I might be catching you all late, but better now than never — Happy Holidays from Anchortapes! Hope you all are spending time with loved ones, whether it be family or friends (or both).
For Christmas this year, I gave my family individually made DVD/CD packages containing a mix of songs I listened to a lot throughout the year, and an edit I made of old Kostka family films from the 1930s – 1950s. I took about three hours of my grandfathers footage and cut it down to just under 5 minutes, and to the Daniel Rossen cover of Judee Sill’s *Waterfall*.
Anyway, I thought I’d share the edit and photos of the packaging with you all. Hope you enjoy!
To end the year for Anchortapes, I really wanted to record a session with The Fling. And what better way to do it than inviting a bunch of friends in the neighborhood over to participate in the session and, ultimately, get a little drunk.
So, the day before we recorded, I hit up Dustin and [...]
To end the year for Anchortapes, I really wanted to record a session with The Fling. And what better way to do it than inviting a bunch of friends in the neighborhood over to participate in the session and, ultimately, get a little drunk.
So, the day before we recorded, I hit up Dustin and [...]
When Jeff Suri asked if a laundromat off Broadway in Long Beach would be a good place to shoot a session, I basically thought “Why not?” After all, there really is no place I couldn’t really shoot. And with Jeff’s odd, yet intriguing songwriting, I couldn’t really argue that any location wasn’t perfect. With [...]
When Jeff Suri asked if a laundromat off Broadway in Long Beach would be a good place to shoot a session, I basically thought “Why not?” After all, there really is no place I couldn’t really shoot. And with Jeff’s odd, yet intriguing songwriting, I couldn’t really argue that any location wasn’t perfect. With [...]
On an early Saturday afternoon, I cruised straight down Broadway to meet up with Eugene Owens and his band Eugene & the 1914 at guitarist Michael J’s loft in downtown Long Beach. Being the first session I’ve recorded with a band I knew not a single member of (and Eugene being the brother of [...]
On an early Saturday afternoon, I cruised straight down Broadway to meet up with Eugene Owens and his band Eugene & the 1914 at guitarist Michael J’s loft in downtown Long Beach. Being the first session I’ve recorded with a band I knew not a single member of (and Eugene being the brother of [...]