Krista Parrish: Blog

I actually know this silly hippy! Don't worry, he's in a costume & gave me his persmission to post this picture but I won't mention his real name! Just thought it would be a good laugh to share with you fans!

This made me laugh so hard that I could not resist blogging about it. My friend who will remain anonymous sent me an email this week telling me that he had this great date with a girl, which happens rarely, and after they parted ways for the evening were left with a blissful feeling they both did not want to end. So they text back and forth and finally decide to meet up in the wee hours of the morning. One thing leads to another and they end up in my friends car (use your imagination)! He puts the radio on and there I am singing sweetly into their ears. This freaked out my friend so much, (he explained how awkard hearing my voice was during this intimate experience since i'm like his little sister in the middle of what was supposed to be a romantic opportunity for him), he could not follow through with what he they had planned and ended up going home! I won't use the phrase he used but it had something to do with me ________ blocking him. Sorry anonymous friend! Better luck next time ; )

Often people ask what tunings I use and I usually don't try to explain or share them when I think someone will not understand what I'm talking about, it can get pretty boring pretty fast when you don't understand music theory. So, I've decided to unveil the tunings I use on my new album right here in my blog! A very common thing to do is tune the 6th string down to a D, this is called drop D tuning. Everything else stays the same except for your 6th string. I do this on Skywatching & End To Beginning. It just allows you to have a deeper tone for your bass lines that lie within your guitar parts and works really nicely when you're playing solo and don't have the rich sound of a bass guitar there with you. It's a popular thing to do among guitar players. I don't believe in looking up tunings on the internet...why would I want to use a tuning that has been used a million times before? It's cool to experiment with them but when I write, I allow myself to become as open and experimental as possible, tune the strings one by one, achieving the sound that will best convey the emotion I am representing within my song. I tend to be attracted to minor keys & dissonance. That is not to say I won't rock a MA7 or MA9 here and there, I love bright, dreamy chord progressions as well which you hear on the title track, "Playing With Pendulums". I also tend to combine both worlds in many songs, it's like being in and out of sleep, sunlight, darkness, sunlight, darkness...

Some people tend to think they can only write one song per tuning! NO WAY! I have multiple songs in all the tunings I use and they don't sound they same and are not necessarily in the same key. It's all in your approach and what chords you form within the tuning, approach the way you do a standard tuning and you'll see what I mean. You can form an A chord just as easy as you can form an Ab chord...the shapes are different, the fingering positions change but the theory is the same.

Easier Said Than Done: the tuning for this song was stumbled upon while coming out of another tuning.

F G D G Bb E an odd tuning b/c generally I do not tune my low E up. It's a haunting tuning in G minor, the 6th degree which is E on the first string paired with the dominant 7th, F on the 6th string create the exact type of dissonance I was going for with this song. It's creepy!

Playing With Pendulums: I love this tuning & I think Kaki King uses it in "Night After Sidewalk". It's probably the most magical tuning I use and when I say "magical", I mean the tuning itself reminds me of be enchanted, fairytale like in nature. The song is basically in the key of D for all but one chord change when I throw a curve ball.

D A B F# A E here I throw in the 6th (B) and the 9th (E), you can pick straight through these open strings and hear the magic right away.

The Minds I I hate going in and out of this tuning b/c I always fear I'll break a string! If it's on the setlist, I usually have one guitar dedicated to this song just to be safe :) It's a C minor tuning

C G Eb G C Eb pretty standard, you have the root (C), the 3rd (Eb) and the 5th (G), a very intense tuning though!

The Ground We Lay On & Head First, Heart Last I use my ovation guitar for these songs and I actually have another song we haven't performed out also in this tuning, also an intense tuning!

Db B Ab Gb Ab Db great tuning for any genre. If your action is very low on your guitar, the 6th string could buzz so be careful there. It's also best to have a higher gage string on the 6th and 5th strings. Your tuning the D string down to Ab so it will fill a bit loose but you'll get use to it. I think of this as a Db sus4 tuning with the 6th down a half step on the 5th string.

