Journal

For Your Ears: Edging Summer

For the season that’s not really still spring, but technically not yet summer… I present you with a playlist that’s… Edging Summer. It’s a joyful, playful sonic journey that’ll bring you up and ge...

For Your Ears: The Year of the Fire Horse Playlist

The Year of the Fire Horse is already off to a running start. In the spirit of this wild year, I put together a little playlist to help you ride through it… Special thank you to my partner Dex for...

For Your Ears: Deep Winter DJ Set Playlist

Dunno about you, but deep winter puts me in an introspective mood… For your pleasure, I put together a little playlist of tracks that seem to fit the bill for being deep in the feels. From new wav...

For Your Ears: The Summer in Jazz

Any other jazz hounds in the house? Lately I’ve been finding that there’s few things more pleasant to listen to while I’m working in the studio than jazz - mostly of the 1970s variety, coming...

Bringing All of Myself to the Table: A DJ Set

Illustration of me DJing courtesy of Brian Pescador As a creative person, I find that having a variety of outlets to experiment with, explore, and channel creative flow through only just co...

For Your Ears: SS25 Playlist

What have I been jamming to in the studio as I make the SS25 collection? Answer: A mix of some sexy AF R&B, house, disco, hip hop, and world music. Guaranteed to soothe your weary ears a...

For Your Ears: Fall 2024 Playlist, aka Music for Mermaids

What would a mermaid listen to these days? Well, allow this mermaid to provide your imagination with some possibilities… For your ears only, I rounded up a little playlist of the songs I’ve ...

For Your Ears: Summer 2024 Playlist

Dunno about you, but these warmer temps are calling me to the dance floor (or, at least the dance floor of my studio lol). I came up with a little playlist for you accordingly, filled with s...

For Your Ears: Talisman FW23 Playlist

Coming in hot with a little taste of the latest and greatest in music that I’ve been jamming out to while I work in the studio this season… In the true spirit of fall, this playlist is a little m...

Parlez-vous Francais? A Playlist by Talisman Fine Jewelry

Parlez-vous Francais? I don’t, but I did make a playlist with some bangin French jams to listen to while I attempt to navigate the streets of Nice and Saint-Tropez. I figured I’d share the wealth...