I know it's a bit late in the year, but I printed up a few shirts promoting my 14th season over
at Steamer. This is the 10th year in a row that I've printed up a summer concert tour shirt- the
tour that goes to only one spot- you guessed it- Steamer, HHI...
The design is a photo of my pedal board taken at my gig- it's the world as I see it every night. The shirts came out really
well this year, and as usual, they are printed on American Apparel Shirts. These shirts are only available online, so head on over to the
Buy Stuff page, get out your paypal, and $10 + shipping
gets you one.
Thanks for the support!
 June 23 2011
Porchboard
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Oh yeah- make it go boom... This is my new toy for the summer- the PorchBoard.
It's is an analog bass drum sound made by a weird kind of proximity sensor- I have no idea
how it works, but I know that it thumps hard at 33 Hz.
I'm basically trying to learn to be a drummer and get that whole right foot
independence thing going while I play/sing/and try to loop. Between playing brushes on my guitar via
the internal mic and the porchboard for a kick drum, I can come up with a pretty convincing drum sound.
A convincing sound, but the groove at this time may leave something to be desired. I have my work cut out for me
but I'm gonna get this. It's gonna be cool when I get it dialed in.
As if I didn't have enough going on already at my live gig, my feet are now extra busy.
Come by and check it out- this toy is good times and sounds cool...
June 2011
Taste Magazine Interview
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Taste Magazine, one of our local Hilton Head magazines, did an article about me in their Summer
edition. Interviews are tricky- you never know what they are going to print, but this came out well.
I guess 14 years at the same gig is quite a long time- it's nice to get recognized. I'm flattered
that they'd print an interview with me in their magazine.
Thanks so much to Taste, Risa Williams, and Rob Kaufman for the kind article and the "featured
artist" spotlight in the Summer edition!
April 2011
Baby #2!!!!
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My wife and I are so excited to have baby #2 coming at the end of August!!! We don't know if it's
a boy or girl- we like to wait ;-) I'm really loving being a Dad, and here we go again...
Just be warned, if my wife calls me while I'm at my gig during the last week of August, I may have to
cut out in the middle of a song and head to the hospital very quickly!
February 2011
14th Season at Steamer
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Howdy. It's been a cold winter down here in SC and I'm ready to get back to some warm nights playing
music outside! I'm happy to say that I'm back at Steamer again for what will be my 14th season. Crazy-
14 years is a long time, and I'm still really enjoying it.
I've spent a lot of time working on my rig and fixing up my old beat up Larrivee guitar this off
season. I tried using a different guitar last year, but I'm back to the one that I've used
since I was 19- it's my baby (or at least one of them). I added a mic inside my guitar that has
opened up a whole new set of colors and sounds to my looping. From playing drums on the guitar
(well- nylon brushes), to whistling and singing into the guitar, my use of looping keeps evolving
each year. Looping is really cool- it's as easy or as complicated as you want to make it and
apparently, I like it complicated. The challenge for me with looping is to let the loop add interesting
parts with different sounds and textures, while still keeping the perfomance musical and seamless. The song is
still the most important thing- the looping is just a tool to make the perfomance sound bigger. Knowing when
not to loop is the most important part of knowing how to loop well (wooh, that was deep).
I'm working Friday and Saturday nights in February, and Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, in
March. Come on by to check out my new sounds and say hello...
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