The Afflicted By Design Ep, #nameless, is back from mastering and sounds great. It will be releasing May 14 through several digital channels. Sign up at afflictedbydesign.com to get early access to the release. You
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Afflicted By Design: Production and Web Updates
Production Update: The first Afflicted By Design release, #nameless, is moving along, and the website is up. Drum tracks by Mike Carrasquillo are in for review, vocal performances and lyrics are being tightened up, and
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After a many years serving as the bass playing sonic backbone for rock, metal, goth, industrial and pop bands, I’m moving out of the shadows and in to the light, to lead my own industrial metal
Read moreThe Perfect Strap Lock Systems
Strap locks. Love them or hate them every guitar and bass player I know uses them and pretty much hates them as much as they love them. All strap lock devices perform the same basic
Read moreAnd The Grammy Goes To…
Last night, to the surprise of many, the Grammy for “Best New Artist” went to Esperanza Spalding. To Recording Academy members this really isn’t a surprise. Justin Bieber may be a talented kid who can
Read moreThe Grammy Voting Process: One Voter’s Perspective
Tonight is the 53rd Annual Grammy Award Show, with the pre-telecast award ceremony starting at 4pm ET. This yearly event continues to disappoint as performers who are clearly not the best take home the awards
Read moresasebastian.com Website Redesign
It’s been a long time coming, but I finally redesigned sasebastian.com and updated a bunch of info. I used a template that simplified the layout, made things a hell of a lot more organized so
Read moreMasters of Limitation
A couple weeks ago I recorded another bass track, a song called “Masters of Limitation,” for Freedom. It’s very cool hypnotic track that combines acoustic and electronic instruments. This is also the first release featuring
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Production on the latest Atomic Brother Ep, Pretty Little Lunatic is almost complete. The artwork is complete, and now we’re in the mastering stage with Roman Vail over at Joe Lambert Mastering in Brooklyn. James
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Been spending a lot of time working on music for Atomic Brother. There’s so much going on in the studio, it seems that there is no end! Here’s what’s been going on. Winter Studio Sessions In
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