•  On Feb, 22, 2008
•  elson

I’ve been busy upgrading my little recording studio lately, hitting the learning curve trying to get up to speed and learn their features. Here’s what I’ve added recently Cakewalk Sonar […]

•  On Jan, 21, 2008
•  elson

I spent the past weekend at the 2008 NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center, nearly an hour’s drive south of here. People come from around the world to attend […]

•  On Dec, 08, 2007
•  elson

The full 8-piece Soul Barkada did its thing on Friday night at The Derby in Los Feliz. We were part of a benefit show organized by the lovely Czarina Saba […]

•  On Dec, 06, 2007
•  elson

I got my first haircut after some two and a half years today, courtesy of my sister’s good friend Sherry from Artform Sudio near Downtown.  The long hair just got […]

•  On Nov, 28, 2007
•  elson

 In preparing for Saturday’s Top40 gig with a band called Common Ground, I have to make sure my gear is in top working order. My decade-old Alesis QS6 has been […]

•  On Nov, 26, 2007
•  elson

Well that was nice…I was greeted with (automatic) birthday greetings in my Yahoo! mailbox by various forums that I had registered for. Also got one on my main email account […]

•  On Nov, 16, 2007
•  elson

Session bass legend Carol Kaye did a one-night-only clinic at West L.A. Music in Universal City on Thursday night. After a friend recommended it to me, I thought it just […]

•  On Oct, 22, 2007
•  elson

Last year when we played at the Blessed Sacrament Parish Carnival, I cynically and half-jokingly said, “Oh, the next time we’ll get to play together again is next year’s Carnival!” […]

•  On Oct, 17, 2007
•  elson

Last night at the studio we had a rehearsal for the upcoming show at the Blessed Sacrament Parish Carnival. Vince, Lisa and Louie were there, but since Dennis and Miguel […]