The Chris Lougeay Quartet performance at Plaza Unplugged. On May 10th 2015, Mother’s Day, there was a special performance of The Chris Lougeay Quartet at the Plaza Unplugged series. The sun was shining for two sets of swinging music. Featuring the vocals of Ashley Taylor, and the vibraphone improvisation of Ian Harland.
Ty Kiernan Interview. Damn, do I love Ocean Beach. I wedged my SUV into the parking lot behind Hodads, and walked across Bacon street. The sounds of a raging band spilled out into the cool air. Soon after I saw Ty Kiernan coming across Bacon St. to join me. Ty plays congas, percussion, chekere, and
ANW Compound Makoto Nagano 長野 誠 is a legend. He is one of three people in the entire world to complete Japanese obstacle course at Mount Midoriyama. Known in Japan as ‘Sasuke‘, we here in America were exposed to the program known as Ninja Warrior. It is a series of obstacles that defeat leagues of
The Ian Harland Interview. Ian Harland is a hard guy to get ahold of. Spreading his time between many musical projects, maintaining a successful lesson studio, and networking leaves little time for cool guy interviews. I cornered him a week or so ago after a rehearsal and forced him to answer some questions for all
Guitar chords Why is this such a debated topic for so many guitarists? I’ve seen books and books and more books on the subject. But wait, there’s more… LED lighted guitar necks, devices that will you let play guitar chords with the push of a button, guitar chord wheels, and the list keeps going on
Radio BanDiego lights up San Diego music. The International Hustlers have been invited to Miramar California to perform live on Radio BanDeigo. San Deigo music personality Florentino Buenaventura is the host of the online radio show. He is a man of many hats. he plays bass in his own band, as well as being a
Nobel Athletic Area You’re probably asking yourself, what does a blog about fitness trails have to do with San Diego music? That is a good question, and the answer is simple. I suspended my gym membership. Around January I noticed I was dreading going to the gym. It became a grind just to get pumped
Grant Fisher Interview. Grant knocked my silver coated plastic fork on the ground. Luckily, I didn’t want anymore of the chocolate mousse cake. I could feel my teeth screaming from the sugar. We sat outside on a warm night in San Diego during set break and Grant rolled a homemade ciggarette. It was a
Bryce Giuliani Interview. Over a stack of deep dish pizza the other night I got to sit down with uber busy drummer Bryce Giuliani. A son of San Diego, Bryce migrated to Los Angeles for short while but now resides here again. We went over his ridiculus drum collection, time spent at MI (Musician’s Institute)
The International Hustlers at Atomic. The Gaslamp District was buzzing on early on the warm Saturday night. This hotspot in downtown San Diego, Ca is visited by tourists and locals alike. Sidewalks are filled with singles, dous, intoxicated bachloerette parties, sailors on leave from the base, bouncers, and cab drivers. Of course, the usual pan