When I Say "Holla", You Say "Ween"!

Check it out, that's me dressed up as Waldo! And I'm playing a guitar! So why would I be showing you a musically themed picture of me from Halloween?? Oh I know...

I've officially released my completed Halloween EP!!

Six songs, all recorded with the help of my dear friend Ryo of She's Electric. Please check his stuff out, he's an amazing musician, composer, producer and human being. This EP would've been a wreck without him.

So these are songs that I've written over the past four years. Subject matter ranges from trick-or-treating to mutilated pumpkins and Halloween parties to a cross dressing Frankenstein. You're sold now, aren't you?

As silly as these songs are, I actually put quite a bit of work into them. Some I wrote in a matter of minutes and some I worked tirelessly at to get just right. And the time Ryo spent in his studio (apartment) tweaking every last detail of these songs is immeasurable. Unless he logged the time he spent working on them in which case, it is measurable.

So with that said, please enjoy my Halloween EP. Feel free to listen here, but also, click the link to go to my actual page (or just click HERE) and download the whole thing by clicking on "Free Download" to listen at your convenience. It's FREE. And it'll make me feel really special to see that people downloaded it. You know, as opposed to the "special" that I normally feel.

Oh and you can keep up to date on all my musical endeavors by liking my Gouda Wooda Facebook page. Just click that!

Oktoberfest 2010!

So sort of like I did in my road trip blog, I've compiled a series of videos from my trip to OKTOBERFEST this past weekend. The Alpine Village in Torrance, CA hosts Oktoberfest during every weekend of October, so my siblings, cousins and friends all rendezvoused there to do some drinkin'! And now you get to watch us do that!

We'll start with this one titled "Oktoberfest 2010: Robert's Twin". We found a guy who looked JUST LIKE my brother Robert. It was mind blowing. Even if you don't know Robert, you have to check it out:

While trying to find seats in the packed house, my amazing friend Irene made conversation with this SUPER cool 80-something year old couple. If you ever needed motivation on staying young at heart, here it is.

(SIDENOTE: For some reason my blog won't let me upload these last two videos on widescreen like it did the previous one. You notice the size difference, I'm sure. So I'd suggest watching them in full screen because there are a few scenes where I type out captions that get cut off. Plus you get to see a really big version of my mustache in full screen.)

And lastly, this is just sort of a generic smattering of fun times had by my group. I could've started with this one, but the night sort of gets summed up at the end, so I thought it better to end with. But really, I don't owe you an explanation: