The LIFESTYLE has been a place of collaborations. One of my favorite projects has been recording over the years with my cousin Rachel Ballister. Rachel has played flute for years and when my family would go to Los Angeles (Lomita!) to visit them, I’d bring out the laptop and we’d get something together.
Flute Beat 1:
Here I sample Rachel doing some warm ups from her classical book. This was our first callabo from 3 or 4 years ago.
Lomito Burrito
This track started as a chord progression I came up with on the guitar and Rachel and I worked in her melody, which she wrote. Then myself, her, and her sister Sarah all recorded a hand clap. At the very end we got a little off and you can hear Sarah saying “Sorry!” on the record.
Xylophone:
This track was a collaboration through time and space. I recorded a zylaphone part at a church in Seattle where the homie Clarke had a practice space set up. Then on a family vacation in LA I asked Rachel if she wanted to play on the track. Her part really helped out the verse. I finished up the track in Spain in September 2011. The sample at the end is part of Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You. The sample appears around 0: 50 in the Whitney track.
Reflection and Response
-P
the LIFESTYLE 
It would be cool if you had a “share on tumblr” option, the way you have a “twitter” and “facebook” sharing option. Is that possible? Or too hard to add?
Ballisters!! We’ll look into the Tumblr option for sure and let you know whats good!
-V.
Aiiight Sarah you should now (hopefully) be able to BOOST the LIFESTYLE to Tumblr !! Let me know if it works !
V.
ballisters up in here!
i like the first one the best. the bass line reminds me of the sick sound track to shogun assasin