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Justin Armstrong‘s recording palace on the edge of New Orleans is almost complete. This is where I hope to come back and record my long imagined album, Home Cookin’ with Eric Struthers. The first time I came down here to see Justin, I recorded ‘Stop Crying at The Club’ and ‘Last Train to Houston’ with Justin …
This was incredibly beautiful, touching beyond belief. I can’t remember anything like this before:
How about these apples? Friday June 14th I am going to be a guest on the Kingston radio station, Roots FM with Selecta Ras Isachar. He is going to listen to a wide variety of Northwest artists that submit music for this episode – and some of them will be highlighted on this evening and …
I am clearly a big fan of Casey Brookbush. I shot this at Hangar 420 Snohomish before the storm of 420 swept over us. It was a fun day working with old friend Jess Webb who was one of the people that can say she was there in 2002 when the The Staxx Brothers got started, hit the road, and wrote …
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I just got in a fascinating argument where I had to calm down an employee and supervisor, because I asked the Right questions. I refused to use the new Kiosk at Costco to order a Ceasar salad. I almost did it, but I just couldn’t. I pulled out my card. I told the girl I …
Tonight I started trying to collect some photos of these adventures to Jamaica and England before they are lost in the ether and die in the coldness of the cloud. If a picture is worth a thousand words, I have 10,000 words and 100 hooks to say about this shot of a Sick Donkey Records …
I haven’t had time to do an edible or any of that in a while I’ve been so busy. And I work in a Shop. So this was nice. A day off. I sat down and instead of writing a song, I wrote the first page of a book. My apprehension with a novel is …
TONY DANZA!!! This is one of those moments where songwriting, comedy, collaboration, and concerts collide. This 4.20 Hangar 420 Snohomish and The Soul United Allstars collaborated on a wonderful little experiment. We threw a pop up funky reggae party with just a flat bed, the little PA equipment I rehearse with, and Pat Canavan’s carvings …
Here it is. After discussing this with my team, including the folks I am working with at Tuff Gong International, and my dear friend Bluejay who brought me to Jamaica to represent his label, …I am offering 50 friends a stake in the publishing of ‘Free Your Mind’. Patreon.com/davinmichaelstedman We all know that song is …
Dorys & Eli by Dracula The Miami based duo Dracula are one of the foremost folk acts of Miami and South Florida, with a solid following not only in the music circles but also in the art and gallery scene of the Magic City. Dracula’s signature style of intricately harmonized vocals over an acoustic guitar is easily identifiable and has …
A couple of weeks ago I attended a rally for Andrew Yang who is a 2020 Presidential candidate, a respectable, intelligent man with insightful ideas regarding the fast-approaching tech revolution that I have previously written about on this blog. The crowd was youthful and enthusiastic! Andrew Yang will appear on CNN THIS SUNDAY at 7:00pm …
Regarding Fleetwood Mac cancelling as replacements at Jazz Fest for headliners, The Rolling Stones due to illness of singers on both accounts. I said, “This is what happens when the industry doesn’t invest in a younger generation. All the giants are dead and dying. There is a big hole where great big bands from the 2000s …
How about a glimpse into the evolution of my ‘Free Your Mind’. At rehearsal our 11 year old keyboard player Daniel Oliver cracked the code of the chorus. Lenky Marsden did in fact simplify my chord changes on the chorus. I wrote some pretty cool chord changes under that simple and catchy melody, but I’m grateful for everything he …
Spent my day off working on a hook for Reggae Powerhouse Band with the magic Mell Dettmer. Mell helped me overcome the dilemma that the hook I wrote for the outro the band leader loved, just doesn’t fit on the chorus section. This is my first experience crafting a Riddim. There will be other versions of this song …
BANNED! You wanna know what shocked me more than anything about this whole Jamaican adventure? This has Tuff Gong International scratching their head, and let this be a dire warning to us all: Artificial “Intelligence” has determined this FREE YOUR MIND video is explicit sexual content and CANNOT be boosted to a wide audience. A …
Indiana Jones would have been swiftly fired from his job as a college professor in the age of the internet. “Dr Jones, the footage of you killing eight German nationals is trending on twitter. Yes…I know they were suspected Nazis. We consulted INTERPOL. But you also stole a Chinese relic. I know, I know you …
Confession: I could do more as a writer. But I don’t really want to be a part of the national debate. Twitter is like the 7th ring of hell, and I feel guilty that people have told me that reading my daily posts are maybe the only reason they still log on to Facebook. My …
Tuff Gong International adventure update: my Ace on the squad just got me added to some radio stations in South Florida, and he asked me… …to record my first drops and radio promos for ‘Free Your Mind’ with Mell Dettmer. He’s giving me a list of stations. The program director said the same thing Conrad Denke mentioned to …
While in college on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, I rode in a car, a behemoth Buick Wildcat, with four other people en route from Chicago to Minneapolis. A winter storm pummeled Wisconsin as we drove, and we saw dozens of cars and semi-trucks* in the ditch. Tow trucks kept busy that night…ca-ching! We were …
This is what a response from an intelligent conservative friend looks like, “Hahaha yeah I get the irony with The Left becoming so Mcarthy-like, but that doesnt mean that folks on The Right need to become Russia-apologists.” I will let him remain anonymous. We are really in a War against stupidity. We learned to practice …
A certain venue I used to write creative posts for is still using my writing somewhat disctinct style, which is…pretty awesome actually. They paid me well considering, right up until I got back from my first trip to Jamaica. That was a paid position I kind of invented and it really helped the club reestablish …
“Slap Shot,” the 1977 movie about a minor league hockey team, is widely hailed as one of the best sports comedies ever made. It’s certainly got strong trailer material with Paul Newman smiling rakishly in the rink and a trio of affable brothers clotheslining opponents with a smile. The movie may even be brilliant as …
“There are lies, there are damn lies, then there are statistics.” – Mark Twain Just do good work and you’ll find an audience is a damn lie in 2019. Even if that was once true there is too much noise. Do good work and have no marketing ploy and you’ll starve and die an unromantic …
This is the guy from Trip Shakespeare: February 14, 2019: Today, GRAMMY-winning songwriter Dan Wilson released a new song “Fly Safe” following his announcement last year that he will begin releasing a new song each month in lieu of full length album in 2019. These songs, which include “Uncanny Valley” and “We Ain’t Telling,” follow the release of his critically-acclaimed 2017 solo album Re-Covered where he revisited …
So glad I came to work today, against all odds and islands of ice. It was wonderful and quite unusual. First my ace budtender I love to close with broke her ribs sledding on a fire hydrant. She came and I am her ride home. My bosses called and said to take good care of …
“For the love of Stephen Hawking…” That is my new way of saying “for the love of God” so I don’t trigger Christian friends saying I am taking the Lord’s name in vain, …whatever that even means. …and for the risk of offending my friends who look at me, saying God does not exist, as …
I just found out the reggae singer Bunny Brown just passed away. He was the first one at Sly & Robbie’s studio that pulled me aside and wanted to hear what I had to say as a songwriter, and to just be friends. The last time we spoke we talked about working more on this …