Chris Vreeland Again
@devilsrancher.bsky.social
Musician, Photographer, Caver, Print Professional. #MeFite
No se puede vivir sin amar.
https://chrisvreeland.com
No se puede vivir sin amar.
https://chrisvreeland.com
I’m such a dilettante.
a group of men are standing in front of a wall with numbers on it .
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September 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I’m such a dilettante.
If you can’t do it with four strings, it doesn’t need to be done.
September 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If you can’t do it with four strings, it doesn’t need to be done.
I feel attacked!
It’s not a “jam,” it’s an improvisational composition!
Maybe I need to add more ümläütś
It’s not a “jam,” it’s an improvisational composition!
Maybe I need to add more ümläütś
September 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I feel attacked!
It’s not a “jam,” it’s an improvisational composition!
Maybe I need to add more ümläütś
It’s not a “jam,” it’s an improvisational composition!
Maybe I need to add more ümläütś
I hope you’re able to focus on spending more time with your family, and by family, I mean synthesizers I suppose. 🙂
September 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I hope you’re able to focus on spending more time with your family, and by family, I mean synthesizers I suppose. 🙂
Violence is horrible,
if I’m suffering it!
if I’m suffering it!
September 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Violence is horrible,
if I’m suffering it!
if I’m suffering it!
The 5 divorces do paint some sort of picture.
September 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The 5 divorces do paint some sort of picture.
I took 2 years of drafting, and it became foundational to my career. Not that I draft on paper anymore, but the principles of centering, leveling, perspective, adding descriptive dimensions, scale, all stood me in good stead during the desktop publishing revolution in the early 90’s.
September 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I took 2 years of drafting, and it became foundational to my career. Not that I draft on paper anymore, but the principles of centering, leveling, perspective, adding descriptive dimensions, scale, all stood me in good stead during the desktop publishing revolution in the early 90’s.
I mention the Colonel (later General) because my grandfather still had his sword, uniform & hat with the bullet hole in it. We are hard-headed motherfuckers.
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I mention the Colonel (later General) because my grandfather still had his sword, uniform & hat with the bullet hole in it. We are hard-headed motherfuckers.
There was a colonel on the Union side named Michael J Vreeland who was wounded at Gettysburg- I believe my great-great-great-grandfather? My granny traced the family back from Oregon to Michigan to Pennsylvania to New Jersey to New Amsterdam. So you and I are probably 9th cousins or something. 👋🏼🙂
September 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There was a colonel on the Union side named Michael J Vreeland who was wounded at Gettysburg- I believe my great-great-great-grandfather? My granny traced the family back from Oregon to Michigan to Pennsylvania to New Jersey to New Amsterdam. So you and I are probably 9th cousins or something. 👋🏼🙂
Hardly at all! I’ve met 2 Vreelands I’m whole life that I’m not directly related to. Whereabouts are you, and great username! 👋🏼
September 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hardly at all! I’ve met 2 Vreelands I’m whole life that I’m not directly related to. Whereabouts are you, and great username! 👋🏼
Our house is so old the 2x4s are actually 2” x 4”. It was one of the earliest obvious cases of shrinkflation that I can recall. Now it’s everywhere.
September 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Our house is so old the 2x4s are actually 2” x 4”. It was one of the earliest obvious cases of shrinkflation that I can recall. Now it’s everywhere.
I was in the room when his manager came to tell him his first album had just gone gold. When they were on ACL, he brought a little TV and gathered everyone in the building to watch. Must have been 30 people sitting on the floor of his room he kept elbowing me & saying “Look! We’re on TV!”
September 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I was in the room when his manager came to tell him his first album had just gone gold. When they were on ACL, he brought a little TV and gathered everyone in the building to watch. Must have been 30 people sitting on the floor of his room he kept elbowing me & saying “Look! We’re on TV!”
I was on unemployment after a restaurant went out of business & a friend hired me under the table to work at the rehearsal hall he owned. Stevie had locked out a room to rehearse his 2nd album before recording. Saw him nearly every night & he was a kind, friendly, humble person.
September 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I was on unemployment after a restaurant went out of business & a friend hired me under the table to work at the rehearsal hall he owned. Stevie had locked out a room to rehearse his 2nd album before recording. Saw him nearly every night & he was a kind, friendly, humble person.
*sigh* Follow the money every time.
September 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
*sigh* Follow the money every time.
Depression is such a motherfucker. How could a talent like Paul Hester decide life wasn’t worth living? Was pretty heartbroken for him.
September 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Depression is such a motherfucker. How could a talent like Paul Hester decide life wasn’t worth living? Was pretty heartbroken for him.
I’ve held that guitar in my hands. I was plunking at my bass trying to figure out slap & pluck- he walked by, stopped & said “I’ve seen some cats do it like this,” reached over and re-positioned my right hand for me. It worked! This whole town just shut down the day he died. Nobody could function.
September 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I’ve held that guitar in my hands. I was plunking at my bass trying to figure out slap & pluck- he walked by, stopped & said “I’ve seen some cats do it like this,” reached over and re-positioned my right hand for me. It worked! This whole town just shut down the day he died. Nobody could function.
Albini was such a great writer. His words about the biz and how properly to record a band meant more to me than his music. He had an ethos that was in alignment with mine about a lot of things & he could spell it out way better than me. I’ve worked with Edith Frost a bit and it really walloped her.
September 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Albini was such a great writer. His words about the biz and how properly to record a band meant more to me than his music. He had an ethos that was in alignment with mine about a lot of things & he could spell it out way better than me. I’ve worked with Edith Frost a bit and it really walloped her.
I knew Stevie, & worked with a bunch of musicians that had known him also. When the news came hit about 9:30 am, we just shut the print shop down and went home. The boss didn’t say shit. Sitting in my dark studio an hour later was the first time I heard Riviera Paradise, & and I cried hard.
September 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I knew Stevie, & worked with a bunch of musicians that had known him also. When the news came hit about 9:30 am, we just shut the print shop down and went home. The boss didn’t say shit. Sitting in my dark studio an hour later was the first time I heard Riviera Paradise, & and I cried hard.
Yeah Bowie was when the fabric of the universe began to unravel, but one that hit me really hard was Matthew Seligman, Thomas Dolby’s bass player. When he wasn’t touring, he was a human rights lawyer and a damn fine human being. He was way too young as well. Huge influence on my playing career.
September 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Yeah Bowie was when the fabric of the universe began to unravel, but one that hit me really hard was Matthew Seligman, Thomas Dolby’s bass player. When he wasn’t touring, he was a human rights lawyer and a damn fine human being. He was way too young as well. Huge influence on my playing career.
It took 300 server farms 100 gigawatt-hours to produce this gibberish.
September 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It took 300 server farms 100 gigawatt-hours to produce this gibberish.
Fair point! I have until February to renew my passport- I should get on that.
September 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Fair point! I have until February to renew my passport- I should get on that.
How do you endure such privation? 😂
September 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How do you endure such privation? 😂