No more hobbies. I guess I’m done. I just saw an ad for an old guitar case (just the case!) for $10,000. I think that’s the turning point on trying to be involved in the “Vintage Instrument” world. I have…
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Reblog from Scott Heller’s blog
https://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2020/12/interview-with-jonathan-segel.html Interview with Jonathan Segel Scott Heller: Jonathan Segel is one of the most creative musicians that I have ever met and worked with. Both of us are from California and only about week apart in age. We first met…
The New Pornographers’ “Whiteout Conditions” and my interpretation thereof.
So far I’ve refrained from writing ‘reviews’ of albums or other music or bands to this extent. I’ve written an awful lot about music, of course, (well, mostly my own, see every other blog post) and its interpretation and/or effect,…
Literally, Superfluous.
It’s Monday today. Last Friday afternoon I was home waiting for a call from WORT radio in Madison WI, to do an interview about music, specifically about my latest release “Superfluity”. The phone rang and it was my wife who…
On guitars, yet again (…for guitar nerds only!)
A couple weeks ago I did an interview about my recent albums “Superfluity” and the Sista Maj “Series of Nested Universes” for a Japanese blog called StarTrip. One of the questions was about equipment I used (the guy is a…
Tagged with: guitars, Les Paul, Music, recording, Stratocaster
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, recording
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, recording
Very Brief Tour Diary, Winter 2016-17
From Dec 27, 2016 to Jan 21, 2017, I was on tour with Camper Van Beethoven (playing with Cracker, as per usual) in the United States. Overall, this was an amazing tour, not just from the point of view of…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, concert, live shows, Music, My Life, Portland, rock music
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
September in the Desert
Aside from a visit from my dad in Stockholm, we spent most of the summer out in the country, so I admit that while I tried to practice enough for tour in September, my fingertips weren’t sufficiently calloused. I was looking…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery, live shows, Los Angeles, Music, My Life, Southwest, Stratocaster, touring, Touring Musician, Victor Krummenacher, Violin
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
A Short Tour, part two
Returning to our lovely Vallejo Ramada Inn, we bought a six pack of Lagunitas IPA on the way, and when I went down to Chris’ room to pick one up, I ran into some 20-something kids on the stairs outside…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, concert, David Lowery, Guitar, live shows, Los Angeles, Music, touring, Victor Krummenacher
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Touring, Violin
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Touring, Violin
Camper Van Beethoven is. Still.
Camper Van Beethoven has been around for quite a while, especially in rock band years. Of course this was helped by the fact that the band didn’t exist in the 1990s. (Well, it did for the first few months of…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, Music, recording, UC Santa Cruz, Victor Krummenacher
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
Shine Out
I have a new record out! The official release date is February 10 2014, for no good reason. The album is called “Shine Out“. It was made relatively quickly (for me); it only took about 6 months! Entirely DIY. This…
Tagged with: Guitar, Music, psych folk, Sweden
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Sweden
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Sweden
photo by Ian Weintraub
Jonathan Segel 