A few good friends of mine are burgeoning film directors in Cape Town, South Africa. I met them in Cairo and later worked with them on the music for Dorotea Vucic’s “Wamkelekile: Welcome Home,” an Oscar nominated short-film from the Western Cape. They recently sent me this, a music video for the South African band “Hot Water.” Claude and Daniel Morcos, “the Morcos Brothers” as they have been coined, directed […]
Read More »All of us, by which I mean all people in general, are artists of sorts – we strive to become better at the things we love, whether that be songwriting or parenthood (or both), and we do so with such conviction that we are able to shake off the ever-present naysayers, those agents of cynicism who always manage to be standing on the street corner when we stumble by, whispering […]
Read More »I love music, so working for a music company is a great thing. But for the blog, I wanted to dig deep and explore the reasons why I love music. After some brief thought, I came up with a simple answer- I love it because it makes me feel good. Still, I wanted to learn more about how music affects us and why, so I hit up the all-powerful google. […]
Read More »It is a rare experience in Texas to be beset by snow. For most Texans, snow is a phrase reserved for describing that blurred and fuzzy effect on one’s TV screen that gets in the way of watching reruns of “Dallas.” But in fact, on occasion, snow does fall from the skies above Texas. We Texans, whether transplanted or true-born, are always happy about this phenomenon for a number of […]
Read More »SAM’s Xmas dinner was a great one this year. It always comes with a price, though – in order to be included in this exclusive feast of wine and lobster, you must bring a White Elephant gift. I thought long and hard about what to bring, and frankly it stressed me out a bit. I started to think through what I had – a spare picture frame, photo-shop skills, a […]
Read More »Two years ago this January, I started working at Stephen Arnold Music, and my how that time has flown. I say this in the generic sense, the way one sighs and shakes his heads at the fast changing world, but also with something specific in mind: Exactly three years ago, I was in the middle of what I consider to be the best year of my life. That’s a big […]
Read More »When I joined the team here at Stephen Arnold Music Company on August 1, I had no idea how drastically my life would change. I consider myself to be a pretty current, connected, and plugged in person. It was a rude awakening to discover just how un-plugged I really am. My work life is spent checking email, the digital Calendar, the digital sales database, the digital contract database, ordering online, […]
Read More »Well folks, that special time of the year is nigh upon us. That magical, most festive of periods called “The Holidays” is rapidly approaching. In light of Thanksgiving being just a few days away, I thought it would be appropriate to ponder those things that often go overlooked, yet should be valued and appreciated, as well as offer food for thought for those needing mental nourishment. It seems a day […]
Read More »As the most left-brained musician I know (and the most right-brained tech head), I’ve always approached music like a math problem and computer programming like songwriting. It may seem a little odd, but for some reason it’s always worked for me. So it’s only natural that here at SAM I’ve become the de facto IT department. While it may not appear to be the most creative outlet, you’d be surprised. […]
Read More »To my surprise last month, Stephen Arnold Music was treated to a half day at the State Fair of Texas. We enjoyed fried food, expensive cheap beer, bumper cars and adrenaline-pumping thrill rides, all of which made for a great team building experience. It was pretty much all of us, from Stephen on down to the intern kid, Noah. It was mad dash to see who could eat the worst […]
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