S.A. Sebastian: A Bassist's View From The Bottom

New Music: Afflicted By Design and Original Compositions

Apr 19, 2013 Uncategorized Comments Off
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The Afflicted By Design Ep, #nameless, is back from mastering and sounds great. It will be releasing May 14 through several digital channels. Sign up at afflictedbydesign.com to get early access to the release. You can hear original demos of the songs from the Ep at the Afflicted By Design Soundcloud space at https://soundcloud.com/afflictedbydesign

Aside from the various styles of heavy music I do with bands, I also compose original music in other styles. You can hear some of my orchestral and electronic music at my Soundcloud space at ttps://soundcloud.com/sasebastian.

Afflicted By Design: Production and Web Updates

Feb 20, 2013 Uncategorized Comments Off
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Production Update: The first Afflicted By Design release, #nameless, is moving along, and the website is up. Drum tracks by Mike Carrasquillo are in for review, vocal performances and lyrics are being tightened up, and tracks are being output for working at another studio. Most of the production has been in the various incarnations of [...]

Afflicted by Design

Feb 12, 2013 Uncategorized Comments Off
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After a many years serving as the bass playing sonic backbone for rock, metal, goth, industrial and pop bands, I’m moving out of the shadows and in to the light, to lead my own industrial metal project: Afflicted by Design. The first release, titled Nameless, features 3 songs and several guest performances. Nameless by Afflicted by Design will [...]

Why I Support Spotify And Streaming Services And You Should Too

Feb 23, 2012 opinion Comments Off
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For the past several months I’ve been watching and participating in the “Spotify” debate and have been saddened and annoyed by all the anti-streaming rhetoric and misinformation. As a lifelong independent artist & musician I am completely in favor of Spotify and its brethren. Here’s the arguments and why I support streaming and why you [...]

The Perfect Strap Lock Systems

Feb 23, 2011 Uncategorized Comments Off
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Strap locks. Love them or hate them every guitar and bass player I know uses them and pretty much hates them as much as they love them. All strap lock devices perform the same basic function; they keep your strap from popping off and your instrument from crashing on the ground. But one thing they [...]