I hope you’re enjoying the outdoors in between smoke episodes! I had a great outdoor gig at sunset. We got some shows all over Washington coming up before things start cooling off. Check out the calendar below for dates in your area.
— Kai
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This Month at a Glance
📌 Here’s what’s in this update
New Music — “Shaniko” with Michael Trew is out now. I played the drums. Stay tuned for more releases in the near future.
Feature Story — Radio Rewind played the Highline HS Class of ’76 reunion and it was our best crowd of the summer. Full story below.
Four Shows — Psychic Cat, Radio Rewind, and The Drive Through — Tacoma, Olympia, Snohomish, and Seattle. Last run of the summer. Come out.
Welcome to my regular email newsletter! Folks are always asking what’s going on, or they feel like they missed out on something. So I’ve added folks to a regular pulse o’ info. I realize that websites seem so irrelevant these days, and so I’m looking for ways to engage with you where you are. Let me know if you’d like to know anything else that I can include here or elsewhere. Please enjoy!
🥁 UPDATES — What’s New in My World
Next Show June 27 — Radio Rewind @ Elmer’s Bar & Grill, Burien, WA. 9pm · 21+ · 15027 Ambaum Blvd SW Let’s make it loud.
Community Event May 29-31 — HONK! Fest West @ Georgetown, Columbia City, Pratt Park, Seattle Free · All ages · HONK! Fest West Lots of amazing mobile bands, and check the schedule for drum lines and drum battles.
Referral Deal Buy 4 – Get 1: After a referred students completes 4 lessons, they get 1 free—and so do you! Community grows community.
We’re going to throw a party on June 27, 2025 at 7:30pm at the Royal Room here in Seattle. There will be many friends jumping up on stage, including a full kids choir. Lots of surprises in store, and should be an all around great time. Our performance will be all ages.
Just a quick announcement here that Mettle Lark will be releasing a new single “Monsters” on Jan 3 at our party at The Tractor here in Seattle. I hope to see y’all out there, and check back later for a link to the single when it’s published!
This was a year in the making, after coming out of quarantine. Kicked my butt in every good way possible. I had retooled my hand technique and this music completely utilized it to the max. The mixing and mastering process exceeded my expectations, and we even have a customized master to give us the vinyl experience that we wanted as vinyl lovers. I’m proud to share this with you today. This is the album we wanted to make solely for ourselves, with the hopes that maybe someone else might like it. It would be an honor if you took a moment and listened today on your favorite platform, or even bought the vinyl if that’s your thing. And please let me know what you think. More info below.
Recently I was honored to perform with the Rumba Kings at the Triple Door. Two sold out nights of emotional Mediterranean music, November 19th and 20th, 2021.
Here is one excerpt from the second night. Our rendition of Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. Enjoy!
Please join me for an evening of Mediterranean music at the Triple Door. Two nights! This is quite a unique an expansive production, featuring dancers, a string quintet, guest singers, and other surprises. I will be performing on doumbek and tapan.
It was our big day! On May 22, 2020, Stereo Creeps released a new track “Had” that will be part of a whole new ep or album or something that we are currently working on. The song was actually recorded back in 2019 at Earwig. I did this whole massive tuning of Don Farwell’s house kit to get the right vibe for the song. It felt like a huge risk, and I hope that paid off. I mean, this is the first release of a studio recording with me in the band, so I absolutely had to get it right. I think we recorded 2 takes to tape, and called that good. If you listen closely, you’ll hear members of Suitcase on backing vox. We had a whole watch party to commemorate the release (can’t be embedded here), or just watch the video below.
