Hey, I'm working on my BLOG. If there isn't much here yet it's because I'm hard at work on the new CD.

July 8th, 2007
More piano tracks, more rhodes tracks, kazoo, melodica - all that's left is some of the vocals before I think about mixing this thing. Played the Beachcomber in Milford with All-the-Above on Friday. It was rocking. The place was packed with pr\eople dancing and going crazy. I think we should get Wednesday off every week. It would take us to the weekend so much faster.

JULY 5, 2007
Recorded a lot of piano tracks over the past few days. They are starting to come out really good. I saw in the Connecticut Post that Hy Zaret died. He wrote the lyrics to "Unchained Melody." It was pretty much his only hit. He lived in Westport, CT where I grew up and I had the chance to spend some time with him at his house about 20 years ago. He gave me an album that included his hit. Still have it. He was a pretty good guy. Lived off of one hit for a lot of years. Good for him.

June, 2007

I began work on the album about 18 months ago. I wasn't really sure it was a record or what but now that it's nearing completion it's starting to come into focus. It wll be a little different than my other records for a variety of reasons. I don't really want to give away the whole thing, but I will say that this is a real solo album. I play all the instruments on all the songs. Since I'm also the producer, it meant that the musicians and the producer were always on the same page. It also means when things were changed, both knew what the other was thinking. It made scheduling recording sessions a lot easier too.

I hear Paul McCartney played all the instruments on his new record. Of course he probably spent a couple of weeks on it while I'm doing it in a couple of years but that how it goes. I haven't had a new recording out in like seven years so it's not like this happens every day.