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AKAI MPC60 60 INCLUDES ALL THAT YOU NEED! VERY CLEAN! – eBay (item 330352342441 end time Aug-24-09 13:01:59 PDT)

By smac ⋅ August 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

AKAI MPC60 60 INCLUDES ALL THAT YOU NEED! VERY CLEAN! – eBay (item 330352342441 end time Aug-24-09 13:01:59 PDT).

Beach Cruisin’ for Change

By smac ⋅ August 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With the sun rising low on the horizon casting long dark shadows reaching into the Pacific, I’m ridin’ on my beach cruiser round Venice on a Sunday morning, Beach Cruisin’ for Change.

Look for Upcomming Fried Roots Bike Rides

By smac ⋅ August 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Morning bike rides to Venice Beach for those in the Los Angeles area in the works.

Lost In India Available on iTunes

By smac ⋅ August 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Lost Thought solo album Lost In India available on iTunes

It Is Hard Work

By smac ⋅ August 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

There’s more to music than parties and time in the studio. To be in the music business nowadays, you got to have hustle!

Take Pride In Your Music

By smac ⋅ July 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

You pour your blood sweat and tears into making music that you want to hear, you better be damn proud of it too. We all manifest our excitement in various ways. Some are more internal with their expression of joy while others are more external with their excitement. Either way, take pride in your work!
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Be Inspired by Life

By smac ⋅ July 23, 2009 ⋅ One comment

“Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get around to being the particular poet or the particular monk they are intended to be by God…
They waste their years in vain efforts to be some other poet, some other [...]

Knowing Your Sound

By smac ⋅ July 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Music is an expression of who you are. If you don’t exactly know who you are, then you wouldn’t be able to know your sound. Ask yourself, “Who are my influences? Who do I sound like? What is my style of music?” Getting these basics down will go a long way in defining your band [...]

Organizing the Studio

By smac ⋅ July 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

After the 4th of July, the Fried Roots Studio was in disarray. I took this opportunity to do some major improvements. Make sure to always keep the studio you work in clean and presentable. You never know who may be coming in to records or even just drop by for a visit.
Always think on [...]

For The Love

By smac ⋅ July 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

why music? it is my love. It is love that it dear and intimate to me. Music is a place where I am free. A freedom to express emotion in an open environment. This is the love I know best.
In today’s hurried and rushed world, I challenge ourselves to take back control of our own [...]