I was blessed to be able to attend Level 3 Master Classes “Recording & Mixing” and Immersive Audio/Dolby Atmos with Alan Parsons as my teacher in August 2021, 2022 and March 2023.
Master Class – August 2021
With Producer Julian Colbeck (John Miles, Yes, Steve Hackett, etc.) left, who is an absolutely amazing person, and decades long friend/collaborator of Alan Parsons.
Alan Parsons and ParSonics Studio Engineer Noah Bruskin, who helped me out with many interesting ideas and valuable information, and has become a good friend.
Vocalist extraordinaire and co-author of the song “Give ‘Em my love” (with Julian Colbeck) that we worked on 2021, James Durbin.
Caricature by Jose Ruiz Taboada
Took my Joe Riggio Tango out for her first date… And what a date… It doesn’t get much better than this: Jamming with Redbone founder Pat Vegas, Drummer Andreas Gobor and Guitarist Nick Tavell (not in the picture). The Riggio Tango is absolutely amazing and has a feel that is even better than any of my Fender custom shop guitars. Thanks to the praises of Riggio Custom Guitars by Paul Warren I decided to get one. Thanks to Paul for turning me on to them, and thanks to Joe for building such out of this world guitars! And a special “Thank you!” to Joe Riggio for building my “to spec custom” Riggio Sierra for me. Forward to November 2024: One of the songs that we recorded then – The Witch Queen of New Orleans (click to listen) – was nominated for a Native American Music Award.
Jamming with Tom Münch, Tom Croucier, and Martin Gerschwitz
Alex as member of the Graywolf Blues Band with Andreas Gobor, Graywolf, Jonathan Joss (King of the Hill’s “Redcorn”, Magnificent 7, True Grit) (l-r)
Christmassy with Reinhold and Kevin Schwarzwald
…with the Flag…
Sitting in with the Pro Blues Band at the Cocodrilo Verde in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. (l-r) Carlos ‘Pacho’ Mejia (voc), Luigi Lindley (git), Alex Hast, Julio Chavez-Cabello Cecchi (dr) and Juan Carlos Barreda† (bass).
Rocking out with friends: Enjoying to play with good friends: (l-r) Alex, Blake Hunter, Coco and Ben Olariu, Drew Hemwall, Paul Navidad and Martin Gerschwitz!
I must have played every Oktoberfest in Southern California in the last 25 years.
And this memory from 2002…
