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Goodbye Real World…
I can remember it so clearly… the day I decided to take the plunge and leave my job as a teacher. It’s one of those decisions you make where everyone looks at you like you’re crazy. Why are you leaving a steady paycheck? Why are you throwing out such great benefits and a secure job? …
Night Rider
Yeah, Halloween has past but it still feels Halloweeny out…Ivan’s out drumming for a friend’s band tonight. They needed a fill in for this show, and well, they chose Ivan the terrible. We shot this video right before Halloween last year. It was filmed in the same abandoned church where a lot of the remake …
Midnight Monsters Music Video
Well, in the spirit of Halloween, we thought to post this low budget iphone music video we shot in my kitchen a few years back. – Midnight Monsters. 🙂 You may remember it as the floating heads video. Happy Halloween!!!
Halloween Chicago
It’s Friday night – Halloween Chicago can get pretty nuts. Gotta love this city for how festive it gets. Pretty damn windy out tonight too. What a perfect eve for people to get out of their houses and be ghoulish. We’re gonna practice in a few then head out and be beans.
Musical Ghost In The House
There’s a musical ghost in the house. I’ve had this classical guitar since before I was born. It was in my bedroom closet growing up, and well…here it is all busted. I just woke up the other day and it was like that. If there isn’t a musical ghost in the house, then it was …
New Site
To break through to new creative rhythms and stunning, sparkling melodies that truly shine brightly with authentic emotion, the duo of Paul Taneja and Ivan Sosa put in an incredible effort to push themselves in incredibly exciting & different directions. Challenging each other to reinvent the overall style & sound of their band from Chicago …
Ivan’s New Solo Project – Ivato
Prior to Pinto and the Bean, Ivan was drumming for my solo music. But when we decided to form this band, it became obvious to me that Ivan is an amazing songwriter too – one of the best I’ve personally met. We’ve worked together musically for over 5 years, and right now, I’m ESPECIALLY proud …
Starscrapers
We were set on releasing 4 new demos to the public before the end of the year, and well, today is literally the very last day of the year, so here’s the fourth song we’re excited to share with you, called ‘Starscrapers’. If you missed out on any of the previous three songs we …