School Bus Music

Spent a snowless sunny hot day in DFW last week with Good Latimer shooting video for the song "Go Where It Snows."  After some creative fun, sunburn and dehydration, I made it back to Austin to start the editing process…

The Good Latimer song “Let It Go” off the album Go Where It Snows is NOT the Disney song from Frozen.  In fact, the song was written by Aaron Salinas, Michael Klym and Michael Zaring way before Olaf ever uttered…

My name is Richard Salinas -- supermodel, part time astronaut, and mother of three in my spare time (well, the last one is true).  My new title is Record Producer, and here is the first project I’ve completed since returning…

The Good Latimer song “This Little Moment” could make the Tin Man feel his non-existent heart (listen here: http://hyperurl.co/thislittlemoment).  It’s a well-crafted song written by Aaron Salinas and sung soulfully by Michael Zaring (aka Zee).  The first time I…

I grew up in South Texas, and I rarely saw any snow... so this song resonates with me.  I love the arrangement on Good Latimer’s reggae-influenced pop song “Go Where It Snows” (listen here: http://www.hyperurl.co/gowhereitsnows).  This song is loaded…

This is one of my favorite songs on the album (listen here: http://hyperurl.co/theniwill).  It’s an uptempo pop rock song written by Aaron Salinas.  Aaron wrote this specifically for Samantha Klym to sing (formerly Samantha Salinas, Aaron’s sister, Michael Klym’s…

The first dilemma we had when the recording process started was the fact that the band did not have a drummer.  Despite an ongoing search, they could not find anyone to Ringo on up.  They also did not like the…

Several years ago, as I was going through the process of selling my toner cartridge/printer repair business (laserlux.com), I began working on a solo album.  I was about halfway through the project when my son Aaron Salinas and future son-in-law…

Welcome to my blog.  I will use this forum to meander through the musical maze of production, songwriting and more.  First thing I want to say is that I am glad to be back in the music business.  I was…