Ok, so my goal is lofty. 300 faces is a lot and Kerith is encouraging me to do 100. When I hit 100 I will decide whether 200 more are necessary.
The second face was John Tejada http://www.discogs.com/artist/John+Tejada who I immediately liked, though I had never met him. His house was warm and inviting, mirroring his personality, but there was more than that. Growing up ensconced in music, as I did, helped to me to relate to him on a more personal level. Not to mention right off the bat he reminded me of one of my all time best friends in this world, Clay Morrow http://clubrecs.com/
John builds all his beats from scratch, so while most electronic music artists are sampling or pulling in pre-created beats that they arrange in a musical score, having only the ingredients they are given by others, John grows his own ingredients and weaves them together into an electronic symphony. It is like going to the market and buying a loaf of French bread versus baking the bread in your home and having the experience of all the warmth and smells that consume you, your house, and your pallette. If you are looking for music by John he has a ton of work but here are 5 albums to name a few:
Dreams in Cold Weather
The Toiling of Idle Hands
Logic Memory Center
Cleaning Sound is a Filthy Business
Where:
We decided to do the mold in his kitchen, which was filled with a variety of green tshatshkes (the tshatshkes varied as did their many hues of green.) He put on his new album, and we got to work. I wasn’t nervous at all. After Kary I was back in my comfort zone, owning the materials and embracing the experiences as they presented themselves. John was also so laid back there was nothing to be nervous about. There was literally no pretension.
