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STUDIO PERCH: It’s a unique studio setup for the bass station at Quadrasphere Studios in Koreatown. When tracking for Mike Keneally, always expect the unexpected!![]()
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(also, I am very artistic)
HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY SFTF: A quick flashback to seven years ago (which of course feels like more than that) today at 12:15am PST, when "Scenes From The Flood" was released into the wild and I posted this pic to celebrate. I still can't believe it exists sometimes. ![]()
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I always tell people that making an album is making tens of thousands of decisions, and then one final one: is it done? Well, I'm deep in the tens of thousands of decisions on the next album right now. It's not done yet. But it's getting there, one decision at a time.![]()
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Lots of folks who have come out to the Mike Keneally shows this month have commented on how they're waiting for the new one, and how much they appreciated SFTF. All I can say is *thank you*, and I hope the next one lives up to it.
DRUMS MUST NEVER STOP: Otherwise, bass solo. But I guess I did one anyway with Mike Keneally the other night at Biscuits & Blues. Followed by a Joe Travers drum solo (he suddenly remembered that the drums must never stop, I think). Thanks to J Warner for the capture. Catch us in SoCal for these dates coming up, including tonight at Alva's in San Pedro!![]()
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Sat 9/12 - Alvas, San Pedro CA![]()
Sat 9/19 - The Bornemann, Escondido CA![]()
Tues 9/22 and Wed 9/23 - The Baked Potato, CA See less
KENEALLY IN NOCAL TONIGHT & TOMORROW: It's time to hit The Dip in Redding CA *tonight* with Mike Keneally, followed by tomorrow night in San Fran at Biscuits & Blues! It's been a long time since we visited these parts with the classic Keneally/Travers/Musallam/me lineup. Then there's SoCal action after that. Hope to catch you there!
SATCHVAI ALBUM DROPPING THIS FALL: Back in early 2024, right before the G3 Reunion Tour started, Steve Vai asked if I had time to track a song him and Joe Satriani wrote together for their album in progress. I had exactly one free day, and I went to Vai’s Harmony Hut to track it in person that day. The song started with a rescued vintage reel-to-reel recording from one of Vai's guitar lessons with Satriani in the early 1970s (!), a bit of a jam when they were both just teenagers. From there it morphed into what is now “The Sea Of Emotion, Pt. 3”, the closing track on the SATCHVAI album that’s now due to drop in early November. The whole thing is an amazing story and I’m really glad I could be a part of it. ![]()
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What’s even weirder/cooler is that today I find myself at Mates Rehearsal Studios today rehearsing for a slew of upcoming dates with Mike Keneally. It’s been a long while since I was at this particular location, and I suddenly realized when the last time I was here: 2007, when I auditioned for Steve Vai and joined his String Theories touring band shortly thereafter. Life is funny sometimes, right?
