Come out and see my favoritist band ever: Jupiter One, this Wednesday at the Paradise Lounge!!!

I’ve been a little preoccupied with moving the past couple of weeks. Here are some things that have happened since we’ve last blogged: I had a wallet made for me… Paddy Hartley, a visual artist in the UK, makes handmade, limited-edition wallets that use illustrations from atomic civil defense and public information films, experimental aircraft [...]

This year all students are getting a commemorative guitar pick for participating in a student concert and/or studying with Brendan for the school year. I had them made at SteveClayton.com, and I’m very happy with the results. I’m thinking ordering another batch with a slightly different design for overall promotional use.

The 5th (now semi-annual) Student Concert will be held on Sunday, June 10th at 4pm. All students are welcome to perform and attend. These are always a lot of fun and a great way to get some performance experience. If you are interested in performing, please contact me during a lesson or drop me note. [...]

I’ve been on a nostalgia kick lately. Spring cleaning has turned into a walk down memory lane. One of my old classmates from Berklee, K Ishibashi, released an album with his band, Jupiter One, a few years ago. Two of the songs are available for download through iTunes. I cannot get these songs out of [...]

Sometime over the past few years, I made my life easier by preparing for gigs in advance. In the busy summer months I keep an amp in the car, my travel bag keeps all my pedals plugged-in, and every guitar has it’s very own guitar purse. My guitar purse is an extension of the pocket [...]

What: Voltaic Vaudeville When: May, 05 2007 – 3pm & 8pm Where: The Regent Theatre – Arlington, MA Who: The Beat Circus Vaudeville Orchestra, Uncle Shoe, Ben Matchstick, Bony Lil, Jason Escape, Miss Aventure, Karen Webb, The Legacy Dancers. Valerie asked me to play on her score for Bony Lil’s film: Creation earlier this year. [...]

This is an unusual post for this blog, but I think this is pretty cool. From the iTunes website: “With the new iTunes “Complete My Album” service, music fans can now upgrade their singles into complete albums and get full credit for the songs they have previously purchased from iTunes. “Complete My Album” is a [...]