Los Ombligos

Los Ombligos

That was the name of my relatively short-lived band in Oaxaca, Mexico.  Los Ombligos.  The Bellybuttons.  And yes, it’s every bit as stupid in Spanish as it is in English.  The guys and I were pretty stoned when we came up with that name, to be honest.  When the time...

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Writing A Song – Basics (Especially for Drummers)

Writing A Song – Basics (Especially for Drummers)

I'm making this web site on a free website....uh....site. In setting up the pages, I found that it had some example blog posts. Once I publish this thing, I think they'll still be on my site. I'll leave them here for the moment, but one headline made me think of my...

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ABOUT THE SKINT EXPAT

 

I have been an expat for more than 30 years now. I’m originally from the United States, though at this point that hardly matters. In that time, I’ve played music with bands and recorded and released solo music, I’ve been an English teacher for most of that time, and now I’m doing a blog about all of it.