Mexico & Hola Nino Hermoso I've recently written a new song in this tuning that we just started playing out so I'm getting a lot of use out of this.  I love the harmonics in this tuning!

D G D F A E this is a D minor add 9 tuning, you've got the root D, mi3 F, 4th, G, 5th A and 9th E

Hope this helps answer some questions. There are many more tunings I use but these are what I used for this album so more to come someday...

I entered my 10th year of teaching guitar, voice and piano 2010. A decade really goes by fast.  I double majored in jazz voice and guitar and minored in piano and it seems like it was just yesterday but 8 years have passed!! Hard to believe! I've been lucky to have a full teaching schedule and long waiting list. Many of my students are going on to record and play live & it's very exciting to watch them grow as musicians. I have several students who have been studying tapping, finger style techniques & percussive techniques on guitar. They are learning about open tunings and finding "outside the box" ways to approach playing & writing. Since I play drums too, I often use my guitar as a percussive instrument, sometimes break right into beat within a song like I do on "The Spirit Within".  I like to get the most out of my instrument, whether I'm tapping, picking, strumming, standing, sitting or playing lap guitar, I'm always experimenting & it's a great way to keep yourself interested in playing and challenge yourself. I cannot stress enough how important music theory is and how much easier it can make your life. Having a great ear is very helpful but it's cool to be able to speak the language as well, it's easier to communicate with people you play with. I intend on doing some new videos soon for you tube so keep an eye out!! 

I received an email yesterday from a friend whose boyfriend heard "Mexico" on his way home from the airport on WXPN. Very cool! Mike, Steve nor myself have actually heard us on the radio yet but we are so happy that our music is being played on WXPN and regularly no less! It's very inspiring & exciting.

We have a slew of shows coming up starting with Kennett Flash this Saturday 7/10. I am particularly excited to play this show b/c we've never played this venue before, we get to share the stage with an awesome act, Nini & Ben and the town is lovely and inviting. Steve and I took a day trip up to Kennett Square last weekend to put up posters and flyers, help promote the show. The store owners could not have been more receptive and helpful to us. Kennett Square is an artsy hip place, perfect for a music venue such as Kennett Flash. Though the town itself is not huge, it has a huge heart and made a huge impression on us. We stopped into one store called THE PAPER MARKET to see if we could leave some postcards by the counter. Doug, the very friendly store owner not only let us leave some promo, he was kind enough to let us know of other places around town where we could also leave our posters/postcards. I gave him a CD as a gift for being so kind and he popped it right in for everyone to hear! He ended up playing the disc twice throughout the day which was great exposure for the local towns people to our sound and vibe. As we were making rounds, a man came out from his store to also help us find more places to promote! Father Dennis took the time to walk with us, help us put up posters and introduced us to several store owners all the while spreading the word. We had lunch and then continued throughout town on our mission. We stopped into Sweet Christine's, an organic gluten free bakery. They were so helpful and the cookies were delicious! Next, we went to The Mushroom Cap, a very unique store with all kinds of mushroom treats. We tried these dried mushroom chips that Kathi created herself-they were awesome! FYI Kennett Square's #1 cash crop are mushrooms so there were lots of mushroom items, collectibles, clothes, giftcards, dried mushrooms, mushroom powder, sauces, snack n' shrooms etc. Quite an experience...

