last days in california... bye bye america!

My last days in america were a lot of fun. Spending time in the city with my friends, going to bars, listening to music and having a blast in San Francisco. And I also went out of the city - awesome nature is really close. There is just a lot to do and to experience in california. I was sad when I left, but the good news is, I'm going back soon. Very soon. :-)

this blog ends here and I hope you enjoyed my pictures and my stories!

You can keep on reading about what's happening with my music and my art on my website www.micha-schellhaas.com - a lot is going to happen this year!

thanks for reading!

in San Francisco, close to sunset

on the bus in San Fran

beautiful nature just a couple of miles over at the other side of the golden gate bridge

downtown

the Diamondway Buddhism retreat land in California

the whale rock

my flight home.

San Francisco

San Francisco. Well, what to say. First I was feeling so filled up with impressions from the last 2 months that I didn't really know where to put new ones. But then after 2 days the city got a hold of me: fantastic friends, inspiring moments all day long, a really awesome city, good food, beach, sun, clouds, rain, sun again, music,... !!!
So I guess I'm doing really fine here. Today I will do the camera work for a short interview with a local film maker, and I might write some music for one of his short films. That's gonna be pretty exiting, we will go around the city for some nice shots. And then I have just a couple more days left here in california...

the streets on san francisco

friends of mine live across the golden gate bridge. this is the view from their living room (!)

driving across the golden gate bridge

yes.

downtown

a shot I took walking across the city...

Alright, that's all for now. I'm gonna post again from here, so stay tuned and visit me at my brand new facebook page

The city of angels

My time in the city of angels was fantastic. The beach, the clubs, the people and the city itself has their own vibe and energy. I was staying with my friend Vikki in venice beach - could it be any better? :-)

This time no recordings, but I was really getting into shooting more video footage. I went down to the boardwalk a couple of days and shot the skaters, bikers, the basketball players and the acrobats... Enough footage for one or two nice slomotion music videos! When I get back home I will have some solid weeks of writing, editing and mixing ahead. I think I'm gonna lock myself up in the studio for about a month or two ;-)
But check out my pics from my L.A. adventure...

the beach

going dancing in venice beach. This awesome band plays every tuesday at the Brig down on Abbot Kinney. Those guys are amazing - propably the best live improv funk band I have heard. They sound like a record - like a GOOOD record!

after dancing you are hungry. Those tater tots were hitting the spot...

down on the street...

the skate park at the beach. I got some amazing skate video footage here

basketball

cool motel sign in Culver City. I went there to buy some ND filters for my cam. Oh yeah!

Hollywood sign is behind me. In front hills and downtown behind it

driving out on 101 for a beach day in Malibu. Fantastic houses all along the way

the beach in Malibu !

home by the sea

driving on 101 (PCH)

two dogs enjoying PCH

classic beach picture. Old VW with surf plank and wetsuit and in front a new shiny black SUV

yes, I do like muscle cars


venice beach at night

on my last night my friends too me up here to a very nice japanese restaurant
we had this mindblowing view and the full moon above it...

angels :-)

Albuquerque

The last week I was kickin' it in Albuquerque. And, Albuquerque is kickin' indeed. I drove the 12 hour drive from Texas to New Mexico in less than 10 hours with my buddy Kent, and spent 9 magical days out there in the desert. We recorded with Shawn Loudermilk, I met amazing new people and reunited with old friends. It's pretty IN to be LOCAL in Albuquerque, but that being said, I'll let the story speak for itself...

on our way through the destert

Kent and me stopped in the desert to pull a blown truck tire from the street. Kent is about the best travel buddy you can imagine :-)

recording with Shawn in the Albuquerque Buddhist Center
(you can check out the production on www.micha-schellhaas.com - the music will be mixed and online end of may)

First evening diving into the local scene. My friend Carrie (picture) had an art show in a prestigious local space. She is making awesome stuff...

another art show

Creamland

On route 66. Probably my best car shot so far...

...!

same lady. no words.

awesome ride

On my second evening in Albuquerque I met Ashley. We clicked right away and she was telling me about her beatboxing. When she freestyled for me that night I fell in love with her beatboxing instantly. We met a couple more times, had a great time hanging out and I shot some videos for her. This is the first one. Looks like I catched her right on time, only 2 days later she went to meet a band in NYC, and now she will not come back to Albuquerque, but stay in NYC and make a living as professional beatboxer. Wow!!! Go Ashley...



Ashely "SAY WUT?!" freestyle Beatbox session. Part I

that's the set for one of the other videos I did with her...

on my way to L.A.

And now, I am in L.A.! Just about to head down to the beach. Hmmm.... :)
The next post will be a californian one...

My last days in Austin have been pretty colorful. I have been making new friends, taking pictures of the band NEW SAND, recorded with Kent and GidiSunshine out in the barn in San Marcos and not to forget the video I shot with Sarah for our AUDECY project. I will post some screenshots soon, but ze edit will has to wait until I am back in Europe.
Right now I am in New Mexico, recording and playing Shawn Loudermilk, and I met an awesome young beatbox lady. But more of that soon, check out some pictures from my last day's in the live music capitol of the world!

Fotoshoot with NEW SAND. We took some random items out of the magic barn to spice up the pictures...

That's my friend Gidi from Ghana. We were recording in the barn (yes, I spent a lot of time out there) on their GIDISUNSHINE project. He is a fantastic musician and great guy, and plays all the traditional instruments en styles and can combine it really nice with the singer songwriter vibe we had going on...

me playing guitar in the barn

Gidi outside, just before he would play in an african dance class

check out the Austin Dance Collective!

bye Austin! see you soon again....