Month: February 2021

Jimmy Kimbal Show guiyat player and amazing guitar player Yoshi Yanagi gave it a listen. He liked the progression.

Songwriting Collaboration Curt Bisquera, In the first place I sent a song to some friends for opinions on how to make it better.

Legendary drummer Curt Bisquera input arrived first. He suggested the sections could be shorter. And that it need a melody plus possibly a B progression.

So I shortened up the section in Logic Pro.

Here is the song at this point.

I shot a series of photos with legendary skateboarder Julie Kindstrand a few years back. This was one of her concepts.

Songwriting collaboration The Baked In the first place, I’m into music collaboration lately. I wrote this song back in 2001. In fact, I used some drum machines, sound modules, and Visions. Last night I put some live drums on it. And I sent it to my friends asking for their advice or playing.

The song came out sounding like a night (from an audience member’s perspective) at the Baked Potato in Los Angeles California.

In a word, I am looking to make music with friends both old and new. Its all for fun and everybody who contributes get equal credit.

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Jeff Grosso Exposure Skateboard Cyanotype. To begin with I am taking pictures at the Exposure event. I am at one of the pool practices. I turn to see if anyone is on the vert ramp. And there is Jeff. Another key point, I had a Holga camera loaded with 120 film. I asked KJeff if we could take a picture. In due time I developed the film and found this picture.

At the present time I am working on alternative Process. In this case Cyanotypes. Which are a printing process from the 1800’s. Thus Grosso via Holga, 120 film, developed at home on Cyanotype.

The photograph is talking.

In the first place, I took an alternative photography class with a fine photographer named Greg Rager. In fact, this class was held at Cypress College. And Greg asked us to find a print (not one of our own). Then, he asked us to learn as much as we can about this photograph.

That weekend i went to the Fairfax High School swapmeet. And I purchased a few old pictures from a vendor who only sold old pictures.

This picture stood out to me. And on the back of the picture, there is writing that reads “On deck of Fort Saint George returning”

By the way the photo you see here is a first attempt cyanotype print I made today. A few years later I am back at Cypress College. And Im taking another Alternative Photography class. This time with the brilliant Tony Maher.

So I am chasing this person in the photo again, And this time via Cyanotype and Anthotype printing.

Cyanotype of woman 1910. What I know so far.

This woman’s indicates she had access to money. And she is on a cruise ship. Lastly, I have found S.S. Fort Saint George postcards dated 1910. So this photo was probably taken around or just before the Spanish flu.

Cyanotype of woman 1910. What i’m curious about?

Why is she alone.

Im going to keep printing this photograph in the pursuit of better clarity.

Alternative photographic process

Skateboarder Kristy Conner Anthotype Tumeric Print

This is the second Turmeric print, The difference is the emulsion application. Greg Rager taught me how to apply Cyanotype emulsion way back in his Alternative Photography class.