Category Archives: solo

New Digital Album

Today, I’m releasing my live acoustic performance from Banding Together 2013 as a digital album. Pay what you want for it – including FREE – and download it right here.

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Get it today →

Banding Together 2013 features 30 minutes of original music recorded absolutely live. No auto-tune. No overdubs. No editing. Just my voice, acoustic guitar, and whatever other sounds occured during the performance. The album features eight original songs in their simplist form.

This recording originally aired as part of the Banding Together Webathon Concert to benefit the Spondylitis Association of America on blowupradio.com.

Please consider donating to the Spondylitis Association of America here: www.spondylitis.org  

I hope you enjoy it!

 

 

Banding Together Starts on Friday

Banding Together, the online music festival to benefit the Spondylitis Association of America begins Friday, October 18th and runs through Monday, October 21st. It’s a three “stage” show, meaning that it is being hosted on three websites. There are five opportunities to listen to my solo live acoustic set during the course of the weekend:

Friday, October 18th 7:30pm EST www.40FootHoleStudio.com →

Saturday, October 19th 7:30am EST www.40FootHoleStudio.com →

Saturday, October 19th 4:35pm EST www.ThePenguinRocks.com →

Sunday, October 20th 4:35am EST  www.ThePenguinRocks.com →

Monday, October 21st 12noon EST www.BlowUpRadio.com →

Hope you are able to virtually tune in!

Banding Together

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I recorded a solo acoustic live set for the upcoming benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America, called Banding Together. It airs next weekend, Friday-Monday (10/18-10/21) and features some great local artists including Jonathan Andrew, Joshua Van Ness, Paul Rosevear, and The Wag.

Click here to see the complete schedule on blowupradio.com. My performance will air at the following times:

  • Friday, October 18th 7:30pm
  • Saturday, October 19th 7:30am 
  • Saturday, October 19th 4:35pm
  • Sunday, October 20th 4:35am 
  • Monday, October 21st 12noon

If you donate during the benefit weekend, you will receive a free digital compilation album. The album features exclusive tracks from the artists performing. I donated the first song in my set to this compilation.

My set features 30-minutes of original songs. Just me and an acoustic guitar. It’s not too often that I perform as a solo acoustic artist, so I hope you are able to listen at blowupradio.com.

PS – I released last year’s Banding Together performance as a digital album. You can stream it, download it, and pay what you want for it right here.

My Twitter Is Blushing

I recently finished pre-recording a live acoustic set for BlowUpRadio’s Spondylitis Benefit Webathon, which will air in October. I sent it over to Lazlo at BlowUpRadio… Not only did he listen to it right away, but he was kind enough to enthusiastically tweet on my behalf! It’s so refreshing to work with someone who is truly vested in spreading the word about independent, original music. Thank you, Lazlo!

Here are the tweets:

Guitar Pull Now Available to Stream

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You can now stream the Guitar Pull featuring J Orellana, Keith Beck, and yours truly on blowupradio.com. In case you missed it when it aired back in March, you can stream it on demand. After clicking the link, look for the air date March 17th, 2013.

Totally unfiltered and completely laid back, you can listen to the three of us play original songs and talk about everything from the songwriting process to Wonder Woman. Enjoy.

Stream it now →

This Week’s Performances

Please join me this week for two performances in New Jersey.

Friday – double-breasted in Keyport

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Friday, May 17th
double-breasted   
Espresso Joe’s
50 West Front Street
Keyport, NJ 07735
7pm

RSVP on Facebook →

Join us for this very acoustic, very intimate performance at Espresso Joe’s in Keyport, NJ. It’ll be our first performance at this venue. I’ve heard great things and am excited to check this place out.

Saturday – Temple of the Kitty in Hoboken

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Saturday, May 18th
Temple of the Kitty (with Christina Alessi and Jonathan Andrew)
Northern Soul
557 First Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
8pm

Christina, Jonathan, and I will perform together at Northern Soul for the third time this year. What began as a one-time songwriter’s collaborative has turned into a semi-regular gig.

Here’s the basic gist. The three of us perform each other’s songs as a trio. We throw in a few covers, too. And for the first time, we’ve decided to give this little project a name. So – at least for this show – we will be called Temple of the Kitty. Stop by on Saturday to find out why.

Hope to see you there!

Back to Northern Soul

It was so nice, we had to do it twice.

The songwriters collaborative is back at Northern Soul in Hoboken, NJ tomorrow night! Unfortunately, Adam couldn’t join us this time. But it’ll still be fun. And it’ll still be FREE!

Thursday, April 4th
solo acoustic
Songwriters Collaborative REPRISE featuring Christina Alessi, Jonathan Andrew, and Josh Bicknell
Northern Soul
557 1st Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
8pm

Hope you can make it!