I'm back! And ready to start a new project here in the studio. I've been hard at work under my moniker 'Spindrifter' and am not only starting a music business, but I have envisioned the new sounds I am about to create so stay tuned for more progress. For now you can check out some of my latest recordings at http://www.soundcloud.com/spindrifter .  I just purchased a new guitar (the Cordoba Gipsy Kings Studio model )and some DJ gear... including Traktor Kontrol S2 that comes with Traktor Pro 2.  I've been getting busy in the studio and will be producing some new beats as well as making some soundtracks for meditation. I want to share some of the newer tracks I've found lately. Electronic music is evolving at a rate so fast these days... it is hard to keep up.... but here's some gems for you...

Here's a sick Deadmau5 dubstep remix from Grifta!

    As a 37 year old male who has traveled for the last 20 years, wandering from place to place, learning everything I can from people and places -- I look back on it all with great reverence -- as a time in my life in which I was so free and excited for the adventure that awaited me.  I also look back and think how it might have been had I finished college right out of High School.  I have no regrets at how I lived, as the many older folks who I admired always told me -- do it while you're young and don't have a family to look after. So I did it. I traveled and lived life to the fullest every step of the way. Now, however, I have reached a crossroads that forced me to decide.

   The outcome of my decision was like the birth of a dream that has been culminating within me for many years now. This dream is one that is very broad and far-reaching, but what dream is worth more than it's weight in salt if it is not a big dream? One of soaring like an eagle.

    My adventures took me to places I could only have previously imagined as simply a vacation destination or a place of interest. Many people believe that it is incredibly difficult to live in Hawaii but after going there with $200 and a backpack, I assure you it is no more difficult than anywhere else (that's not freezing). The climate certainly does help but the people were what made the difference. They taught me the true meaning of Aloha and demonstrated it time and time again.

   Dreams take us places. If it weren't for dreams and dreamers we would still be in the caveman era.

   I am a dreamer and I am now dreaming bigger than ever. I want to have a house and land and a condo in Hawaii (maybe more who knows). I want to build a family and settle down and live the life of leisure as well as to accomplish great things in music, art, science, and athletics.

    This has led me finally to the decision which I just recently made to go back to school and get my degree in computer science. I have learned that it is one of the most sought after degrees when it comes to what employers are looking for.  The income potential is great and I am quite computer-savvy so I think it is a good fit.  Everything seems to have it's time and place and this really just feels right.  For so long I fought the idea or rather wrestled with it at some times more than others.  I always thought somehow I would end up a student again. Back in school. Challenging my mind to become something greater and sharper.

   So my recommendation is DEGREE. After a long time, many years in fact, I have decided this. I recommend to anyone young and starting out in life as an independent adult -- go to school and finish it early so you can set yourself up for life. It is becoming increasingly more difficult to wander around aimlessly searching for oneself, although it is also a noble path.  I am just saying that to have a degree will help you tremendously as I have seen with many friends of mine who all have pretty good jobs and a substantial income.

    It is now easier than ever to get your degree and it is even recommended now to get most of your general education out of the way at a community college first before you apply for what is most likely an impacted school system and program.  Many of the classes can be taken online and community colleges also offer many great services. That way you can figure out what you want to declare as your major by the time you enter a state college or university.

    For anyone deciding to go back to school it's not too late. I am living proof and will show all my friends and family that I am the tortoise and will win at life but just have done it a bit more slowly.

   Good luck to all who have gone to school and those who haven't. And to those who are trying to decide... just do it. What have you got to lose? But I wouldn't respect you any less if you decide to travel. It is an incredible education in itself.

Peace and Aloha.



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    I always kinda laughed when I would stumble upon somebody's blog where it started out something like "It's been a while since my last post..." and I thought to myself, what a familiar feeling, but I would never say that even if it had been a while. Well here I go in saying it for myself that it has been a while since my last post. One reason for that is I have been busy trying to figure out what to do with my life. Where do we go from here?

