Happy 2018!

Welcome to a fresh new year!  

December was remarkably busy for me.  It was filled with recording sessions, rehearsals, shows, writing sessions, holiday traveling, and more!  I had the pleasure of flying down to Miami to play Faena with Octopus Kid (Paco Naviera).  Paco has an infectiously positive spirit and is so fun to be around.  His songs are fantastic and I am eager for his album to be released, which I co-produced.  While in Miami, I enjoyed the sun, swimming, and many cuban sandwiches.  

The Stevie Wonder Tribute at the State Theater went over beautifully.  I put a ton of time into making those basslines sing and sound right and I am very happy with the results.  I feel like that experience boosted my musicianship up a notch.  There were so many tunes to learn and those basslines are not simple.  Big THANK YOU to Kenya Hall for including me in this year's celebration.

I have some really fun and exciting things coming up, many of which need to stay under my hat until it's the appropriate time to release.  Things I can reveal are shows with the enchanting Aimee Bayles supporting the upcoming release of her 2nd EP, which I am humbled to have written two tunes for the project.  The reggae band I work with, Royal Hammer, out of Portland, Maine has been working on some new material as well.  In addition to Aimee's new EP, I have some songs written for that project too!  I am very excited about the project with Henry Redman on drums and Zach Bence on guitar.  It's not safe music.  We have been getting together and making sound and noise in an uninhibited environment and the results have been very encouraging.  We record all of the jams, which we have about 15 hours worth now, and are in the process of weeding through and finding ideas we like to develop.  There are a lot of gems in there!  Finally, I have been working diligently on my own music in hope to record an EP sometime in the spring.  It will be instrumental music that is influenced by the late saxophonist Cedric 'Im' Brooks.  There will be some heavy grooves on this record...keep your ears open!

I have been trying to get music up on this page, but have run into a fair amount of obstructions and can't seem to figure it out.  I will probably be calling in the big guns to help me, but if anyone reads this blog and has some insight, please email/message me.  Being a musician, I should probably have music on my page first and foremost!  

Many thanks for reading and I look forward to seeing you at a show or hearing from you in one way or another!  Peace