert for the second annual  safari nights. This was an amazing night with so many talented people in one room it was like being a kid in a candy store. The purpose was to  raise funds for an orphanage in Africa and they did an outstanding job. Joe Sumner, Greg Leisz,  Wendy and Lisa , Larry Klein, and Lucy Woodward were just some of the people involved with the music that night.   The whole night was very inspiring and I was glad to take part in it.

Still working  away on my project the proletariat and it is awesome!. It’s coming along nicely and it looks like we will be able to record another tune in late Dec. Yeah!!!!!

Been doing a good amount of upright sessions at my place for people the past few weeks. Finished it off with beautiful arco piece today.. Also did a few punk songs at my place as well.

Here’s a pic from a sound alike session I did friday at Hollywood Sound for producer Mike Lee. What cracks me up about this pic  is the drummer taping the 6 page chart to the wall. I think we did about 300 songs that day… This one had unison lines in treble clef which was alot of fun to play. Kept me on my toes for sure… Long day but the band was great and Mike lead the troops perfectly.

Went up to Seattle for a gig with Lucy Woodward. It is so freaking beautiful up there right now!!!! I wish i could have stayed another day.. I have a few more dates with Lucy this month and will try and give a heads up before.

Some good progress was made on the Proletariat project. Had Bobby Hartry play some guitar on a few songs and he really killed it. So excited about his project. Im shooting to get it done by Feb…

Went down to the OC and worked at sonikwire for producer Dwayne larring last week. He was producing a couple of instrumental songs for an artist he was working with. I haven;t working with Dwayne for some time now and it was good to catch up on everything.

Iv been playing with Lucy Woodward from time to time and we did a few shows in the OC as well. Seems like lots of diving the last week. Lucy is the real deal though and I love playing with her. Looks like were going to have a few more shows coming up and I’m pretty happy about that.

This week I will have a break from driving as I will be working form home mostly. I have a few sessions booked and Im gonna be working on some songs that are getting pretty close to finishing. Till next time

I played bass on an ep for Black Kettle the other week. These girls are awesome! I love what they are doing and I can’t wait to hear how it turns out. Beau Burchell was producing it and he will be mixing it as well. I just went and saw them play a live show tonight and it was great. Im a huge fan!!!!

Gonna be tracking vocals on a song I co-wrote with Casey Black via ichat this week. yes!!!!! Working on a few other songs with him as well and Im pretty excited about that. Will post em when they are done. Also, started a band project titled The Proletariat. Just started tracking drums and things are going great. More updates to come!

So my daughter had her first day at kindergarten today. She did great and I was so proud of her. Tomorrow my son Braden has his first day of preschool. This should be very interesting. Im saying a prayer for his teacher God give her strength…

Had a few sessions this week at the house. Did a song for producer Rob Hoffman. I haven’t worked for Rob in a while and even though we didn’t phisically get to hang it was good to catch up via email.

Was at Firehouse earlier in the week playing bass for Roothub an Oahu based band. “slappah da bass mon”

Gonna be looking forward to the weekend cuz rumor has it that it’s gonna get below 100 degrees out here…

Tracking for Roothub at Firehouse

Man has it been hot here… Been running the AC all day and it still feel like a furnace at my house… Worked for producer Mark Nilan Jr.  for the first time this past week. He was producing an artist named Lexi and we tracked at frank Rosato’s studio.

Erik Eldenius rockin the drums for lexi's record

Erik Eldenius was playing drums and afterwords we went back Erik”s house and played through some tunes for fun. Side note Mark is an amazing piano player! wow….

I have a few writing sessions this week that I’m really looking forward to.

Got some calls to play upright on various sessions. It has been waaaay fun…. I love playing upright and it looks like there is gonna be more of this kinda thing coming up.Yes!

Here’s a pic from a session I just did for producer Bobby Hartry. It was a folk artist and Bob got some great sounds. 2 mics and your good to go.. Looking forward to hearing how it turns out.

Did a session this past week for the finale of the Glee show. My good friend Kristopher Pooley has been doing a great job as the Music Director. I have not seen the show but I can only imagine .

I Had a few issues going on with my upright so I took it into my friend Garey Stein at Stein on Vine. I have to say Garey is an ANGEL! He really  is the best at what he does and I won”t stop singing his praises. He not only fixed my bass but got it sounding better than it ever has before. Thank you Gary!!!!!!!

Did a showcase for Rokket Music earlier this week. They have some really tallented artist on there roster. I played with Osmo Ikenen who is an outstanding musician/songwriter/producer.   All around great people at Rokket and I look forward to working with them again.

Up this week I have a few sessions and a couple of live shows. Looking forward to it