1. My story, “A Better Place,” is up at Bourbon Penn. Jamie Schultz > A Better Place > Bourbon Penn Cover the window! There — the curtains. Hurry up, just — Thank you. Thank you. Jeez, didn’t you even read my file? bourbonpenn.com 2. I will be performing at City Line DFW, playing
This Friday, November 11, I’ll be playing a solo acoustic(ish) show at Checkered Past Winery from 8:30 to 10:30. Expect a lot of Bob Dylan and Neil Young songs, some original tunes, some weird stuff, and at least half a dozen instances of me getting out over my skis attempting to perform something I’m not
My songwriting collaborator and I have at long last completed our album! It’s called Outrun the Reptile, and we’re releasing it under the name H&S Salvage. We’re really proud of these tunes–solid groove rock with a few surprises. Visit my music page for details, including samples, links to where you can buy it, and complete
I’ve started writing this retrospective each year to disabuse myself of the notion that I didn’t get shit done each year. It helps. Goals from last year: 1. Finish writing the first draft of third book in the Arcane Underworld series. Done! And several people who are not prone to blowing smoke up
Scene: My dad’s study/music room, which is furnished with some top-notch recording equipment. DAD and ME are sitting there, each with a pair of headphones on, attempting to get his recorded vocal and guitar to sound right. DAD: The voice sounds too thin. Why doesn’t it sound warmer? ME (twiddling EQ knobs): How’s that? DAD:
These are highly idiosyncratic and personal, so likely don’t work for everyone, but these are the rules I live by: 1.) If I need more than 22 tracks to say something, I probably can’t say it. 1a.) Recording guitar tracks in stereo is almost always a waste, barring unusual use of effects. 1b.) That goes
Every year, I look back and think, “I didn’t get shit done this year!” Sometimes that’s accurate. Other times, that’s more a result of failure to step out of the day-to-day frustrations and look at the broader picture. And also a result of having unrealistic goals, I suppose. In any case, this year, I started
