Music, Life and Everything Else

Dolores park chillin with these amazing folx. (at Mission Dolores Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHohVJVJNWh/?igshid=16v8i1l0s02ts

The sunset was too tempting to not make a Santa Cruz rendition of homeboy @doggface208 s vid featuring @fleetwooddmac 's Dreams. #dreams #fleetwoodmac #cruzin #santacruzin #santacruz #sunsets (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHb6qBEpW04RmKB4kd5j8CrEsiAK7f5Hthj3Q40/?igshid=9ow5abmryqpw

This week I had to put my beloved dog Serj down (named after Serj Tankian) after living for 11 joyful years.. Serj had cancer in his stomach for nearly 3 years and barely indicated any pain until his final week. Last week he stopped walking. These pictures were taken on one of our last walks together back in April. Ill always miss you serj, your youthful cuddly spunkyness. ❤❤❤ #serjthedog https://www.instagram.com/p/CHRo7eDJ4DHO6ynFdZo2B0TyIa0K0Ta2UHt5O80/?igshid=15mx31zrl1r6c

Very happy to announce that I had the pleasure to be on the @voices_of_metamorphosis hosted by fellow co-worker and social worker @lisamoonlove. (LINK IN BIO) Join us in our conversation about decolonizing mental health and using our ancestral lineages to make sense of what we typically tend to put into a box of diagnosis. Engaging in these conversations on decolonizing our mental health practices allows for room for our ancestors to have their voices at the table, for us all to heal. By engaging in these conversations we can begin to ask ourselves the following questions: How did our ancestors heal from trauma? What roles did the community play in healing? And why are we not taught these practices as part of grad school mental health curricula/given space to talk about these issues in the profession? Thanks to all of those that continue to support me on this journey including my sis @maya.rise y mi abuelita Susana : our family's community healer. I am excited to continue on this journey and learn every single day. Photo by @laurogsh https://www.instagram.com/p/CHE4TcTJGzK33eYFOfQvPs7Mf8yOIn9vHuDEFU0/?igshid=1r195rsy032bz

Sunset 🌇 beach ⛱ crew (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE5mrAWpM74/?igshid=b8b1pa81m8vl

Working on a new project w/ @tapleysound. Footage from our recording sesh last Nov. The song is Face my Fears, cover of @kuma_power and @skrillex turned acoustic. Stay tuned for the acoustic release in the spring. #acousticguitarcovers #santacruzmusic #facemyfears #recordingsession (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7kIK-dJDZo/?igshid=1bsp4b1vdkk3y

Grad school with these folks was an amazing experience. Miss you all back in NYC! #socialworkers #nyc #cssw https://www.instagram.com/p/B7g9wcxpBBl/?igshid=1ipz83psrrtny

Reflecting on progress that made 2019 one of growth for me as an artist. Releasing my second album Sequoia while simultaneously working with youth at a site with the same name was beyond serendipitous, but destiny. I had such a dope opportunity working with both local artists both in Santa Cruz and in Colorado. Also reached listeners I never thought I would ever reach in Japan and Brazil. However this album would not ha e been possible without the folks that I met throughout the journey. Shout out to the folks that made 2019 that I made connections with and contributed to the album: Album Art: @lsiete7 Artist Collaborations: @jkhan_tho @lou.noise @c.watersmusic, Amir Feyzbakhsh and Brandon Michael Music. While the way the music industry has shifted over the past decade has allowed for artists like myself to reach new levels, I'd like to take a moment to call out #spotify on its business practices whereby artists receive only a fraction of a cent for one stream and to challenge the company to pay artists for their creative works. Artists and podcasters are already demanding that spotify pay artists for their creative works. It's time to transform these practices so that artists get what they deserve for their creative works. #santacruzmusic #lofihiphop #chillhop #spotifywhereyouat (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JqyBgpzYT/?igshid=1hadlrtug0d59

Earlier this year my talented nephew @konor.thorn got a chance to record some cajón on a new cover track I'm working on. Adding some percussion to an acoustic guitar piece added a new vibe and sound to the recording process and a steady ambience to the track. This dude is pretty damn cool, hes been active in music since he was a small kid and involved with @campwinnarainbow as a student and volunteer, check him out. Shout out to @tapleysound for recording. Follow up video to be posted at a later time. #cajón #familyaffair #recordingprocess (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6eJbqgJ5hx/?igshid=111hjjcs0yy30

We came, we saw and we conquered. Both @_renny and my first time hiking Mission Peak. #missionpeak #bayarea (at Mission Peak Regional Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4smf0FpPMv/?igshid=15m43ypj38jo3

"We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." -Carl Sagan (at Maui Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/B037BT5plhM/?igshid=tldt26ty1d54

Chasing rainbows all day. #rainbow #niagarafalls (at Niagara Falls State Park, USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0HlJ5hpyoK/?igshid=114lvddqe14m9

Never seen ducks that be chillin and looking at the sunset. Nature needs time for self care and chillin to after dealing with us humans. #nature #naturechillin https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwCg-Wpnd-/?igshid=ss2n0ccqwq9m

Some fun on trampolines in rural #PA. How high can u jump and do a flip foo?! #trampoline #pennsylvania (at Berwick, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BztMbzNHmRL/?igshid=1js6p14itvthc

Sunsets - off of the 22 track lofi/chillhop album #sequoia. Big shoutout to those that breathed life into this album and hopefully more cool projects to come. Check out link in bio for more tracks! (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BygTTaagtEL/?igshid=16x47zpf7x42e

My nieces 7th Birthday Bash at Fentons. Happy Birthdag Nayeli! Much love from tio Pablo. #familia #nayelis7thbday https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw5749_JuLi/?igshid=ujos8rbsj1la