I was born and grew up in Santa Barbara Ca. Not one of the rich kids, but the third in a family of eight kids born to a hardworking High School Teacher and his harder working wife. After 20 years in Colorado, Santa Barbara is again my hometown. And I am thankful every freakin' day for it too......! I live like a king on a shoestring..... SB is expensive to live in, but it's worth the price of admission. But as is what happens as we get older, I also have my heart in Hana, Hanalei, and Colorado.
Most everyone in my friends list is a musician and/or artist They are ALL influences in my life in some way or another. So please search through my friends list, give a listen, and discover some amazing music!! I have guitar teched and tour managed so many great artists through the years - Toad The wet Sprocket 06' - Karla Bonoff/Rita Coolidge 06' - Crosby,Stills,Nash, - CPR (feat. David Crosby) - Kenny Loggins - Loggins and Messina reunion tour 05' - to name a few.
I also am honored to know and work with most of these folks personally.... Jake Shimabokuru, Jesse Seibenberg, THE SAMPLES!!, Havilah Rand, Kris Delmhorst, Kathrinn Shorr, Wasis Diop, Megan Slankard, Suzanne Paris, Crosby Loggins, Vince Chafin, Glen Phillips, Eddie from Ohio, Brett Dennen, Nickel Creek, Jeff Kranzler, Whispertrip, Ona, Animal Liberation Orchestra ( ALO ), Kenny Edwards, Gina Villalobos, Nicola Gordon, Lucy Kaplansky, David Wilcox, Stacey Earle, Dougie MacLean, Zack Gill, Jonathan McEuen, Nathan McEuen, more to come
I have also been VERY fortunate to mix sound for Zach Gill (ALO), Ellis Paul, HAPA, Makana, David Grier, Bill Frissell, Peter Fingers, Tony Furtado, Adrien Legg, Laurence Juber, Muriel Anderson, Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina, Glen Phillips, Lucy Kaplansky, David Wilcox, Stacey Earle, Patty Larkin, Laura Love, Darrel Anger, Julie Wolf, and so many more great artists including the folks on the first list.....God I love my job!!!!!!
I have been working with L.R.Baggs acoustic guitar pick-ups as their Artist Relation representative for three years. I am so very honored to be working with these great folks!
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I recently added a tune called SNOW that was released on my album entitled "Columbine" in 1989. Columbine after the state flower of Colorado and the little street I used to live on in East Vail Colorado... not after the High school incident. Snow was recorded on a Fostex 4 track cassette deck with my old friend Craig Dobbin doing the string parts on an older Juno8 synth. I recently transfered all my old stuff to ProTools, so this is my first remastering/cleaning up/ and adding some cool things via Reason.
Gramps tune was a piece I wrote for my Grandfathers 100th birthday. All the guitars were recorded live - no punch-ins! My amazingly talented brother - Jim Mooy (conducts orchestras, big bands, teaches music at a college - ya know, the TALENTED one in the family...) added the strings and killer penny whistle. (Is there really a killer pennywhistle?)
Hana sunrise was written by complete mistake! The tuning - D Wahini was discovered while I was NOT paying attention and mistakenly tuned the guitar wrong. I later learned from the great Hawaiin artist, Barry Flanagin (Hapa) that this is a very traditional tuning. I wrote this for my lovely bride Liz. It was recorded direct off off the piezo pick-up and NOT mic'ed. All pick-ups are the L.R.Baggs Element. Yup even in the ukeleles! (The ukes are down in this mix, but will be brought to the front a bit more on the next! ) These pick-ups are THE best! Both of these tune are unmastered-unmixed-and still have mistakes that I have'nt got around to editing yet....so enjoy.... --------- oh yea---------- This is what I do when I am not FIXING everyone else's guitars!!!!!
HOME "DISHWALLA" FOR THE NAVY ..
THE MOST AMAZING TOUR I HAVE EVER BEEN A PART OF.... TO THE CREW OF THE TEDDY ROOSEVELT - CVN71 - AND THE NIMITZ - I WILL NEVER FORGET!!! Can you spot me in the video?
Tour manager Crosby Loggins 08 / Various and Sundry 07 / Toad the Wet Sprocket 06 / Karla Bonoff 06 / Jim Messina 05-6/
I have been a guitar tech for over twenty years and have teched and/or toured with Weezer, Nickel Creek, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Kenny Loggins, Crosby Stills and Nash, Jimmy Messina, Loggins and Messina reunion tour, Karla Bonoff, The Cars, Todd Rundgren, Jackson Browne, David Crosby (CPR), Jeff Pevar, and a ton more! I love my job!
While Tour managing Toad the Wet Sprocket, I was interviewed by one of my favorite websites! Check out my Interview with Roadie.net!!!
http://www.roadie.net/portal/html/modules/news/art
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moo, keep us all posted! it's nice to hear from you, and about the poco tour! how much fun is this?! you're doing what you love to do! strum along in life, it's a trip! trip~
Saw you at the Martin Clinic in SB and meant to introduce myself and chat with you a bit, but you always had a crowd around ya. I'll say Hi another time. Appreciate the generous donation you made to the event (although I wasn't the one who won it). Thanks again and take care, Elissa Keith
Hey Moo! Thanks for the add and the info on the Jimmie Messina and Poco tour schedule. I do see that Richie will be in Colorado on March 13th. I like your profile music that you have up. Godspeed
Not much here, mainly working in the shop at Jonas which is cool but doesn't pay anything like touring. Keep me in mind if you hear of any work that comes up.
i gave scott your number. he wants you to be his manager for the guitar center parking lot tour...just meet up with his mom so she can give you some of her outfits to wear.
Hi John, & Happy new year, we are really sorry to bother you, we understand your a very busy man, but we are trying to get some gigs in LA & any help would be truly appreciated. tj & murph.
You will have some cool neighbors up there. Some of the guys from the Upbeat live up there and also a really cool guy named Fermi who used to play guitar for the Flashbacks and owns Fermi's Auto Body on Milpas...Not to mention the view and yhat you get to live in Yurt. Life is apparently good, old boy.
