Music, Art, and Culture of Cuba 

I'll be leading a delegation to Cuba through the Ministry of Culture for an exchange with Cuban artists, musicians, and cultural figures. Let me know if you are interested in joining! This is my tentative itinerary: 

Monday, December 26:
Depart U.S. and head to our destination
Our adventure begins as we board our flight and head to Havana, Cuba. Depending on flight availability, we may have a stopover here in the US or abroad. If it is an overnight stopover, we will check into a hotel, in order to be as well…

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Exhibit at SFMOMA examines important global and local issues 

Six Lines of Flight, a new exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, probingly examines many of the underlying conflicts of modern life from the perspective of modern artist collectives based in six cities around the world. Subtitled “Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art,” the new show is based on the premise that “contemporary art is no longer defined by a few primary cities but is instead shaped by an interconnected constellation of diverse communities,” a notion that decentralizes the…Read more

Exhibit at SFMOMA examines important global and local issues 

Six Lines of Flight, a new exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, probingly examines many of the underlying conflicts of modern life from the perspective of modern artist collectives based in six cities around the world. Subtitled “Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art,” the new show is based on the premise that “contemporary art is no longer defined by a few primary cities but is instead shaped by an interconnected constellation of diverse communities,” a notion that decentralizes the…Read more

Reviews of Carne Cruda - Oakland's TIght 


I found a couple of reviews of Carne Cruda's "Oakland's Tight" album, something that I poured an incredible amount of effort into. I'm glad that some people liked it:

http://www.examiner.com/music-in-los-angeles/schwindy-s-indie-music-spotlight-carne-cruda-review

Carne Cruda catches the attention before you even hear the music. Just have a look at that cover of Oakland's Tight (Round Whirled Records, 2010). And if you think that's interesting, you should see the inside cover photo which shows all the band…Read more

Songs from La Mission CD Release Party 



We will be throwing a big CD Release Party and Lowrider Car Show for the release of Songs from La Mission on Halloween, October 31st, 2010. This will be a great San Francisco Halloween event. $20 gets you a free CD with entrance, La MiSSion Band will be rocking live, and then Salsa dancing with Mambo Street, plus lowrider cars and more.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103816053015816 is the facebook event link, see you there.

Film Premier 

I composed the music for a new documentary film for the Freedom Archives, the film is called "COINTELPRO 101" and it will premier Sunday, October 10th at 4pm and 7pm at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco. Here is the trailer:



I composed all the music for this film, there will be a discussion afterwards with special guests as well.



More information about this film can be found at: http://www.freedomarchives.org/Cointelpro.html

Songs from La Mission 


Our record label Round Whirled Records just put out a new CD, Songs from La Mission, and it's selling like hotcakes. The CD has 12 new Latin-oldies style lowrider classics perfect for cruisin' the low-lows. We've heard lots of comments like "how come I never heard that Mary Wells B-side?" and "is that Carlos Santana or Ralphie Pagan playing guitar in that one scene.." Well, they are all original songs, except for our version of William Devaugn's "Just Be Thankful," that we recorded for the movie La…Read more