and then there was dancing

Witnessed a fantastic evening of music last night at Park Life, a retail store and art gallery located in the Inner Richmond in San Francisco. Tommy Guerrero and Monte Vallier began with sonic washes each armed with a Fender Bass and stomp boxery. The Mattson 2 hypnotized us with their arrangement of Louis Andriessen’s Worker’s…

So To Speak, Episode 4 – Tuned in Fourths

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/19715198 w=550&h=310] Scott Amendola is a drummer and composer. His latest record LIFT is a trio project with Jeff Parker on guitar and John Shiflett on bass. The bass has a noble place in music. Its often seen, merely, as support for the more upfront characters on stage. Scott talks about John Shiflett’s ability…

So To Speak, Episode 3, Screaming & Sharing

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/19469411 w=550&h=310] Scott Amendola is a drummer and composer. His latest record LIFT is a trio project with Jeff Parker on guitar and John Shiflett on bass. The emotional landscape of music is a profoundly wide and nuanced space. In this episode he talks about the value of exploring the darker territory in a…

So To Speak, Episode 1… We Have Lift Off!

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/19425902 w=550&h=310] So To Speak is a short format interview series that sheds light on the creative process by sharing an artist’s experiences, opinions, and thoughts. Scott Amendola is a drummer and composer. His latest record LIFT is a trio project with Jeff Parker on guitar and John Shiflett on bass. In this episode…

Ipads in the classroom

Mindshift is a website that covers the intersection of education and technology. The curator of MindShift, Tina Barseghian, hired me to provide photographs to support an article about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Algebra Ipad pilot program at Presidio Middle School in San Francisco. Being in a middle school brought me back. The sounds of the hallway…

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