Here’s a fun story about managing my money, while managing a band. Five years ago, I left a job making $10,000/month to manage music band Here II Here. My first month with the band, I made $25 (paid 10% on a gig earning $250). In my 5th year with the band, we had our best
Here II Here, after 14 years together, and particularly after the last 2 years spent almost entirely on the road touring across the USA & Canada, is calling it quits. What was recently termed an “indefinite sabbatical” has become, at this moment, 5 extraordinarily talented men who have decided to disband and go their
Aaaaahhhhhhh finally!!!! What a day! The new album is out! “Always Here” … 14 delicious songs. All scintillating and shiny with the brilliant vibrations of the hearts deepest truths! Electronic-acoustic, world-pop dance groove rhythms. It’s just super : ) “Always Here” Samples by [email protected] I woke up today, all things ready to go in setting
Kaz and I were talking today … we drove along the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway, through a sun-drenched misty Malibu for a meeting in Ventura. As Here II Here finishes their 2nd album while simultaneously starting an indefinite sabbatical, we’ve had occasion to reflect on the past 2 years the 6 of us have
Today, I had the great pleasure to begin a journey with a group of visionary – and powerfully grounded – people in the arts & entertainment industry committed to furthering the growth of “transformational media” that aims to uplift and inspire humankind … through the means of delicious entertainment!! It’s a group called GATE –
As we’re moving into the sabbatical, I still find band-related work to do … of course. After all, we are still releasing a new album in a month! But I’m finding more time to spend how I wish (well, I’m always doing that). I’ve been heading back to Manhattan Beach to hold the “You’re
No, Here II Here is not breaking up. In fact, as long as Alex, Ash, Jaime, Kaz and Edwin still live on this planet, Here II Here will be available to do its thing when clearly called to do so. But it’s time for Here II Here (manager included) to take a real break; the
I recorded a VIDEO BLOG about my recent moment in the bustling streets of Santa Monica, California … AS A DRAG QUEEN, holding a “JESUS LOVES EVERYONE” sign … after losing an “everyone-wins” $15,000 bet with Here II Here. … Watch, Laugh, and Be Grateful!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzgaghg7RHk&w=425&h=34
We’re all gathered back in Los Angeles. After a strong 3-month run, January through March, we took a much-needed break before coming back together for a marquee performance at Agape Int’l Spiritual Center … perhaps the pinnacle community of the “spiritual” niche we’ve been charging through the past 2 years. But that’s not what I
We’re in Mt Shasta, CA, recording the beginning of our next album, at RadioStar studios with world class producer Sylvia Massy. We’ve turned a page this year. In the last 2 years, as I wrote before, we toured in our 6-passenger Durango SUV through 32 states in 2 countries (USA & Canada), performing over 200