I keep taking guitars (and basses) with problems to San Francisco Guitarworks, and they keep converting decent instruments + money into amazing instruments. Yesterday I got my Rickenbacker 360/12 back. Previously it looked amazing, sounded amazing, and played more or less like catching a muddy frog with your hand, if your hand already contained your […]

We (TungstenSF) recorded 2 songs (yes, 2 songs = 25 minutes!) a week ago and here is the result for all to see: TungstenSF: Mercy II and Houdini Enjoy!

In Part 1 I talked about the reason why bass players basically can’t avoid the need for lots of amplification power on stage. In this part I’ll talk about picking amplifiers and speakers and how to shop for them.

Yesterday I brought my full bass rig (meaning not the little practice amp I use at home, but the full live setup with effects, amp, and speakers) to the studio for a performance-volume rehearsal. It was not loud enough. I spent about 5 hours yesterday and 2 hours today studying up on what’s out there, […]

I’m in a new band that formed in February 2007. It’s called Tungsten SF at the moment; we might drop the SF part. Here’s the Tungsten SF web site which has bio info, news, audio clips, and a snazzy band photo / desktop wallpaper in widescreen format. If you’re on MySpace, please add tungstensf to […]

Hi there. This is my new all-music web site & blog, separated from my more social and all-encompassing web site here. This is where my news, works in progress, and small works will be published for fun. Later on I’ll include a performance calendar (once I figure that out). For now, I’ve posted all of […]

Composed December 9, 12 and 14, 2006. Sequenced & mixed December 15, 2006. This is my final composition project for Music 233 at SFSU (Chromatic Analysis and Synthesis). The assignment was to write a piano and flute piece incorporating a specific overall form and a list of compositional techniques. I first came up with a […]

This is an arrangement of an assigned melody (with chord names) that I performed today as part of my final exam for Class Piano III (Music 203). We were required to use several accompaniment techniques, all of which are incorporated in my arrangement (PDF score here). Measure 5 uses “jump bass”, measure 6 uses “open […]

Composed May 19, 2005; sequenced & mixed May 21, 2005. This is my final composition project for Music 232 at SFSU (Diatonic Analysis and Synthesis). The assignment included a simple melodic line and a fairly long list of required compositional devices. The harmony, voice leading, and rhythms are mine. There’s a PDF of the score […]

Recorded Tuesday, May 4, 2005 As the title suggests, this is the first draft of a vocal pop tune intended for a female singer. This is the first song I’ve written that incorporates classical composition techniques I’ve learned at school, as well as being the first song I’ve written where the melody was designed to […]