On our way back to the car, I wanted to stop back at the Paper Market for two reasons...I wondered what Doug thought of the album and I had my eye on this little handmade change purse. We strolled in and Doug had many positive things to say about our music (yay!). I bought my purse and than Doug says, "So how bout' we put you in some shoes?!". A girl can never say no to free shoes! Doug sells very special sneakers/shoes by TOMS & SIMPLE. He promotes the brands heavily and stands behind their products b/c they are eco friendly, made from recycled materials and with each pair of TOMS purchased, they give a free pair of shoes to a child in need. Doug suggested he give us some free shoes which we could sport on stage and help promote his store & in return he would help promote us. His store is very cool, very new age, hip, creative and the energy is very positive as soon as you walk through the door. It couldn't have been more perfect b/c SIMPLE sneakers are my favorite and I already have two pairs. Now I get to sport the coolest pair so far and for a good cause. I'm enjoying my purple kicks, thanks DOUG!!!!

Doug will be a vendor at XPN's Xponential music festival this year July 17th & 18th. Make sure you stop by and try on some shoes, they are worth your $ and you'll be helping our earth and a child somewhere who really needs it. www.xpn.org/concerts-events/festival10/

Visit www.thepapermarket.com 103 W State St, Kennett Square 19438

Wow, 2010 is really turning out to be AWESOME! We have some great shows ahead of us, playing Tri County Performing Arts Center, Sellersville Theater, a great music festival (Stir Fry Music Revival), headed to NY And DC to play in August...I'm SO excited! We've been focusing on a couple new songs I'm really psyched to share in the upcoming weeks at our live shows. I've been experimenting with some new rythmical ideas on guitar while singing especially on this one new song (YOUR FIRST TIME IS MY LAST), it's really coming together and the bassline and drums kick it up a notch...we've got Mike kickin' it with this tribal earthy beat and Steve and I are keeping it progressive, lyrics are sexy and haunting yet it's upbeat in an indie rock kind of way that makes you wanna move...it's my new fav!

Steven and I are also working on a cool duet that features Steve tapping on bass and myself on guitar...it's an instrumental, it's really sweet so we'll probably unveil it sometime this summer.

This might just be the coolest thing that is happening right now though...for you youtube fanatics, you probably have heard of Erik Mongrain, inventor of air tap guitar playing, youtube sensation. Well, I missed an opportunity to open for him at Sellersville Theater but his team is now keeping in touch with my team and I may get the opportunity to tour with him in the near future and open a few shows! He's amazing so this would be a dream come true!! FANS, keep your fingers crossed! I actually had a few dreams this week about it haha!!

Cheers to the 4th of July!

My enthusiasm for music and life is at an all time high right now. The sun is shining, the scent of fresh cut grass is in the air and we're gearing up to play First Friday Doylestown tomorrow! We cannot wait to unleash a new song we've been working on. (Thank goodness the forecast is clear for tomorrow night!) I wrote a new tune titled, "This Is How" in March (24th to be exact). It's not a fancy song, the chord transitions are interesting & progressive but it is simple picking and strumming under very intense vocals. The bassline is so pleasing to my ear. Go Steve! The drums further intensify the emotion of the song. Though I would not classify the song as an "upbeat" one, the tempo is not slow and we definitely rock it out. I waited a long time to bring it to the table, it was more edgy vocal wise and I wasn't sure how my bandmates would perceive it. They ate it up and now we finally get to share this spicy dish with an audience tomorrow. I'm sure I'll record it at some point (here in my home studio) and I have a feeling it will make it to our follow up album. I will keep everyone updated on this new piece of the pie. Join us tomorrow at the corner of Main and State in Dtown (Starbucks Parking Lot), it's free, it's all ages, it's outside, it will be awesome! If you have not had a chance to get the new album, it will be available to buy tomorrow night! (it's on itunes too but we wanna see ya in person!!!)

This was a fun show! Unfortunately, there was a glitch in the sound on my first two songs of the day: (Happy Guitar & The Ground We Lay On). We were unaware of this b/c it was super loud in the monitors on stage. The audience cheered anyway! We sported some awesome T-shirts with inspiring prints by Adam http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.anonymousgraphix.com/&h=e3d37 I'm sure there will be pictures coming soon!!! I love playing festivals, gazing into the infinite sky, puffy white clouds, sunhine & patches of aqua blue…so inspiring & comforting! It also looks like this park will be welcoming us back for larger festival events so I will keep everyone updated!!!

