Improv Life (Part I)
Love at First Leap Part of why I’m so excited about the new album from Steve Lawson & Daniel Berkman is not just the fact that I’m singing on it, but that it captures my first experience of an entirely improvised live performance. Of course everything I ever write is improvised at first, and I’ve done loads of improvising in rehearsals and jam sessions,... Read More
New Album(s) & Summer Tour!
New Album The new album by Steve Lawson & Daniel Berkman, FingerPainting, is out! It’s the entirety of the first show from January’s house concert tour, all live improvisation, Steve on fretless bass and Daniel playing handsonic, gravikord, kora, keys and various electronic doohickeys. Both guys doing loads of looping and effects, and who knows who’s playing... Read More
Photos & Video from House Concert Tour
I’ll be doing another post soon all about the tour with Steve Lawson and Daniel Berkman. In the meantime, I’ve compiled some photos and videos we’ve gotten from our eight shows and NAMM adventure. I’ll be adding to the album as folks send me pics, and there will be more video from the show at Oakland Awaken Cafe coming soon as well, so stay tuned. Here... Read More
Artemis Presents a House Concert featuring Kira Small & Bryan Beller Monday 2/25
I’m fresh off the heels of an amazingly lovely house concert tour with Steve Lawson & Daniel Berkman – more on that soon, but first, I am very happy to invite you to a house concert *I* will be hosting on Monday 2/25 (7pm) at my home, featuring two soulful and talented musicians all the way from Nashville, Kira Small and Bryan Beller! Kira & Bryan and I have... Read More
New album(s), California House Concert Tour & More!
Well, we seem to be racing down 2013 like it’s the autobahn, and there are loads of fun things just ahead, coming towards us at full tilt. Ready? New album(s)! Last year I wrote about 20 new songs. I’ll be releasing them as a series of EPs, likely a track or two at a time, so there will be a steady stream of new music from me to you coming very soon. Aside from a few... Read More
Two Exciting Shows & A Whole Mess O’ Holiday Goodies
Two Special Shows, Sephyra CDs, Vinyl, T-Shirts & New Video Hello! Please forgive the super-long post…so much to share, so little time! It’s been a busy couple months, with a successful Kickstarter campaign and launch of the new Sephyra album and music video – a million thanks to everyone who participated. It’s been an amazing artful adventure, and so... Read More
Two video premieres tonight!
The new music video for ‘Down by the River’, made possible by 152 loveliest of pledgers and their amazing generosity and faith in this project, is done! ‘Down by the River’ will premiere tonight at Post:Arts, celebrating Post:Ballet’s fourth season kickoff at 111 Minna in SF. The event is FREE, and it’s from 6pm-9pm. If you’re in the area,... Read More
New album Sephyra is here!
Without further ado, here is the new baby we’ve been waiting so long to birth! Sephyra has been a few years in the making, but the songs span a greater distance. Some reaching back to my early days as a songwriter, some quite new. A whole posse of lovely talented people were part of taking this project from conception to fruition, and every single one of them is a gem.... Read More
Behind the Scenes: Ian Shepherd, Mastering Engineer on Sephyra
Ian Shepherd is a mastering engineer and producer who also runs a website called Production Advice, where he shares loads of invaluable tips and lessons on music production and home mastering with DIYers like us. Ian did a brilliant job mastering Sephyra (one reason I’m *so* excited about putting it on vinyl), and he had some nice words to say about working on the album.I... Read More
Music Video Progress
Just four days to go on our Kickstarter! We’re nearly 75% of the way to our goal, just $2300 to go. With your help, we can get there. Many of you have asked us for more details about the music video and what it’s all about. So Keith Crusher put together this lovely slide show of images from our 5 days of filming, as a glimpse of what is to come. The video editing process... Read More
