Thursday, January 8, 2009

Scrubs - I'm No Superman

Just finished recording an acoustic version of the theme song "I'm No Superman" for the final episode of Scrubs. The banjo is a featured instrument in this arrangement so I borrowed composer Jan Steven's fancy banjo to get the best performance possible. Also, played Ukelele on another Scrubs cue with Jonathan Grossman producing a track... great fun!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Years Performance at Disney Hall

Happy new year everyone. I had the pleasure of performing last night with Brandon Fields (Sax) and Ron Pedley (Piano). It was our second year doing this event and everyone had a great evening. Wishing everyone a wonderful 2009... go after your dreams.

Friday, December 12, 2008

The new movie "Swishbucklers," a Three Musketeers style comedy produced by Francois Petit.


I was recently invited to a screening of the movie "Swishbucklers" which I had the fun experience of acting in. It is a modern day comedy based on a remake of The Three Musketeers. World renowned martial artist Francois Petit, my Karate Sensai, cast me as one of the Guards. We had intensive sword training (rapier) and etiquette classes to prepare us for our roles. Our fight coordinator was Luke LaFontaine... an excellent coach. I learned a lot and had a blast being a part of this film.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Yes We Can

What a proud day for us all! Congratulations to President Barack Obama for a race well run.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Recording with composer Daniel Walker, conductor Ashley Irwin, and engineer Peter Kelsey at Capitol Recording Studio

We just completed a wonderful orchestral session at one of my favorite studios, Studio A in the Capitol Records building in Hollywood. Composer Dan Walker and I recorded the guitar tracks at Ollie Llama Studio, my personal studio. I was invited to the string session and did not want to miss the opportunity to hear live strings being recorded in one of the best sounding studios in the world. Dan wrote some beautiful music and the session was a success!

Dirty Sexy Money on ABC

It's always something different, and I guess that's part of what keeps living the life of an Artist so interesting. I was asked to perform on camera for the new season of ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money"  as a band member at a black tie affair.  The party scene was taped on a 120 foot yacht in a beautiful marina in South Long Beach. Since it was shot on location, we filmed for two nights until the sun came up... I'm still tired!

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Mindi Abair and Terry Wollman in the studio recording "Mandela" ... composed by Keb' Mo' and Terry

This is about two very good friends of mine... Keb' Mo' and Mindi Abair. A few months ago Keb' Mo' and I wrote a song called Mandela. We both thought it would be great to have Mindi play alto sax on it, and as ususal, she played her heart out... MINDI ROCKS! Here is a photo of recording engineer Kenji Nakai,  Peak Records recording artist Mindi Abair, and me during our session. It's great to be back in the studio again working on my new record!!!