Author Archives: gene

Good News and Bad News

October 13, 2009 – 8:44 am

Eddie Garcia (sound engineer extraordinaire) and I drove together from our lovely Doubletree hotel in El Segundo to the Pepperdine campus in Malibu.  We were running a little late, and when we phoned Val and Brendan, they told us that there was a bit of a surprise for us when we arrived.  I was driving; [...]

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This is the life … no, really.

August 1, 2009 – 12:36 am

This is what I bargained for. Today, in a nutshell, is my life these days: chaotic, completely full, and yet exactly what I want/need/fear. It’s 12:20 AM and I’m just back “home” (at my in-laws’, where my wife and 2 sons are sleeping peacefully upstairs) after meeting my college buddy AJ for [...]

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Folk Music & Drums

February 3, 2009 – 10:00 am

Folk Music.  Drums.  Can they coexist?  This question plagued us (or at least me) for several years during our foray into the folk music scene.  That period in the band’s history had many triumphs and many dips into deep despair.  But, it also was the source of one of my proudest accomplishments, which I am [...]

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Home Base(s)

November 16, 2008 – 10:46 am

I’ve been thinking a lot about this blog entry … so many things swimming around in my mind and wanting to be true to all of it. Eventually, I just decided to write and see what comes out … after all, isn’t that what blogging is all about?
The theme that keeps appearing for me [...]

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Sore knuckles, aching arms, blisters, and a huge smile on my face.

September 23, 2008 – 9:56 am

Ok … truth be told … there was only one blister, which is healing nicely, as are my knuckles and arms. But my weekend in the studio recording drum parts for our upcoming “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” record was a whirlwind for me. We are currently planning on 18 tracks on the record (note: [...]

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