...and there was funnel cake! Ya don't get that at every gig ; o )

I am told to blog about our CD Release Event. So here it goes. Great night. Didn't reach my pillow til' 3am-you know it was a good night when you get home in the wee hours of the morning. It was great to play  all the songs on the album with the band. I enjoyed myself as did the guys and I think the audience was pleased : ) The weather was PERFECT unlike today, rainy, cold and miserable. Ew! I'm working on a ton of new stuff, my brain is being pulled in many different directions right now. I've started at least three or four new songs but have finished nothing. I've begun writing some words to a few things but feeling empty lyrically. I've already begun thinking about my next album...I know, psycho right? Can't help it! I really want a harp (SO BAD!) but I just got a new guitar so it will have to wait. I can hear all these harp parts that I want to add to some of my instrumental pieces, I hear cello, violins & soft horns too. I have a violin but I suck at playing it.

We are so genuinely flattered by the response that "Easier Said Than Done" is getting. Truthfully, had someone told me it would be so popular two years ago when I was sitting on the floor of my then apartment scribling it down in my journal and probably pissing my landlord off with the noise I was making on my guitar...well, I just wouldn't have believed it. The song is kind of creepy for me & here's why. I wrote it May 6, 2008-I actually dated this one. I don't date everything I write. Usually, I forget. This time, I did not. It went to #1 very close to the anniversary of it's birth (coincidence? I don't believe in coincidence). I thought I knew what the song was about when I wrote (it was a quicky, less than 15 mins. & done)...I mean, it represented a part of my soul at that moment in time but I knew some of the lyrics were still questionable. Today, when I listen to it, I feel connected with the story in a completely different way. So, I ask myself, where do songs come from? Is it possible to write something subconciously, intuitively...a premonition of sorts? I've read that everyone has psychic ability but we don't all know how to tap into that part of ourselves...it's takes practice just like any other talent...if this is true, could I have written something about the future unknowingly? I guess only time will tell. I definitely think the song touches on past lives & paths crossing over and over again in each new life. It's still unfolding though : ) That's what I love about music, how it's shape can change and rearrange...

So, many people keep asking me what my favorite song is off the new CD and I've given a different answer every time hahaha. I like them all. They each have their own special place in my heart so it's difficult to choose, they are like my children, you love your kids equally...today, though, it's Playing With Pendulums. I've always been a big fan of guitar instrumentals with no other instrumentation. There is something so organic and free about it for me...I just lose myself. I feel as though I captured the exact feeling & emotion I had at the time of writing this piece. On one hand it's whimsical, dreamlike & fantasy driven...on the other hand, it's eerie and haunting like the presence of a ghost you cannot deny. The two world's collide and leave this curiosity upon you. Today I want to live inside that song, it's cozy and safe. I just read this blog back and it's sound so scattered like the raindrops on my roof, sigh, sun come out!

Our CD release is finally right around the corner! We could not be more pleased to have a #1 on the indie music charts in two categories, a sold out CD release show and an album we truly believe in! Can't wait for Saturday! : )

http://iacmusic.com:80/genre_chart.aspx?Genre=Folk/Acoustic+Rock/Americana

Easier Said Than Done is currently #1 on an indie folk chart topping 2, 550 songs!! You can hear it here on the website in the listen section : )

