Recording-Phase 1-Complete!

I was in New Orleans over thanksgiving weekend, beginning work on the new record. We had a lot of work to do in a limited amount of time, but finished with an hour to spare before I had to head to the airport to go home. Basic bed tracks are recorded (meaning a guitar, or piano, and main vocal tracks). What's fun with this new record, is that we are building each song track by track, and not limiting ourselves in any way. We'll be playing with some fun instrumentation and sounds, and overall, just letting the songs grow into what they want to be naturally. If the basic tracks are any indiction, this will be the best thing I've recorded to date.

My producer, J Yuenger, really pushed to get the best he could from me, and it showed when I listened back to all that we had recorded. It was tough, and at times, demanding, but, in the end, what we ended up with was really good. As we let these tracks settle, and decide what to do with each song, they will each grow into great little songs. I can't wait to see what happens next. Stay tuned, and I'll keep you posted. I promise, this new record will be worth the wait!

A Pleasant Surprise!

On November 5th, we played a set at the Deland Original Music Festival, our 2nd year out there. It's such a huge event with so many bands, you can't help but enjoy yourself. Halfway through our set, a guy jumped up on stage and informed me that I had won the SSA's 2011 Songwriter Of The Year Award! The whole band was shocked. There was a long line of songwriters there that deserved it, so I'm both humbled and inspired. A big thank you to the fans that voted for us, and to the SSA and the Deland Original Music Festival for putting together such a great event.

In Memorium...

The band that I had before I started this project, was a band called The Rondos. It was a really fun, late 70's style powerpop band. We had a wonderful guy on guitar named Ralph Ameduri. Recently, our friend Ralph was murdered while taking a break from a gig at a club. It's been a huge blow to the Central Florida music scene, as he was indeed a fixture. He is missed by many, and so many people want to help. So, in that spirit, there is a benefit show in his honor to raise money for his family and fiance. I will be reuniting with my old Rondo's pals for a one time reunion performance. It's gearing up to be a lot of fun. If you are in the area, please try to attend. There are 27 bands on the bill as of now, and some great talent. You can read more here.

If you are elsewhere in the world, and would like to do a nice thing for some very nice people, that could use your help, please donate to this website...

CD #3 Underway!

Work has officially begun on our 3rd CD. This one will be a little different from the last two. The premise of this project has always been to let the songs become what they naturally want to be, and not try to pigeon hole them into any specific style or genre. So, I'm gonna try to shake off the alt-country typecast, and put out something new and interesting. I'll be working with producer J. Yuenger on this one. Fans may remember J was the guy that mastered our 2nd CD, "Perfect! Do It Again!", turning my living room recordings into something that sounded fantastic, so I'm stoked to be working with him again. There is no official deadline for completion, but I'll keep you posted as we progress. I'm very excited about this new project! Stay tuned!!

Festival Time!

Ah, spring is in the air, which means summer is right around the corner. which means it's festival season again! Saturday, April 23rd, we'll be playing 2 in one day! We start off with the big Earth Day Celebration downtown Orlando at beautiful Lake Eola. 3 stages, tons of stuff to do. We play at 1pm.

Then it's a quick jump over to The Plaza Theater to play as part of the big Jambando festivities. 18 top notch bands! We play at 4pm.

Catch one show or both!

TOP OF THE CHARTS

A great big, huge THANK YOU to Orlando's own WPRK (91.5FM) and their staff for making us the #1 played local artist of the week! We were all super stoked last week to find we were #4, but then this! The whole gang says "Cheers!"

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