These notes are the short public version. The fan email list gets the longer story: new songs and videos as they happen, film work, and details that do not fit here. Use the E-mail page and ask to join.
7/12/2026:
The biggest news is, is that I am finally making my film debut as an
actor! The movie is a strange and quirky movie that is very
slightly similar to (and inspired by) David Lynch's movie, Blue Velvet.
The movie is Hello Goodbye Elephant. Evan Snyder,
director/writer of the move is very tight-lipped about the movie, even
to all the actors involved. He wants it even to be a surprise to
all of us on how all the parts fit together. I will say this
much, that I play an eccentric piano teacher. I am aware of some
very strange twists and turns in the movie, so it should be very
entertaining to watch. I still need to finish writing the music
for this movie, but I already have good ideas for what to write, such
as the fnal melody and the chords that so with it.
Check out the 57-second movie teaser for this movie.
I have also completed a new song and new video for the song,
The Puzzle.
It I think is the most controversial video I have made yet.
The goal with the video is not to give tons of evidence for what
is shown, but it is meant to get the viewer to question things they
never questioned before.
For those that are interested in hearing me sing in the Los Angeles
Latvian Men's Choir (back in 2014) on tour in Latvia, a great video of
that was put on DVD. Since the group disbanded some years ago,
and you can't purchase the DVD, I decided to make the video public.
So
here it is.
4/14/2026:
I just finished a nearly 14-minute Film Noir detective movie, called Special Edward - Private Eye.
Evan Synder,
director/writer of the movies I am working on, did the voice of
Edward. I wrote the script, and did the voices of three other
characters, the Dame, DJ Doughboy, and Toby. to better understand
the background of DJ Doughboy, Toby, and other smaller characters and
other weird things in the film, I suggest you listen to the following
two sound recordings that were made about 20 years ago:
My Name is Special Edward (I am the voice of Edward)
and
Special Edward Awwards Ceremony
I actually held an actual remix contest of the song, My Name is Special
Edward, and gave out awards to the top 3 best remixes. You can
actually hear the real voices of the 3 winners, in the "Ceremony"
recording. If you really want to dive deeper into the background
of Special Edward and the remixes, you can find some of the most
relevant remixes linked in my Negative Rental Space profile. I actually did two remixes of this song (more like just a few sounds from the Edward song) in my songs, Daddy's Lament (Edward's Gone) and We like Snacks.
If you were on my email fan list (email me to join), you would
get a LOT more information about this and other projects I am working
on.
2/20/2026:
I just finished my new song (and video), called Mediocre Man.
The song is not about mediocre (average) people, per se. It
is about people who want to be praised by others for their mediocre
work. I was recently inspired by two different musicans to write
this song.
I also created a MUCH BETTER video for my song, Trash Can. Don't watch it right before you go to sleep, since you might find it very disturbing.
I am doing acting still for various movies. I recently was filmed
as the "evil" landlord in a movie called, Upside-Down Clown. In
the next few weeks, I will be filmed as a piano teacher suspected to be
a serial killer in the Film Noir movie, Hello Goodbye Elephant. I
believe I will be doing the music for both movies. More movie
acting/music to come after that.
Evan Synder, director/writer of the movies I am working on, just
finished recording his voice for a "radio play" I have written (also
Film Noir, but humorous), called Special Edward - Private Eye.
Evan is a grown-up (sort of) version of Edward, who plays a
private eye. My wife will do the voice of the "dame." I
will be doing the voices of all the other characters. You might
want to listen to the advertisement for this play.
That "girl" is my voice, but I processed it to sound like a girl.
I intentionally ad-libbed it and worked on trying to sound like a
very young girl, which I think was very effective.
1/2/2026:
My creative output continues to explode,. I finished the song, Trash Can, which came to me in a dream back in 2013.
I also made videos for Those Clever Mannequins (Feat Todd Larsen), Walking Wrong Way in IKEA, and Those Clever Mannequins (feat Anchor Mejans).
I also wrote the following new songs and made some cool videos for them:
-
Tabula Rasa (my tribute to 70's rock music, with guitars doing 80's and 90's playing style)
-
Afghanistan Apples are Always Architecturally Abstract
(I'm trying to create the strange experience I first had as a 5-year
old hearing modern organ music, which seemed to not go anywhere, and
felt a little like Hell)
- Change the Channel (a kind of silly opera song, that includes electronic music)
and
- Katchapiahopi (my tribute to Native Americans living during "the Wild West.")
I am now trying to make YouTube videos for most of my songs. This
was not that interesting of a video, but I have been making more and
more visually interesting videos, as you shall see for my newer songs.
I think I will probably create videos also for some of my older
songs, but so far, that only involved my newest recording of No Time, completed back on 10/10/2025.
If you are interested in hearing more details about my new songs as I
finish them. Go to my E-mail link, and ask to be added to my
group e-mail.
Expect more musical output from me, both songs (and videos) as
linked above, but more movie music, and movies with me ACTING in them.
I have already been filmed for about 12 minutes for a not
completed movie related to Tea Variations,
but I am supposed to act in a Film Noir movie, where I am giving the
main character a piano lesson (not a hard stretch for me, LOL).
Older notes are on the Info archive page.
