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 Tangled in Hollywood Nov 8-12, 2006 Attended the 4 day Taxi music road rally for singer/songwriters in Hollywood, California. Performed one of my original songs Tangled in the Barbwire on the main ballroom stage Friday night to positive reviews. Met a lot of really cool people and also had fun at the late night impromptu jam sessions. Robbie Robertson, singer songwriter from The Band, gave an insightful talk discussing his read more...​   Cosmic Circuit Studio partners with Disc Makers Sunday, November 5, 2006 Cosmic Circuit Studio has partnered with Disc Makers for musicians needing large runs of CD’s and/or DVD’s. Record in our studio and we can assist in getting your projects handed over properly for the mastering and pressing process. Cosmic Circuit provides recording, consulting, and short runs of CD’s (up to 500). read more...​   Ritespot Cafe Performance Saturday, November 4, 2006 Andrea & I performed acoustically at the Ritespot Cafe in San Francisco. Calvin Keaoola happened to stop by and joined us at the last minute on the fiddle for quite a few numbers. read more...​   AES Convention Friday, October 6, 2006 Attended the 121st Audio Engineering Society (AES) convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The convention showcases pro audio and recording studio products. The legendary Rubert Neve, creator of the highly revered Neve mixing consoles, was in attendance and displaying his new line of channel strips. Digidesign, Universal Audio, Mackie, Sony, Bias, Sound on Sound (a truly great read more...​   Apple Final Cut Pro Certified Tuesday, September 5, 2006 Passed the Apple examination at the Bay Area Video Coalition and officially became Final Cut Pro Level 1 Certified. Final Cut Pro is Apple’s high end video production software used by most independent film artists as well as many larger production companies including the BBC (British Broadcasting Company).  Joe Rizzo Final Cut Pro Certified 510-868-9323 read more...​   48 Hour Film Project Saturday, June 24, 2006 Composed opening & closing music as well as sound effects for the film ‘What Do Your Really Think’ for the 48 hr. Film Project. The debut screening of the film was at the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco on June 29th, 2006. The film was produced by Leena Prasad and edited by Will O’Brien. read more...​   Cosmic Circuit Studio now in session Thursday, June 8, 2006 Recording this month at Cosmic Circuit Studio included San Francisco bay area bluesman Little Junior Crudup, nephew of the famous Arthur Crudup (who wrote such hits at ‘That’s All Right Mama’ recorded by Elvis Presley). read more...​   Mystic Tribe rocks Carnaval San Francisco Saturday, May 27, 2006 Mystic Tribe backed vocalist Donny Rasta at the annual Carnaval San Francisco festival performing original roots rock reggae. read more...​   Apple Logic Pro Level 2 Certification Monday, May 22, 2006 Passed the Apple Logic Pro Level 2 examination. Now officially Level 1 & Level 2 certified in Apple’s premier audio recording application. read more...​   San Miguel de Allende, Mexico photos Sunday, May 7, 2006 Photos of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico posted. read more...​   Apple Logic Pro Level 1 Certification Sunday, February 26, 2006 Passed the Apple Logic Pro Level 1 certification exam. Logic is Apple’s high-end audio recording application. read more...​   Music Conference, Hollywood, CA Friday, November 3-6, 2005 Attended 3 day song-writing conference. Lot of late night music workshops and of course the silicon. Met and played in a few very late night circle sessions with great musicians and songwriters including Steve Seskin. read more...​  MacWorld San Francisco Friday, January 20, 2006 Woke up very early (4:30 am) to get seats to see Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, give his keynote at MacWorld San Francisco. Al Gore, Gavin Newsom and a few other big wigs were there. Ran into a reporter for the Boston Herald who interviewed me and mentioned me in a newspaper article here. read more...​   Guatemala Photos Posted Monday, January 31, 2005 Guatemala travel photos posted. View scenes of Antigua, a mayan festival in Chichicastenango and the laid back area of Panajachel. read more...​   Presented Demo of GarageBand at SFSU Thursday, December 2, 2004 Presented a live 2 hour demonstration on Apple's Garageband program at the SFSU Bookstore. read more...​  F606D95B-1D48-47DA-9415-DB97FF949CB1.htmlF606D95B-1D48-47DA-9415-DB97FF949CB1.html8C076967-3047-4987-9C01-FA0B82BE95F0.htmlhttp://www.cosmiccircuit.com8C076967-3047-4987-9C01-FA0B82BE95F0.html0F14BB0D-829C-42B9-B373-7B8293E7F79B.html0F14BB0D-829C-42B9-B373-7B8293E7F79B.html87CFF375-2F50-4D72-8A5C-A8CD673BF406.htmlhttp://www.aes.org/87CFF375-2F50-4D72-8A5C-A8CD673BF406.html1299D879-F8AB-406C-A0F0-2C65F83D487D.html1299D879-F8AB-406C-A0F0-2C65F83D487D.html7AD86AFF-873F-4E3A-BD45-8A1E9C467844.htmlhttp://www.48hourfilm.comhttp://www.roxie.com7AD86AFF-873F-4E3A-BD45-8A1E9C467844.html4C99C365-F43F-4163-B5E1-A811F31A8DAF.htmlhttp://www.cosmiccircuit.com4C99C365-F43F-4163-B5E1-A811F31A8DAF.htmlF6F74B55-8061-45EC-A61B-046D69ABBAEF.htmlhttp://www.mystictribe.comF6F74B55-8061-45EC-A61B-046D69ABBAEF.html2E04F1AB-450C-445F-8D10-89BDC4E1F91B.htmlhttp://www.apple.com/logicpro2E04F1AB-450C-445F-8D10-89BDC4E1F91B.htmlBB767657-2E63-4652-8247-5B2466203E21.htmlhttp://www.joerizzo.com/travel/BB767657-2E63-4652-8247-5B2466203E21.html8D8BCBEB-30F5-4131-B958-41DEB878EBB9.html8D8BCBEB-30F5-4131-B958-41DEB878EBB9.html24BFF443-25DB-4373-98B2-43587FCEF2F9.html24BFF443-25DB-4373-98B2-43587FCEF2F9.htmlhttp://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=120808&format=&page=191DDCC4D-3CBB-446F-8F4B-D8D033112DC1.html29DF47DA-5A21-4ADC-B45E-FD09B9621BFA.htmlhttp://www.joerizzo.com/travel/guatemala/index.html29DF47DA-5A21-4ADC-B45E-FD09B9621BFA.html11BF69BA-C617-47E0-85F8-33D42753E650.htmlhttp://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/http://www.sfsubookstore.com/11BF69BA-C617-47E0-85F8-33D42753E650.htmlshapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_6shapeimage_1_link_8shapeimage_1_link_9shapeimage_1_link_11shapeimage_1_link_13shapeimage_1_link_14shapeimage_1_link_15shapeimage_1_link_17shapeimage_1_link_18shapeimage_1_link_20shapeimage_1_link_21shapeimage_1_link_23shapeimage_1_link_24shapeimage_1_link_26shapeimage_1_link_27shapeimage_1_link_29shapeimage_1_link_31shapeimage_1_link_32shapeimage_1_link_33shapeimage_1_link_35shapeimage_1_link_36shapeimage_1_link_38shapeimage_1_link_39shapeimage_1_link_40
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