Stevie’s Memories: One story that happened many times. Is when i would spent the night at his house when he lived on Amherst in Brentwood near me as I was driving up in my white thunderbird. He would greet me at the door with a video Camera and say a word like Candle and ask […]
Here’s a pair that belong together. Stephen Kalinich was a spoken word artist in beatnik L.A. starting in the mid-‘60s before joining Dennis and Brian Wilson to write songs for the Beach Boys. He succeeded, too. Jon Tiven has been a master musician and producer for enough years to have worked with almost everyone. Joined on these […]
The whole project was started last year (September) when Stevie asked me if I could add melodies to his songs/poems, so over the following months Stevie would send me a song or two, I’d create a melody swap some words around a bit then record the song(s) at 7 Corners Studios, La Mesa, California with […]
The great movies and the great stars of Hollywood’s classic period hold our fascination still.. in these less romantic times, perhaps more than ever. You’re invited to download (at no cost to you) and to read the first 150 pages of a very inside look at what made the legendary artists and films of that […]
Dear Jefferson The team of Stephen Kalinich and Jon Tiven has an extensive and extremely impressive combined resume, but resting on laurels is something they refuse to do on their upcoming new album Each Soul Has a Voice being released by MsMusic July 3. Their respective compositions have been sung the world over by Beach […]
ALAN BOYD THANK YOU There is an urgency about Stephen Kalinich. Ideas, thoughts, plans, words, melodies, feelings flow through him. Constantly. Sometimes they become songs. Sometimes they become poems. Sometimes they simply are, and don’t become anything at all, apart from an expression of a spontaneous, restless, often exhausting creative spirit. Or rather, the expression […]
Stevie’s wonderful lost classic ‘ A World of Peace Must Come is to be released on vinyl next month on the annual Record Store Day:
Stevie had his great friend Al Jardine on his show this week, click on the image to listen to the show. Al Jardine was a sweet guest . We talked about how TM gets us through daily experiences . Al is a sweet man with a beautiful soulful voice , he is an inspiration. He […]