Winter is firmly in place here in Northwest CT. The snow is deep enough to guarantee we will not see the ground again until Spring. Ironically we are in the final stages (mixing) of completing our new release entitled "Higher Ground". I say "ironically" because either by pure coincidence or something greater my last three albums have been mixed in the winter and released in the early Spring. This will be no exception.
This album will be different than anything I've ever recorded. It represents the first CD recorded soley with the members of my touring band featuring Bob Gaspar on percussion, Dan Hocott on bass and backing vocals and Tom Hagymasi on just about everything else in the world (violin, bouzouki, mandolin, dulcimer, accordian and vocals.)
In the past I've always written and pre-produced new songs in my studio (while playing several instruments and singing harmonies etc.) to give the band a "vision" of what I heard when I wrote the song. This time Tom Hagymasi suggested the opposite approach. He insisted I send only "naked" versions (me singing the song with just guitar or piano) of the tunes to the band so they could formulate their own arrangements for their instruments. Then, the four of us would come together and play the new song and exchange arrangement ideas etc.. It worked like a charm and was a completely effortless exercise.
And the end-result is this new album that will be coming out in the very-near future. And we can't wait to share it with our friends and fans...
We'll be keeping perfomances to a minimum as we finish up the new album. We look forward to seeing you down the line.
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