One cannot speak of a Lompoc music scene without mention of Randall Sena. Though the Goleta-born Sena has always felt like a bit of a foreigner in Lompoc, where he has lived since the 2nd grade, he has certainly made it his own.
Known as the go-to music man in his town, Sena is the cofounder of Certain Sparks Music, a Lompoc music-lesson and recording-studio hub founded in 2006 with friend Brandon Bridge. Since it opened, Certain Sparks has been a high-gravity body around which the Central Coast’s musicians revolve — Dante Elephante, Tall Tales and the Silver Lining, King Cole, and Royal Suns are among the bigger-named acts that have recorded there. “These days, I’m just setting up a situation for a band to sound their best, using my experience to keep things moving, and staying out of the way,” said Sena.
A modest man, Sena has a knack for humor and a bounty of kindness. There’s a reason some call him the Musical Mustafa. “I try to be the dude I wish I would have met when I started making music,” he said.