The Revivalist - amazing website profiling young creative artists

Carlos Niño - profound mentor, producer, radio host, concert promoter, educator

Brainfeeder - fiercely creative and awesome artist collective

SGI-USA - my spiritual foundation

Blue Whale - my favorite LA performance venue

Liberation Yoga - with the absolutely amazing Jesse Diaz-Perez

Steve Ferguson - my Pops! one of the greatest musicians I’ve ever heard

Woody Shaw - one of my biggest inspirations and influences

comp•ny - one of my favorite places to record in LA

Chris Dave - one of the world’s greatest creative drummers

Geoff Gallegos – profound bandleader/composer/arranger/educator/baritone sax

Mark de Clive-Lowe - awesome producer, keyboardist

Vardan Ovsepian - inspirational and sublime pianist, composer, educator

Mochilla - profound cinematographers/photographers/producers

Mario Caldato, Jr. - legendary producer and engineer

Rootsystem - amazing LA based jazz collective

Dexter Story - awesome drummer, multi-intstrumentalist, producer

Austin Peralta - incredible young pianist

Dublab - luminous LA arts community

The Qualities of Light - visionary cinematographers

Dwight Trible - transcendant vocalist

Yonatan Elkayam - great engineer, multi-instrumenalist, singer/songwriter

Mia Doi Todd - unique and profound singer/songwriter/guitarist

The Masses - incredible arts collective that I am part of

Dark Angels - awesome group featuring legendary drummer Deantoni Parks

Knob World - one of my favorite places to record in LA

Grace Oh - incredible photographer

Karriem Riggins - seriously tasty producer and drummer

Daedelus - progressive and profound producer

Brad Mehldau - one of my biggest influences, inspirational pianist and composer

Brian Blade - incredibly profound and interesting drummer

Robert Glasper - wondrous young composer/pianist

Vosotros - creative LA art blog

Josh Nelson - amazing pianist, composer and educator