   Many suffer from boredom... but not I. Long ago I realized that the world really is our oyster, chock full of beautiful pearls of knowledge, wisdom, and experience that are ours for the taking.  The only thing we must do is invest our spirit's energy and engage our hearts and minds into whatever we do and we will get back untold riches that are not the kind we can take with us to wherever our afterlife may lead us. They are the things that nobody can ever take from us.

   So I spent many years traveling and searching for those things that had the deepest meaning to me.  I met so many wonderful and amazing people along the way... which I managed to reconnect with somehow on the wonderful world of Facebook.  I finally could keep in touch with all of those people who mean something to me. Some are friends who are like family and some I have only met briefly, but they have all had some kind of impact on my life and I suppose that's why I remember them or look for them.

   Many of them have even helped support me in one way or another in my dire times as a traveling artist/musician in the hope that it will all serve a greater purpose -- and that my person, experience and talents will go towards something great -- also simply because they genuinely care. All I can say is thank you to those people and let them know that I will certainly get them back if I ever make something of myself.  I know I have struggled along the way but I have packed so much life into these years that I really have very few regrets... and my friends and family are what I hold most dear.

   So I write this post in the first person today in a proclamation that I will most certainly make something of myself and I have finally realized what I am meant to do. It is to play music.

    Music makes me laugh. Music makes me cry. Music makes me high-five my bros. Music makes me hold my girlfriend.  Music makes me dance. Music makes me happy. Music is what I am meant to do and music gives me life. We are all musicians in one way or another. We all have a heartbeat... which gives us the most basic rhythm.   It is also known as Nyabinghi (The Heartbeat Rhythm).

   Music fascinates me -- and I almost love more just to listen to it than to make it -- but the more I realize where my talent lies, the more I realize I need to make each and every day count. There is no reason that just because I am approaching 40 (Lord help me I know many are so much older but this day came way too fast) that I can't have success in music. However, I do need to make the most of every minute. I want to leave my mark on this world and I want to make great music. Not only do I want to make great music but I want to share great music.

    So here is my proclamation to you, my friends. I will be a great musician.  By the time I am 40 I will have written and produced at least 1-2 full length albums.  I will tour the United States (including all of the Hawaiian islands of course) and Europe when I reach 40 and my music career will be on it's way. Wish me luck. It has taken me thousands of miles and many many years to finally dedicate myself to one passion or hobby (besides surfing, bodyboarding, travel, Yoga, natural health, and cycling). This is the thing I will focus on as my 'life's work'.  And many of you are a big part of why I came to that decision. Thanks so much for supporting me and my music and for the encouragement even though it is evolving and is so far less than perfect.  It will get much much better.  I have gone months and months at a time without practice because I was confused before on what I ultimately wanted to do with my life.  Not anymore.

     Stay tuned for plenty of great cover tunes as I learn from the greats. I will also be making plenty of beats, and taking some music courses. I am excited to show off my progress so watch for it. Aloha my dear family and friends. Thank you for being alive and for sharing your lives with me. Life is so short and precious. Let's live it to the fullest.

Love and Respect.

   I am starting out a new column in my blog to share some of my favorite electronic artists of all-time as well as new ones I might find interesting. This is post #1 of my Spirit-Tech's top 10 Electronic Music Tracks feature and I am pleased to present these artists to you. Not much commentary here. I'll let the music speak for itself. Enjoy! Here's some of electronic music's finest laying down the beats....

Gold Panda - Same Dream China


Transglobal Underground ft. Natacha Atlas


Thievery Corporation - Until The Morning


Terranova - Chase The Blues


Stanton Warriors - Good Vibrations


Trentemoller - Moan


Royksopp ft. Robyn - The Girl and The Robot



Aphex Twin - Heliosphan




Squarepusher - Come On My Selector





Flying Lotus - Mmmhmm