Ready to roll! Almost.

I am taking a break from vacuuming to bring you up to speed on the new album. :)

The studio is almost ready to go! Ken Stringfellow will be in town on Monday, and we're getting right into recording that day. During the first week we will be day tripping to Vermont to record Tod Moses on the drums. The rest of the project will be in my humble basement studio.

A few people have loaned equipment to the project; Michael Kim Cuddihy dropped off his Telecaster this morning, and it is beautiful. (Ken is playing a couple shows on the weekend, and he will be using this guitar for them!) And Rafael Puga has graciously provided a crucial piece of gear - a decent vocal recording mic. I'm still on the lookout for an acoustic guitar that will sound fuller than my old Oscar Schmidt. Time for a trip to the Vintage Fret Shop, maybe.

All right, I gotta keep cleaning. It'll be nice to be past that, and to actually be doing the work of making music. I will update as it goes. Cheers!

About the new album.

I'm pretty excited about the upcoming album! It's going to be called True Stories From A Small World. Most of the recording will take place in the first two weeks of July, with mastering and production later in the year. Ken Stringfellow (of The Posies, REM, Big Star) has been commissioned to record/produce the album, and I can't wait to work with him in the studio.

Thanks so much to everybody who preordered through the Indiegogo campaign. You totally made this my most ambitious record to date. I'm really proud of these songs, and I can't wait to share them with you! I will be updating as I go, and webcasting as many shows as I can in the meantime. Stay tuned, friends. :)



The New CD - and how YOU can help!

I've been working on the new record for a while now, and an amazing thing happened in February. I had the good fortune to meet Ken Stringfellow (of The Posies, REM, and Big Star), and we discussed the possibility of working together on my project.

Fast forward to today: we are blocking out time in early July to record, and mixing/mastering will take place in September. It pushes the release day out a bit, but the results will be far beyond anything I've done by myself.

It also means a more expensive effort. So I have started an Indiegogo campaign to allow people to preorder the CD. Please take a look:

Black Friday Special!

If you're interested in avoiding the big box stores this holiday season, and buying a gift from a hardworking local independent merchant, how about a CD from a NH musician? I've put together a Black Friday deal that will be available from now through Monday:

For $7.99 I will send you a copy of Onward To Yesterday, I will ship it at no extra cost (continental US only), and it will arrive GIFT-WRAPPED for instant and easy giving.

Get 'em while you can, the deal ends Monday night! Thanks for supporting local music, and thanks for making me part of your holiday. Cheers!

(This offer has expired. Thanks for supporting independent music this holiday season!)

November 2012 update

I can't decide if I'm going to trick out this Blogger page or if I'm going to build a new site. For now, I've updated my online calendar. Here's what the upcoming week looks like:

This Tuesday at 5pm, I'm starting a four-week series of piano shows at Tavern 27 in Laconia NH. They just got a gorgeous grand piano, and I can't wait to start playing it.

There's no Wednesday open mic at The Country Cow this week, as they are on vacation. We'll be back next Wednesday.

On Friday I'm headed back up to Waterville, Maine to play a Dueling Pianos show at the Holiday Inn. The last one was a crazy good time.

Then it's back to New Hampshire bright and early on Saturday; I'm playing music at The Studio in Laconia. The lovely and talented Veggie Art Girl is having an art show opening, and I'm playing at 1pm.

And on Sunday morning I'm starting up again as the winter organist at the Campton Congregational Church.

So, I guess this is what being a full-time working musician in New Hampshire looks like. Well, add in a guitar lesson or two. (Did I mention I'm doing guitar and piano lessons now? Drop me a line if you want to play!)

Well hey there!

My web site is going through an overhaul (and a domain transfer), so I'm dusting off the ol' blog in the meantime. How you been?

As you can see, I haven't posted here in a couple years. Feel free to take a gappy trip down memory lane by scrolling down, or just hang out up here with the fresh kids. :)

Bookings.

I want to thank everyone that has offered to help me through the loss of my gear recently. I'm lucky to know so many good souls. I'm also a New Englander, and I have a built-in aversion to taking handouts.

Replacing my gear will run into some money, but I can offset it by booking a few extra shows. So here's a list of dates I have available. If anyone can provide the opportunity for me to work to replace this gear, it would be the kind of help I'd have no problem accepting. :)

Sunday June 13
Sunday June 20
Sunday June 27
Thursday July 1
Friday July 23
Friday August 27
Friday September 10