Sparkissimo

About

My name is Steven Campbell, and I run this little site here for several reasons: 1) To have something to do when I’m bored, 2) To have a place to store online my music, photography, and writing, and 3) To share with everyone who cares my music, photography, writing, and what knowledge I have.

I’m from Austin, TX, and believe it’s the best city that exists. The weather is amazing, although sporadic, and the opportunities are incredible - plenty of live, local music, and two major, internationally-known music festivals - SXSW and Austin City Limits. I believe it’s the best hometown anyone could have.

I’m an avid photographer, musician, writer, and web developer (and occasionally juggler). As far as photography goes, I own a Nikon D40 and three lenses (a 50mm f/1.8, an 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6, and a 55-200mm f/4-5.6 lens). I play the piano and its close relatives (keyboards, organs, synthesizers), and various drums. I listen to music almost constantly when I’m not able to play it. I also write music and play in bands - jazz, folk, rock, blues, bluegrass, Latin, jam band stuff, and other genres.

I write occasionally, primarily on this blog, but also short stories (that never turn out too well), and also dabble in web development, dealing mainly with design but delving into code as well. I love language, puns, and clever word tricks. If you know of one, please tell me.

This blog will cover many topics, and please subscribe to the RSS feed (links in the footer, or in the address bar if you’re using Firefox) to keep up regularly. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, I recommend the Contact page.

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