- On Jan, 23, 2017
- elson
When I was about nine years old, I seemed to indicate an inclination to learn music, so my parents brought me to a private music school in our neighborhood, a […]
Continue Reading...- On May, 15, 2012
- elson
In my last post, I promised that I would play all 30 “Play Me, I’m Yours” street pianos. Not only was I successful, I have a whole lot of stories […]
Continue Reading...- On Apr, 12, 2012
- elson
Something cool is happening in Los Angeles for the next three weeks: 30 upright pianos, each of them decorated by local artists, will be placed in various locations around town […]
Continue Reading...- On May, 25, 2011
- elson
In 1993, the world was a different place. Bill Clinton was president, Michael Jordan was the world’s biggest athlete, and though the Internet existed, only college students (like me at […]
Continue Reading...In The Studio with Elson and the Soul Barkada, Part 2: The Six-String Swing
- On Feb, 24, 2011
- elson
Next on In The Studio with Elson and the Soul Barkada, Larry Feldman records some guitar tracks!
Continue Reading...In The Studio with Elson and the Soul Barkada, Part 1: Overdubbin’
- On Feb, 05, 2011
- elson
Welcome to In The Studio with Elson and the Soul Barkada! It’s our video documentation of the completion of our album, Brand New Thing. Today, you’ll get to see Keith […]
Continue Reading...- On Jan, 01, 2011
- elson
Happy 2011, everyone! 2010 was a cool year with some cool things that happened. We got to perform on TV for the first time, Performed for a U.S. Congresswoman-to-be and […]
- On Nov, 16, 2010
- elson
Reaction to our jingle for The Manila Machine food truck has been outstanding since the promotional video made its debut last month, and some of you in Interwebzville have been […]
- On Oct, 19, 2010
- elson
We recorded the first-ever Los Angeles food truck jingle, for this region’s first-ever Filipino food truck! Here’s how it happened. On the morning of Tuesday, August 17, after meeting with […]