Sunday was closing night for Redmoon's Winter Pageant and I spent some of my down time thinking/sketching about
my two loves: music and art, with my love, Teresa. Eating PBJs,
sketching, while T knit a hat, in a place that has been so welcoming to
me—life doesn't get much better than that.
It's no secret that Morphine is my favorite band and when the Cure for Pain documentary came out I bought it immediately (after a year of anticipation). What's amazing is that since then all sorts of new videos have popped up on youtube. I'm so grateful that Sandman recorded everything and that the folks around him have been so diligent about preserving his music. It's been 20 years since I first heard Morphine, 15 years since Sandman passed away and they just keep giving… amazing.
It struck me—wow 20 years! As a chubby little 14 year old I started to think about music a little differently: it can be simple, totally strange and yet still very familiar… I could build my own instruments and make sounds that haven't been heard before.
Through his friends and fellow musicians: Dana Colley, Jerome Deupree, Billy Conway, Chris Ballew, Monique Ortiz, the Twinemen, Either Orchestra, Treat Her Right… to name a few, Mark Sandman has been a great teacher for me. The main point being: keep it simple. This basic tenant is always on my mind when I play bass, but also in my drawing.
Strip down to the essentials and give that your full attention, you don't need anything fancy just use what you have—something wonderful will happen.
It's no secret that Morphine is my favorite band and when the Cure for Pain documentary came out I bought it immediately (after a year of anticipation). What's amazing is that since then all sorts of new videos have popped up on youtube. I'm so grateful that Sandman recorded everything and that the folks around him have been so diligent about preserving his music. It's been 20 years since I first heard Morphine, 15 years since Sandman passed away and they just keep giving… amazing.
It struck me—wow 20 years! As a chubby little 14 year old I started to think about music a little differently: it can be simple, totally strange and yet still very familiar… I could build my own instruments and make sounds that haven't been heard before.
Through his friends and fellow musicians: Dana Colley, Jerome Deupree, Billy Conway, Chris Ballew, Monique Ortiz, the Twinemen, Either Orchestra, Treat Her Right… to name a few, Mark Sandman has been a great teacher for me. The main point being: keep it simple. This basic tenant is always on my mind when I play bass, but also in my drawing.
Strip down to the essentials and give that your full attention, you don't need anything fancy just use what you have—something wonderful will happen.
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