#missioncontrolstudios

[garyalvarez]

A big THANK YOU to multi-instrumentalist/songwriter and homie Monty Rimorin for joining PERSISTENCE OF SOUND via Zoom to share some of the music that's helping him get through the pandemic! 🎶✊🏽 Along with the music, Monty shared his experiences returning to UC Berkeley after a prolonged hiatus, recording an album and touring with Sweetness, playing bass with Omega 3, producing video games for Rockstar Games, becoming a dad in his 40s and so much more! Click on the link in bio to listen to his full interview and guest DJ set! #persistenceofsound #patchedin #missioncontrolstudios #fortheloveofmusic #sweetnesstheband #omegathreeband (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cci_lJvJZTzGyWkrPg1gWPFUfFkYsTDk94983I0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[garyalvarez]

A big THANK YOU to artist, educator and organizer Edlin Lopez for joining PERSISTENCE OF SOUND via Zoom to share some of the music that inspires her and influences her work! 🎨✊🏽 Along with the music, Edlin shared her experiences growing up in South Central L.A., relocating to Humboldt to study art, working in galleries on the west side, organizing the SELA Arts Festival, launching the virtual studio Open Walls, creating much-needed space for artists in Southeast L.A. and so much more! Link in bio. #persistenceofsound #patchedin #missioncontrolstudios #fortheloveofmusic #openwalls #selaartistsguild #depressionisseries (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb6gqLbLv1u6rsTAxWIt44qfWB-SoajpClGwpE0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[garyalvarez]

*6 Year Anniversary Show!* A big THANK YOU to the homie, drummer Alberto "Beano" Aviña for joining PERSISTENCE OF SOUND via Zoom to share some of the music that inspires him and influences his work! 🥁✊🏽 Along with the music, Beano shared his experiences growing up in Downey, touring all 48 lower states, performing with a "band of gypsies" in Israel, opening for Too Short and KRS-One on separate occasions, doubling down as a recording engineer, transitioning into life as a husband and father and so much more! Link in bio. Swipe —> for the flashback c. 1997. #persistenceofsound #patchedin #missioncontrolstudios #fortheloveofmusic #soulinstereo (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaiD-yEvrIFPhcWLK9waM2mC5j9ZpJCG7X36o80/?utm_medium=tumblr

[garyalvarez]

A big THANK YOU to musician Dominique Rodriguez for joining PERSISTENCE OF SOUND via Zoom to share some of the music that inspires him and influences his work! 🎶✊🏽 Along with the music, Dom shared his experiences growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, playing in punk bands as a teen, studying with jazz trumpeter Bobby Bradford, surviving the lockdown as a performer, recording El Haru Kuroi's upcoming album and so much more! Link in bio. #persistenceofsound #patchedin #missioncontrolstudios #fortheloveofmusic #dominiquerodriguez #elharukuroi (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW10hoXJwKBis6PmDDff8Cv_no0edod_zjrYYM0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[garyalvarez]

A big THANK YOU to film director and TV writer Victor Dueñas for joining PERSISTENCE OF SOUND via Zoom to share some of the music that inspires him and influences his work! 🎶🎥✊🏽 Along with the music, Victor shared his experiences growing up in South Gate, consulting on EAST LOS HIGH, producing for late night Spanish TV, performing as a professional clown, DJing at parties all over town, directing his first film BIBI, writing for Disney's BUNK'D and so much more! Link in bio. #persistenceofsound #patchedin #missioncontrolstudios #fortheloveofmusic #victordueñas #bunkd (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVrDsvPvVhLoRIdJDX8K_5-bIhel1TUMzIbt1I0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[garyalvarez]

A big THANK YOU to filmmaker Emily Cohen Ibañez for joining PERSISTENCE OF SOUND via Zoom to share some of the music that inspires her and influences her work! 🎶🎥✊🏽 Along with the music, Emily shared her experiences growing up in Phoenix, earning a Ph.D. from NYU, making documentaries that advocate for labor, environmental and health justice, relocating to Oakland, teaching at UC Santa Cruz, challenging the colonial heritage of documentary filmmaking and so much more! Link in bio. #persistenceofsound #patchedin #missioncontrolstudios #fortheloveofmusic #emilycohenibañez #fruitsoflabor (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CU3ptXWp5KXcAplXfgmhcGDv_G8olUt0-mE7Ps0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[garyalvarez]

A big THANK YOU to filmmaker Steve Elkins for joining PERSISTENCE OF SOUND via Zoom to share some of the music that inspires him and influences his work! 🎶🎥✊🏽 Along with the music, Steve shared his experiences growing up in Fullerton, premiering his film "Echoes of the Invisible" at SXSW, shooting in Siberia, touring the country as a drummer, teaching film production to middle schoolers, collaborating with the Kronos Quartet, exhibiting in Australia and so much more! Link in bio. #persistenceofsound #patchedin #missioncontrolstudios #fortheloveofmusic #steveelkins #echoesoftheinvisible (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRpV4FKAca5jJJC34yQJpLZCKCHmAbGulmOMcQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[garyalvarez]

A big THANK YOU to housing activist and advocate Isela Gracian for joining us via Zoom to share some of the music that inspires her and influences her work! 🎶✊🏽 Along with the music, Isela shared her experiences growing up in Downey, joining L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell's team, fighting against gentrification in Boyle Heights, road-tripping with her daughter Isis, maintaining long-term friendships and so much more! Link in bio. #persistenceofsound #patchedin #missioncontrolstudios #fortheloveofmusic #iselagracian (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRjLPtgzpbzVh-tdzx55OK1xbjxUTqyumQ_9Y0/?utm_medium=tumblr