Friday night was my official last session where all the finishing touches were achieved and now the album is in Glenn Barratt's hands to be mixed and mastered. Words can not express the excitement and feeling of satisfaction that is within me right now. For starters, we could not have chose a better engineer/producer to work with us on this project. We are so blessed to have all the stars aligned. My mom was a huge support in this process and we could not have done this without her. Of course, Corey was with us every note of the way, guiding and inspiring every move we made. He is such a big part of my music and who I am as a person and artist. It just makes sense to release his double disc album, "Soundtrack To My Life" the same evening we release "Playing With Pendulums". Though Corey is no longer with us and unable to physically perform his songs that evening, the album will be available and donations will be accepted on Corey's behalf which will go to "Angel In Queens" a charity which helps feed the homeless. Jorge Munoz serves hot dinners 7 nights a week to immigrant day laborers who are homeless in Queens and has not missed a night since he started this mission three years ago. His crusade is self financed and his food is self cooked. He has been named one of the top 10 CNN heroes. Corey was very accepting of people from all different walks of life. He was a giving person, always bringing someone home who needed a place to stay & food to eat. I cannot tell you how many times we found someone in our basement haha. So, setting up donations in Corey's name for this small organization was a no brainer. If you're planning on attending our CD Release Party, you will also be able to get a copy of Corey's double disc album with a minimum donation of $10. You will be helping feed a hungry belly, donating to a great cause while supporting Corey's music. We ended up covering Corey's song "Eye To Eye" on our album so you will get to hear one of his songs live that night and we will also have his album playing as people arrive. I can't believe it's only a little over a month away!! We can't wait to rock your world.

We are literally two tracks away from completing our 2010 album. I'm giddy! It's been quite a journey and we were lucky enough to have some of it video documented which we will release on youtube and our official website when all is finished. When I first began to record this album, I wasn't totally sure if I was in the right place, working with the right people or even if my heart was sure of which tracks to use and not use. I had a deep connection to about 20+ songs that I felt belonged together and I did not want to separate them. Over time, with much patience, things became clearer and the answers stood before me like a bright light. That light lead me to morning star studios in Spring City, it shined on the 12 songs that truly as a whole made the statement I wanted to convey, it shined on my band and our commitment to the music and to each other as a musical unit and it comforted me to know that all the people involved were trustworthy, passionate and hard working. The record is balanced with 5 vocal tracks and 5 instrumentals. There is passion, pain, love, curiosity, honesty, comfort and happiness in these tracks. This album has helped me move past some of the hardest things I've had to endure during the past two years. I don't know where I would be without these songs & though I am still working through a lot of pain and dissapointment, this music has given me great strength to follow through and grow as a person & as a musician. I hope that those who have lost someone irreplaceable in their lives will also find strength and comfort through this album. I felt guided to cover one of Corey's songs on this album as a tribute to him both as a musician, composer and brother. It will be the last track of the CD.

On a lighter note, I had the most fun photoshoot with my dear friend and amazing photographer, Colleen Stepanian. We have chosen the photo for the album cover and I've never been so pleased. She did a wonderful job in capturing the emotion of this album through the shot we chose. I'm excited to see it when it's all finished & even more excited to share it with everyone! Three months to go until the release ; ] 

I think 2010 is going to be a great year! We're off to a good start so far. We have two more sessions in the studio with our producer and then it's in his hands, the mixing and mastering...while myself, the band and my team plan the CD release event, choose pictures for posters and CD cover, do interviews, spread the word and gear up for our summer shows etc. It's so exciting and slightly exhausting but I'm ready!! I did a shoot last week with a fabulous photographer, Colleen Stepanian, that went very well (you can see some photos in the "look" link-more to come soon!). Some people have commented, "where's your smile?". This album is edgy & I wanted the pictures to portray the mood of the record. So far, my two favorite songs from the album are MEXICO & WHEN THE DAY IS DONE WITH ME. Two totally different songs as far as feel, tempo, etc, one expression through words and another soley through melody. You can hear a sample clip of When the Day Is Done With Me in the "listen" link. 

