The Foundry Sessions Residency

Friday March 1, 2013
We begin a new monthly series at The Foundry Restaurant
The Foundry
7465 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90046

Here is the format:
Drums (Me)
Upright Bass (Robert Petersen)
Archtop Guitar (Zachary Ross)
Hammond B3 (Ty Bailie)
Performing an array of hits spanning the decades arranged in new ways.

Guest Vocalist singing the hits: Maiya Sykes!!!

We will play two sets with some instrumental jams intermixed for your pleasure.

This is a new idea that Zachary Ross and I came up with. We take Top 40 hits from pretty much any time period and arrange them for this group.
The sound is an old school hard bop meets Stax records tonality and instrumental palette with a touch of Hip Hop and modern playing thrown in for spice.

Mathai Mathenge Gig

“Got You” from our last show. I get to stretch out over a vamp in the middle. Thanks Mathai!

We are playing this Friday, January 18th @ 9:30PM and on Monday, January 21st @ 2:30pm

Featuring:
MCs – Mathai, Justin Farmer, Reyloo & Iodine
Keys – Jamey Heath
Guitar – Zachary Ross
Bass – Robert Petersen.

January 18th @ Molly Malone’s

Details on the Monday gig.

Mathai Mathenge Gig

Live recording of “And Day” from our last show at Molly Malone’s on Fairfax in the heart of LA.
We are playing there again this Friday night at 9:30PM.

Featuring:
MCs – Mathai, Justin Farmer, Reyloo & Iodine
Keys – Jamey Heath
Guitar – Zachary Ross
Bass – Robert Petersen.

Chantal Claret Residency Promo – Las Vegas!!!

Promotional video for our residency in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock.

Fall in Las Vegas

I will be playing several weeks of shows with Chantal Claret in Las Vegas, starting the last week in September running through the end of November.
We are playing at a new venue opening in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino called Vinyl.

Summer gigs

All summer long I will be playing around town with the following folks. Please come out and give us a listen.

MATU

Earl Iodine

Yonatan Elkayam

Zachary Ross

Deep space

I was working on a huge pad texture and arrived at the sound on the track below. At some point it was self-sustaining and would respond to physical manipulation of the guitar body, neck, even knobs.

I could totally see images from Danny Boyle’s Sunshine or perhaps if Warner Hertzog did a Sci-Fi movie.