Photo Session

Before rehearsal this past Monday evening we met up with Tony Harding (our videographer) for a photo shoot, specifically to create new publicity shots that better represent us, now that we have a fifth member (for those not paying attention, he's David Stoler - keyboard player extraordinaire!).


Tony set us up on Eight Avenue in front of an Indian sundry shop, asked the shop owner if he could plug in his lights and then we spent the next hour in happy mayhem taking one group shot after another.

 

IPO NY in November!

I'm happy to report that we have (once again) been invited to appear at the International Pop Overthrow Festival at Kenny's Castaways in NYC. The festival dates are November 3rd through 8th. When I know which day we are scheduled for I'll post it here.

Bob Dylan meeets The Beatles

In the Studio

We did more recording for our upcoming CD last week and here are some pictures of us at work taken by our new keyboard player David. Unfortunately because he took the pics he's not in any of them. Bummer.

Noise Trade

I have uploaded our music to a WebSite called Noise Trade which has an interesting angle on sharing music. Over the past two years I have found some great music there, most notable being a group called The Major Labels (see below)
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Their website is filled with lots of cool bands and if you are resourceful you can get free downloads just by spreading the word.

Check it out

On the Joey Reynold Show June 24th 2009

Joey Reynolds has been a staple of the New York radio scene for over 50(!?) years. Through Joey's friendship with "Unsteady Freddie", a surf music officianado and talent coordinator for the radio show we were invited to appear.

Our segment was scheduled for 1 AM (yes AM as in, The Middle Of The Night!) so Joey and I arrived at 111 Broadway at 12:30. We were wisked up to the third floor and treated very nicely, thank you.

Tony Harding (the documentary producer) was there to film the event for our "movie" thingie and Joey's friend and band mate Luigi Babe from his other labor of love All Mobbed Up also came down and Luigi and I had an impromptu jam in the waiting room which we "recreated" on the air. Joey and I sang one of our songs and we got some praise from this radio icon and before we knew it, it was all over. The show's producer gave us a CD or our appearance and the rest is history!

Click the "PLAY" button above to hear our segment...

Proof in the pudding?

Spent some time in the studio last week adding overdubs to songs we started back in March...

The song "Almost In Tears" is coming along nicely. This one has an "alternative" (whatever that means) beat. After recording the guitar overdubs (doubles, lead, etc...) Joey worked hard and put down a great vocal performance. Now I'll live with his vocal so when I'm ready to do the harmonies I'll be lock-synced with him. Our new keyboard player David did some fine work, adding Hammond organ and Electric Piano to the mix.

Another song we worked on is called "Intersection" which incorporates acoustic and electric guitars and that one is also coming out sounding great as well.

I can't wait to finish recording and start mixing this new disk, it's a complete departure from our previously released material, with an emphasis on more mature subjects and (Ouch!) "Age Appropriate" deliveries.

Joey asked me during the session, "How come these songs are taking longer than when we recorded 'Now and Then'?" The answer I gave him (paraphrasing) was this; After our experience with Tommy recording "Crying Town" I realized that in order to get something great you have to be careful not to just throw down anything and hope it sticks.

Now I know there's a fine line between going for perfection (ala Axel Rose) and tossing something off in five minutes but I believe we have straddled that line effectively.

But as they say, the proof will be in the pudding.