“I just want to be myself, you know?” says Justin Nozuka. The briefest of nervous laughter, and a wry grin, say what he can’t say for himself: There is such a thing as too much introspection, even for a guy who’s made his mark by being candid and reflective. That irony is informed by the old soul behind 21-year-old Nozuka’s fresh-faced countenance, and the duality is striking. New York-born, Canadian bred Nozuka is young enough to have interview jitters, but sufficiently wise to recognize when he stands to sound, well, full of it. So he’s ever vigilant, lest his character fall out of tune with who he wants to be: “I don’t wanna create an inflated image of myself.”  Read more...

By Myles Crawley

In February of this year, while we were at Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions, we met Australian artist Ry Cuming. Ry is one of those rare individuals that just seem to be able to roll with everything life throws at them. He’s happy go lucky from the word go and it comes through in his music and lyrics. The best way to describe it is with a word that spilled out of Ry’s own mouth – “organic”.  Read more...

By Myles Crawley
A few weeks ago we met up with Portland, Oregon’s The Upsidedown. It was a last minute thing that blossomed into a wild happening on the roof of a historic old bar in San Diego called The Tower Bar. I’m not sure how we all ended up on the roof. It just seemed like the place to be. There’s quite a few people in The Upsidedown (2 drummers, three guitars and bass), and we brought along another six or so people and a bunch of instruments, recording gear and cameras. And then their friends showed up… We were all a little worried about falling through, but everything turned out okay. They jammed, we recorded. Life was beautiful.  Read more...

Produced by Myles Crawley. Video shot and edited by Paul Giret. Audio recorded and mixed by Alan Sanderson. Photo by Danica Waters.

By Myles Crawley
Today is day 2 of our Josiah Leming coverage. His album released yesterday, and from what I hear it is charting well. Now its time for the second half of the material that we recorded with him on a recent visit to San Diego. This footage was shot at a little Irish pub in town called Stout.  Read more...

Video shot and edited by Paul Giret. Audio recorded via Pro Tools by Alan Sanderson. produced by Myles Crawley.

By Myles Crawley
A few weeks back we met up with Josiah Leming at a little pub in San Diego called Stout. He was in town to play three consecutive nights at Lestats Coffee House. I met Josiah a few months back at Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions. Project Rhythm Seed recorded a series of live cuts with him and presented the majority of them here on this site. We’ve stayed in touch since then. So when I heard he was starting his tour here, I suggested that we get together again.  Read more...

Video shot and edited by Paul Giret. Audio recorded by Alan Sanderson. Produced by Myles Crawley. Guitars provided courtesy of Taylor. Drums provided courtesy of Page Drums.


By Myles Crawley
A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to a great new band from New York City called The Dig. As part of that introduction we posted an interview and an acoustic performance of their song “Penitentiary”. We are happy to now share with you the second two songs that these guys performed for us. The Dig’s first album, Electric Toys, is out now. if you like what you hear, you can buy the album here. For the time being, we hope you enjoy The Dig performing acoustic versions of “You’re Already Gone” and “Feel Like Somebody Else”. Thank you once again to Stout Irish Pub in San Diego for kindly allowing us access.

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Video shot and edited by Paul Giret. Audio recorded by Alan Sanderson. Produced by Myles Crawley.

By Myles Crawley
One of the many things that I absolutely love about working with Project Rhythm Seed is the free music. We receive new CD’s and album downloads quite regularly from the many PR/publicity firms that we work with. So many that quite honestly there are times when CD’s pile up for a bit before getting opened and listened to. In the same such manner I recently became aware of a new band from New York called The Dig. I received their new CD, Electric Toys, in a stack with about 10 others. It took me about a week to get down to listening to them, but oh what a pleasant surprise for me when I finally did.  Read more...

Video shot and edited by Paul Giret. Audio recorded and mixed by Alan Sanderson. Produced by Myles Crawley. Guitars provided by Taylor (except the Kay guitar which belongs to D. Kulash)

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