isn't the environment work a little effort?

i have worked at a restaurant in the past so i *know* that a lot of times the boss tells you to put a to go plastic utensil pack in every pick up order. i used to do it when my boss watched but i usually just had 4 or 5 of those packs in my waitress pouch & i would ask the people as i passed them their pick up order. do you need any utensils??

BUT. i really do wonder how much plastic waste & therefore environmental damage is done by this practice. think about a subway where so many plastic bags are wasted because someone can't seem to balance a napkin & a sub.

i wish the people would ask if you need a fork before stuffing it in the bag you don't need & tying it so hard you have to destroy it to get the utensils you don't need out & get the bag back to them.

i know it's easier for the people serving the food but it's also kind of selfish. you don't want to take the time to ask people so you wreck the environment instead.

it takes 5 seconds to ask. i would gladly wait longer in line if that's what it takes for the register person to ask everyone in line. isn't the environment worth it?

Selling this Yamaha PSR-77 on E-bay which includes carrying bag & other goodies

I'm selling this Yamaha PSR-77 on E-bay which includes carrying bag with a shoulder strap *and* comfortable handles, an AC adapter, & a pluggable music stand. Get it now while it's toasty

Warning... this will scare the crap out of you!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10150450657143721

No More Tangents~

I'm still a newer music producer so I am finding it very hard to not get stuck on tangents. Doh! Luckily the track I've been working on now has been stuck in my head since last summer... so I'm not likely to forget things.

When I was Berlin I got stuck off on tangents so much... I forgot part of the track that popped in my head at Berghain. DOH! I didn't do a voice memo this time either. DOH DOH

Please universe give me some discipline so I can finish these tracks...

Tonight (Wed, 14 Jan) Jason Howard & Zenith at Wish

I'm delighted that Jason Howard (aka JKind) has asked me back to play with him. We'll each be jamming 2-hour sets.

What: EQ Wednesdays

Who: Jason Howard (AirPusher)
         Zenith (Re:Edit)

When: Wed, 14 Jan
10 PM - 2 AM
set time: 12 - 2 AM

Where: 1539 Folsom Street
San Francisco

no cover

DJ Set: O:Dark: 30

You know that time of the night where you've been at the party a bit... Everything is starting to gel. What time of night is it? Not 1:30 or 2:30... it's 0:Dark:30.

Getting By with a Little Help From My Friends

I think I had been in Berlin for maybe less than 24 hours when I heard from my friends who happen to be some Techno hardware genies. They needed to stash their gear. I showed them my little roll-up piano. One of them is also an ableton wizard of 14 years. Next thing you know we were making a techno track. B was doing the beats while I did the elements on top & had input with the beats.

This process made me realize why I was having a hard time finishing with tracks I'm producing. I realized I started the wrong way. I think because drums are in my DNA i've been starting with them first. But the ideas in my head are always catchy cool melodies with all the trimmings.

So now I'm starting with the melodies & WOW! Tracks are coming out quickly & much more easily.

I just made the weirdest fun track last night. Right now I'm calling it the Caterpillar. It will be the down tempo original. Then I'm going to chop up the elements & put some dance beats underneath it & poof. Release.

Well it's not quite that easy but I'm very happily getting the music out of my head into tracks so that's what's important. I've never been able to successfully do this before so it's huge! Go technology :-)

Freshly Back in SF 14 Jan @ Wish

I'm delighted that JKind has asked me back to play with him. We'll each be jamming 2-hour sets.

What: EQ Wednesdays

Who: JKind (AirPusher)
         Zenith (Re:Edit)

When: Wed, 14 Jan
10 PM - 2 AM

Where: 1539 Folsom Street
San Francisco

no cover

Roll-Up Piano FTW

I've really been loving using this little guy for making my music. Funny thing is his box didn't even have a brand name on it... It just read: "USB Midi Roll-Up Piano".

I haven't come up with a name yet but I'm thinking perhaps Simon??? What do you think?

Jon Stewart owns Bill O'Reilly

I have been wanting to watch this for sometime... It was really enjoyable & highly recommended.

Charlie Hebdo

#charliehebdo really blows my mind. two men with machine guns walked into the morning staff meeting & asked for the guys by name... executed them & then proceeded to kill everyone in the meeting. think about that.

Charlie Hebdo could be sexist at times but i've always respected them for not being afraid to exercise their free speech. Besides sexism is kinda old news, yes? what i mean is when their paper was sexist.... i just ignored it.

they had a police man with them for protection. these guys put an ak-47 to someone's head & got the building code & marched right in. in fact, the security at most companies would not be enough to protect from something like this. i am afraid they have given other criminals ideas & that there's more of this to come & it saddens me.

i hope the people at Charlie Hebdo & their families can stay strong. i can't imagine what those who lost their loved ones are going through. my heart is with them.#jesuischarlie