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Eric J

Live EVERY week, Like it's Shark Week.

About Me

I make records. I write songs. I fight injustice wherever it may hide. I'm in a band called The Relationship. Some of the people I've worked with/played with: Weezer, Arif Mardin, Rod Hui (Public Enemy, RUN-DMC), Sofi Bonde, Freeform Five, Questlove, Marc Ribot, Rick Beato, Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley) , Justin Timberlake, Kevin March (Guided By Voices), Emmy Rossum, Markus Fagervall, Aaron Fishbein, and all the other people in my top friends list.

My Interests

music, jewel heists

I'd like to meet:

David Lee Roth, circa 1984

Music:

Prince, The Beatles, ELO, T-Rex, Roxy Music, Jimi Hendrix, ABBA, The Cars, Queen and most things produced by Roy Thomas Baker, Brian Eno, AC/DC, David Bowie, Tom Pettty & The Heartbreakers, Sly Stone, Van Halen (with David Lee Roth), Led Zeppelin, Elliot Smith, Warren Zevon, The Velvet Underground, Cheap Trick, Marvin Gaye, Erik B & Rakim, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon, Beethoven, MC5, The Grifters, Blondie, The Beach Boys, John Barry, Notorious B.I.G., Herbie Hancock, Muddy Waters, Ennio Morricone, Gang Of Four, Iggy & The Stooges, Nirvana, RUN-DMC

Movies:

Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Cool Hand Luke, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Television:

Haven't really been watching much lately, but I used to watch Lost, The Office, The Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire, 30 Rock, The Shield

Books:

The Incredible Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Incredible Adventures of Cpt. Gladys Stotepamphlet & Her intrepid spaniel Stig amongst the Giant Pygmies of Beckels - Vol. 8, Nausea

Heroes:

Jeff Lynne, Tom Dowd, George Martin

My Blog

Letters To A Young Poet

It's been a while since my last post...busy times on Padre Terrace!Lots of exciting things in the past few months. Weezer's "The Red album" was released and I'm very proud to have been a part of it's...
Posted by Eric J on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:38:00 PST

Been a long road

Hello everyone...It's been a full beginning of 2008. I've been incredibly fortunate to be working with some amazing artists. . First I spent a week in NYC for the mixing of the Weezer record with Rich...
Posted by Eric J on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:43:00 PST

2008 is gonna be big!!

Greetings citizens of the world, Things have been super busy. Been working with some amazing people and I'm getting excited for 2008. I've been in the studio for the past few days with Bobby, Adam a...
Posted by Eric J on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:47:00 PST

Buck Swope!!!

Buck Swope is a hero. Although he is a fictional character, he is a great man. A man of vision, of ideas. He believes in the power of a Hi-Fidelity sound system. Not regular fidelity, but HIGH Fide...
Posted by Eric J on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:54:00 PST

The rock continues!!!

I realize I must give credit to "The Franchise" Aaron Fishbein for telling me about the FreqBox I mentioned in the previous blog. That dude knows about all of the coolest stuff before anyone else. ...
Posted by Eric J on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:06:00 PST

API Legacy + Rock = Good

Been out in Malibu working with Brian on some more rock. The new Weezer songs are epic! Got to record and mix on an API Legacy Plus, which was similar to the Legacy they had at Greene St. I almost ...
Posted by Eric J on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:44:00 PST

What I've been working for all these years...

Today I started recording Brian's overdubs for the new Weezer album...it was pretty much the most fun I've ever had in a session. We brought in a bunch of extra outboard gear (API, Neve, Studer, Aval...
Posted by Eric J on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:31:00 PST

Pardon me miss, I speak Jive

I've recently discovered the joy of greeting someone (either in person or on the phone) with the phrase/question, "What it is?" I would like to bring back jive to the US. I have also decided that the ...
Posted by Eric J on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:52:00 PST

The Music Bidness

A friend recently turned me on to the "Lefsetz Letters", which if you don't know, are little diatribes on the music world written by a guy named Bob Lesetz. It's been a chaotic time in the music indu...
Posted by Eric J on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:32:00 PST

Sunshine

LA is awesome.
Posted by Eric J on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:26:00 PST