Hey Everybody! Thanks for checking in!


The Seasonal Update:

Cindy Scott’s new CD is being manufactured as you read this. She’s looking at a release date in November, although all of the associated festivities will probably happen after the first of the year. It is a really nice, and very high quality, record, the material and the band are beautiful, there is a real vibe and a lot of Jazz–love. Cindy is a ferociously hard worker and has exceptionally high standards for herself and her music, it was a privilege getting to work on this project with her.

I’m already underway on another production for Paul Wiltgen. I love that guy and I love his music and the band. We spent three solid days of rehearsing out on the family farm in Luxembourg, and three complete days living and working in the studio, also on an old farm, in Germany. It was an incredible experience. The record won’t be out for at least six months - it’s a big production with lots of guitars and electronics and vocals and whatever else we decide to put on it.

Here’s something fun: LINKAGE. The wonderful and supremely talented Jo Lawry asked me to perform with her at the offices of Time Out New York. It was a blast, and also a pretty intense experience. Let’s just say that everything you see on the tape more or less constitutes our entire time on site, except for the 4 second sound check!

I’m happy to announce that I’ve recently become a D’Addario and Planet Waves endorser. I feel really good about this, as I’ve been a dedicated user of D’Addario strings for over twenty years, and they are a really cool company - family own and run, that really cares about music, musicians and their products. For instance – when I was trapped out of town after Katrina, D’Addario, more or less out of the blue, sent me a wonderful care package that kept me in business until I was able to get myself resettled. They sponsor all kinds of foundations and music and music education projects. Thanks D’Addario, I’m proud to be part of your family!

I swear I am going to put some new charts on the site soon, as well as some clips from some of the discs I’ve been working on. Stay tuned - please harsh me if nothing new gets posted.

I finished two other records recently that I played on, produced and mixed. One is out already, Martin Urbach’s Free Will, and the other will be released in Europe soon, Jirka Hala’s Make You Wanna Hala. It was a blast working on both of these discs, as they are completely different animals, with completely different processes and esthetics. The things they both have in common is fantastic writing, great musicians and good vibes. Hope you all find some time to check them out.

In the gig world, I’ve done some fantastic hits recently in NYC and NOLA with my friend and NOLAphile Bill Malchow, Rakalam Bob Moses, the Gentilly Groovemasters, Martin Urbach, Scott Bourgeois, Brian Coogan, Johnny V., Cindy Scott, Jo Lawry and more. I feel truly blessed many nights getting to even stand on stage with some of the cats that I’m playing with. Life is good!

That’s all for now - Peace & Funkiness!



ps: I started an email list thing a while ago, the big plan being to send out my news and my gig list about once a month. So far I’ve sent out exactly one mailing! I swear I will get it together eventually. So, if you want to take the chance that one day you might get something, click these words. If, at some point, you become terminally swamped by electronic correspondences (which at the rate I’m going could never happen!), you can un-sign up too, the convenient and automatic disconnect link comes with every email! Also, you have the option of letting me know where you are, so I won't bother you with gig notices for stuff nowhere near you.



STUFF TO CHECK OUT!!

Paul Wiltgen & The Paislies
Martin Urbach’s Free Will