Most musical artists who become famous almost always “hit it big” when they’re young – very young in fact. Very seldom do we see someone breaking big as a popular artist in their 40’s, 50’s or beyond. It is such a paradox that becoming famous at a young age occurs exactly at the time in […]
February 24th, 2008
Categories: Tips for Musicians . Author: Skafish . Comments: 7 Comments
When Glinda Harrison, the vice president for my new record company, 829 Records, was making a one sheet for radio, (a one page description that goes out to radio stations detailing a new release) for my new CD What’s This? 1976-1979, she ran into a little problem. In going over the 11 studio recordings included […]
February 17th, 2008
Categories: Musings . Author: Skafish . Comments: 4 Comments
As the first Chicago artist ever to play the legendary CBGB’s in New York on April 12th and 13th 1977, my band and I were excited to first bring Chicago punk to New York. At the time, we were all between the ages of 17 and 20 with the only exception being my 23-year-old drummer. […]
February 10th, 2008
Categories: Back In The Day . Author: Skafish . Comments: 4 Comments
A big wonderful divine hello to all of you punk and punkettes in cyberspace, your own space, here in Skafish Blog space and any space for that matter!
I wanted to let you know about my new CD What’s This? 1976-1979. What a labor of loving childbirth it has been! 11 original studio recordings, 9 of which are previously […]
February 9th, 2008
Categories: News . Author: Skafish . Comments: 8 Comments
Divine greetings to you and welcome to my first ever music blog, where, approximately once a week, in my own words, I will post a new entry.
First, I will share my perspectives and perceptions of the musical world from back in the day till now. As I have devoted my entire life to my art […]
February 2nd, 2008
Categories: Musings . Author: Skafish . Comments: 16 Comments