by kkadmin | Feb 7, 2021 | Inspiration, Kurt Kistler Music, Musical Inspiration
I have been inspired by so many musicians and bands throughout my life. I will never forget when I heard “Fly Like An Eagle” by the Steve Miller Band when I was 8 years old and falling in love with the synthesizers, drums and organ. I had never heard anything like...
by kkadmin | Feb 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
I truly LOVE the music of Vince Guaraldi! I have been a fan of his music ever since I saw the Peanuts cartoons (It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! & A Charlie Brown Christmas) as a young child back in the early 70′s. I didn’t know what jazz was, but I knew...
by kkadmin | Feb 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, where do I begin? I remember someone trying to turn me on to The Mothers of Invention back in High School. I believe it was the album “Freakout!”. I just didn’t get it. I liked some of the music but really couldn’t get into it musically. Another...
by kkadmin | Feb 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
A friend gave me a copy of Boards of Canada’s “Geogaddi” back in 2005. It took a while to really begin to appreciate them. I couldn’t tell where they were coming from as artists. When I finally bought the album “Music Has The Right To Children” did I truly love what...
by kkadmin | Feb 3, 2021 | Inspiration, Musical Inspiration, Pink Floyd, Surrealism, Synchronicity, Visual Effects
I have been a fan of Floyd’s music since “The Wall” came out in 1979 and my fellow classmates chanting:”WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION…TEACHERS! LEAVE US KIDS ALONE!” – not really even knowing what the music was all about at the time. Many years ago, I heard...
by kkadmin | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today is a sad day. It is almost 8 years later and I was thinking about one of my creative heroes, the legendary visual pioneer Storm Thorgerson, hearing the news that he had passed away at the age of only 69 years old. He was the man responsible for every Pink...
by kkadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have been a HUGE Pink Floyd fan ever since I was introduced to Dark Side of the Moon back in High School. To me, it is still a perfect concept album. The engineering is exquisite and it is like the audio equivalent of a Moebius Strip: It loops back to itself. EMI...
by kkadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
I recently ran across the following video: Autotuned Mr Rogers – In the Garden of Your Mind. When I was a kid, I grew up watching Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood and loved the Land of Make Believe. It planted the seeds of imagination in my impressionable mind. The puppets,...
by kkadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
In November of 2010, I had the fortunate experience to perform a LIVE concert with my band Escher’s Elevator at The Interfaith Peace Chapel during it’s 40 days and 40 nights calendar of events. Here is a Pen and Ink Illustration that was commissioned by Dr. Tim...
by kkadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Normally like clockwork, each year ends a week or so before Christmas just as everything begins to wind down and work from clients starts to wrap up. This year was a little different because projects showed up and continued through Christmas, through New Year’s...
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