It's so funny to me thinking back to 2007 when I was working on "A Genuine Distraction" (which never saw daylight) that was a collection of sexy, funky, jazzy, bluesy songs. Life happens and changes your mood and it takes on new life within song, evolving, changing and progressing. I love those songs from the album that never was and one of the tracks ("WHEN") will actually be on "PLAYING WITH PENDULUMS" but this album is autobiographical of where I was emotionally 2008-2009 and it's honest-every song just happened, there was no planning or searching. When I'm feeling it, I may revisit the songs I never had a chance to record from A GENUINE DISTRACTION but for now I'm totally content with my new baby and cannot wait to share this music with my fans.

Here in sunny California for new years eve...couldn't ask for anything more. I am soaking up the sun and enjoying the beautiful scenery but most of all relaxing before 2010 takes off. 2009 was a year of writing and recording. 2010 will be a year of sharing and performing. This paradise inspires me and hopefully will linger with me back to the east coast to hold me over until PA warms up. I'm so thankful to have devoted fans who believe in my music but more so find pieces of themselves in it. We are looking forward to touring this spring/summer and especially coming back to this paradise to play shows and lay lazily on the beach. So here is to 2010, Cheers! Love, Krista

As many of you know already know, we have taken Corey's music to a producer, James Stapleford (he recorded my last EP and live at Chaplin’s) who has cleaned up the home recordings, mixed and mastered them, along with adding some texture and some of my harmony vocals and other vocals etc. Well, it's done!! I'm freaking out, I haven't felt this happy in a long time. No one deserved this more than Corey. We have two albums worth so we may decide to release one at a time or do a two disc album. The one CD has Corey's earlier music and the second album is where his music matured to and was headed before he passed. We will be releasing around his birthday, January 20th & we are still figuring out the details for a Cd release party. I definitely want to celebrate this album with everyone who loved Corey and was connected with his music but I'm not sure how to coordinate this event without Corey being here to perform. I've had a few thoughts...one was to get a few bands together to cover Corey's songs including my band, another thought was having a slideshow with the album playing in the background, having poems, pictures and video footage or doing both, having a few songs covered live followed by a short slideshow with the remaining songs. If anyone has any ideas they would like to throw my way, please do not hesitate to email me with your thoughts. They are welcome and appreciated. I've been covering Eye to Eye and Spiderman with my trio and I think I'm going to put Eye to Eye on my new album, it's a total last minute change but I can feel Corey nudging me to do this and it feels right so I'm gonna go for it. We did the song last time we played Chaplin’s and I should be receiving a copy of that recording soon so that will be a preview of our rendition of it until we cut it in the studio. Along with Corey's album release, he will be getting a brand new interactive website...a wonderful beginning to 2010.

And so it is yet another October gone (my favorite month of the year). No time for a melancholy attitude, too busy with our new album! We posted some stuff (video of Hola Nino Hermosa, audio from The Ground We Lay On & Happy Guitar) from our session last Saturday which in my opinion went very well, was fun, exciting and productive. I cannot wait to get back in the studio! I got my boys singing behind me now on a new song that we are working on (not recorded yet) and it's so nice to have that deep full male range as a gentle foundation to the tone of my vocals, I really dig it! We will get to experiment with a lot of the new and old KP material & new Tapestry material at our show on the 4th up at ESU. We definitely plan on further documenting the making of this album so keep a look out for videos and such. So far it has been a light hearted experience but I know as we delve deeper into the material considering who this album is being dedicated to and all the emotions & memories that many of the songs embody, the intensity for me may be overwhelming but none the less therapeutic. I often wonder what Corey’s reaction would be to this album & specific songs, what words he may use to describe the music, his facial expressions…I wonder most about what he would play along with me. His album most likely will be released also in 2010 a few months before mine drops…I so wish I could physically see him enjoy that. There is nobody that sounds like Corey Parrish, his music will shake you to the core. I can't wait, definitely a treat.

