One of the perks of having a long term relationship with a client is that, after a doing a few shoots over the years, a certain amount of trust is built up and you can break away from the usual approach and experiment. Scott Amendola is a composer and drummer based in the San Francisco…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/39567487/ w=600&h=338] In this series of So To Speak we focus on The Mattson 2, a twin brother guitar and drums jazz duo from San Diego. Like most young musicians today their interests span a wide spectrum. Their playing can go from traditional jazz to avant-garde serialism. Jared Mattson plays electric guitar while brother Jonathan…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29459325/ w=600&h=338] In this series of So To Speak we focus on the guitarists in the band Enablers(there is no “The”). Joe Goldring and Kevin Thomson. In this episode Joe and Kevin perform a guitars only version of “Morandi: Natura Morta #86”, track 4 on Enablers new album, “Blown Realms and Stalled Explosions” out now…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29391833/ w=600&h=338] In this series of So To Speak we focus on the guitarists in the band Enablers(there is no “The”). Joe Goldring and Kevin Thomson. In this episode they talk about their drummer, the mighty Doug Scharin. Enablers are a spoken word rock band that started in San Francisco in 2002. Known for its…
[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…