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I'm an Oakland, California singer-songwriter, and since 2004 I've done 10 studio recordings for my own and other projects. In 2010, I sang on the Grammy-nominated latin jazz album Bien! Bien! In 2011, I made a fan-funded album. Welcome!

Pictures from Yoshi's by Patrick Hickey

Pictures from Yoshi’s by Patrick Hickey

These pictures by Patrick Hickey of our Kickstarter Victory Celebration and CD Release at Yoshi’s are worth more than 1000 words each! Thank you so much, Patrick! None of us have ever seen a photo set that was THIS gorgeous from one concert! More pictures here: http://www.idyll.com/alexa/slideshow
I WANNA WORK FOR YOU CD Release Party @ Yoshi's Oakland 12/18

I WANNA WORK FOR YOU CD Release Party @ Yoshi’s Oakland 12/18

Announcing the I WANNA WORK FOR YOU album release concert Sunday, December 18 at Oakland Yoshi’s! Sam Bevan, Mara Fox, Vince Mansel, Braulio Barrera, Carlos Caro, Colin Douglas, Steffen Kuehn and Jonathan Alford join Grammy-nominated vocalist Alexa Weber Morales in performing originals from her latest album, which was fan-funded on...
Alexa Gets Funky with PMO

Alexa Gets Funky with PMO

  Oh man. I was feeling good on Monday. Here’s a funky chacha brassy big band salsa BAYAREA soul breakdown version of Asi No Papa with Pacific Mambo Orchestra at Cafe Cocomo in San Francisco! See all you papacitos & mamacitas on SATURDAY night!
Film Noir

Film Noir

  It was nearly 4 a.m. She wasn’t sure how long she’d been standing there, teasing the threads of memory… Had she really pulled a gun from the folds of her burgundy satin trench coat, spun on her violet stilettos and fired a stolen taser at the sinewy alien who’d...
Painting by James Gayle

Painting by James Gayle

James Gayles is a Bay Area fine artist who wrote me early this year: “I will be staging an exhibition of my work in September 2011 titled Latin JazzMasters. I have been given a grant by the City of Oakland to do these paintings which will consist of portraits of...
Never Give Up

Never Give Up

Action begets action! Look at how much you have done! Laugh at all the times you smacked against walls, fell into holes, made godawful mistakes, wandered aimlessly, said what should never be said, kissed the wrong frog, embarrassed yourself and others, acted a fool. That’s how you get wise, baby....
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Steve Vai on Not Struggling in the Music Business

“I never struggled a day in this business,” said Steve Vai. “I’ve been so blessed. It was always, how can I do this thing on guitar, and you work until you can do that.” Vai was honored at the 27th annual TEC awards, receiving the 2011 Les Paul award for the creative application of music...
Day One at NAMM

Day One at NAMM

Today was actually our day two, as we started yesterday for the press preview. Some of the press we previewed for were legit, some probably formed a publishing concern in order to get a pass to NAMM. But today it started to become clear just how much of an onslaught of music business insiders and...
See you at NAMM! My first (appropriately geeky) endorsement deal!

See you at NAMM! My first (appropriately geeky) endorsement deal!

So I’ve had a really interesting gig these past few months, where I get to mix my three main skills as a professional musician & bandleader, a technology journalist/pundit and a copywriter. I’m actually working with Exadel, the makers of Tiggzi, to shape the perfect tool to help musicians build their own mobile apps to...
We won Latin Jazz Outer Edges Album of the Year!

We won Latin Jazz Outer Edges Album of the Year!

Thanks to all the fans who voted for us! I share the award for Latin Jazz Outer Edges Album of the Year with arranger/associate producer Sam Bevan, as well as Colin Douglas, Carlos Caro, Jonathan Alford, Gary Mankin, Steffen Kuehn, Mara Fox and Felix Samuel! Thank you all, and thanks to Chip Boaz of the...
Tonight on KPFA 94.1 FM

Tonight on KPFA 94.1 FM

I’ll be interviewed by Afrikahn Jahmal Dayvs at 11 pm tonight on KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley. You can listen online at http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/75915!
Review: The Montclair Women's Big Band at Yoshi's

Review: The Montclair Women’s Big Band at Yoshi’s

I went to see the Montclair Women’s Big Band last Sunday at Yoshi’s Oakland. It was a packed house for the 17-piece ensemble. I’ve always loved big bands, but I’m more attuned to them now than ever since I’ve been working this year steadily with Pacific Mambo Orchestra. Unlike PMO, where trombonist Mara Fox (who...
I Wanna Work For You Goes On Sale Today!

I Wanna Work For You Goes On Sale Today!

Today, my third full-length album goes on sale in digital format. This is an album about the search for work, for purpose, for justice, for love, for anything real in an artificial world. The 10 original tunes on I Wanna Work for You ruminate on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and naked grabs for...
Were They Zombies?

Were They Zombies?

Seen on today’s run: A swarm of deathly handsome agents with fake handguns doing a hostage negotiation training exercise outside a building (I asked them). I have never seen such good-looking officers. Hmm, maybe it was a Chippendales kind of thing. But they said they were park police. A very old man with a heavy...
The Nightmare Report

The Nightmare Report

Last night I worked for a writing client, covering an event they were holding. I had a great time, but it must have brought back memories of my old job. I dreamed that a man who used to work for me was now a dentist. He had set up an open-air consultorio in a field...
The Infamous Wetsuit Video

The Infamous Wetsuit Video

These days, everyone wants to play music on YouTube. That’s great and good and all that, but it also means your little unplugged video probably won’t go viral unless you work really hard at making that happen. I spend my free time living life rather than trying to make videos go viral, or become the...
The Marin Hitchhiker & the Knife

The Marin Hitchhiker & the Knife

We were driving home from an afternoon gig in Tiburon, the toniest suburb in Marin County across the Golden Gate from San Francisco and a quick ferry ride from Angel Island. My 10-year-old son had come with me to help me load equipment in and out and sell CDs during the gig. It was about...
The Magic Burger

The Magic Burger

She took a bite. Secret sauce a tang on the back of her tongue, a rippled pickle slick between her lips, the meat and fluffy bun filling her mouth. She swallowed and felt the bolus sliding down until it nestled in her stomach. A tiny, fist-shaped packet of energy. The stadium was a behemoth; here...