I LOVE Andrew Bird. I'm so inspired! I just cannot get enough of his amazing music. I think he might actually be my favorite artist right now and usually I do not have a FAVORITE b/c there are so many that I like, I can't keep them straight half the time. Everything he does just strikes a chord within me, his melodies, his violin playing adds so much intensity to his songs, he is unique and his lyrics are really interesting. I can't say enough good things about andrew bird. check him out:

http://www.andrewbird.net/

Fleet Foxes, "white winter hymnal" & "he doesn't know why" some of the most beautiful harmonies i've heard in a long time.

Imogen Heap, "first train home" she just keeps getting better and better.

Phoenix, "lisztomania" fun & i like the ending.

Yo La Tengo, "today is the day" dreamy.

Jeff Buckley, "lover you should have come over" oldie but classic and always hits me the same wonderful way I first heard it several years ago.

Andrew Bird, "Anonanimal" f**king genius! he never ceases to amaze, move and inspire me with his intensity.

Andrew Bird, "Oh No" in love with this song & the lyrics are interesting.

Mice Parade, "Focus On The Rollercoaster" simply amazing

Mice Parade, "Tales of Las Negras" yeah!! i just get this euphoric feeling when i listen to this song, i want to cry and laugh simultaneously.

Mice Parade, "Nights Wave" & "Mystery Brethren" always take me to Corey

The Mercury Program, "Sultans Of El Sur" yes yes give me more !

Aloha, "I Don't Know What Else" hits me where it hurts so good

 ...as good as oxygen...

2009 might have been the fastest year of my life. I feel as though it just begun but here we are at the end of September with only 3 more months to go. It's CRAZY! This year brought a lot of growth and change on the music front for me as well as 2008. I'm having a great time playing with my new trio, Tapestry. There is something really organic and special happening between the three us and I cannot wait to debut this on Playing With Pendulums. There has been quite a lot of back and forth on which songs to choose for the album. It started out as a letter to my brother (before my new band came together), Corey, an album I had planned to dedicate to him as all the songs came from a place of grief from his loss (that's not to say that they are all depressing!). I wrote maybe 30 songs so obviously they cannot all fit on one disc and I think I will be saving 18 for my follow up albums. It's so hard b/c I really feel as though they belong together, they flow in and out of one another with ease and though they compliment each other, they do not blend TOO much in the sense that you cannot tell one song from the other. Some songs I wrote are still in that chill groove genre, as I like to call it, so we are working things out and seeing how we can combine both sounds to share space gracefully on the record. We will see! There is no doubt that Playing With Pendulums will be the title track, a very laid back, dreamy instrumental with a modern classical almost ambient feel to it. I'm really enjoying playing the indie pop upbeat songs with dark underlying themes (The Ground We Lay On, End to Beginning and Happy Guitar). I love cross blending and writing songs that have a lot of ingredients, a strong flavor for the pallette. There's a little something for everyone. I get to play more instruments on this album which is awesome for me. I am an explorer if nothing else. Drums have become my adventure of choice lately, experimenting with rhythm and growing as a drummer has really enriched my guitar playing. I've been listening to a lot of Mice Parade, Minus The Bear, Radiohead and Justin King...oooh and Andy McKee, not that any of these artists are new to my ear, I'm just starting to listen differently. The drummer from Mice Parade might just be my new hero ; ) Well, as we go through the process of recording our new album, I will post pics and rough tracks here and there and share the journey. Peace out!

So, where is Spring anyway? It's been too cold and too wet to appreciate the end of winter. We have some exciting things happening on the music front  to keep us distracted from the cruddy weather! We are recording a new album and I will also be recording an album of my solo guitar stuff with 1/2 the tracks with vocals. I've been laying down some tracks here at my studio for fun but we will be going into a professional studio wih a producer soon. We are in the planning process and it's very exciting! We are also getting Corey's music mastered for his album that we plan to release when all is said and done. I will be performing at WCL next Thursday night and plan to unleash some new songs. But not only will I be playing new material, I will have a brand new live album with me!! Hope that holds you over until we are finished the new projects...happy spring!

This is a video taken of me playing End To Beginning.