So I’m up for a LYS award for Blues and Associated Album of the Year for an album I co-wrote, co-produced and played on! Pretty stoked. And I also played 2 tracks on another album that is nominated. The award show is Sunday April 22nd. I’m looking forward to it. Would be nice to win, but all the acts are great. I’ll keep everyone posted on the outcome!
So it’s confirmed. Eclipse will be returning to Belgium in the fall for 3 shows. We’re in the process of working on more, but for now we’re booked to play 3 arenas in Belgium and surrounding areas in November.
Studio work is getting nice and busy. In the final stages of mixing the album for Vlad Tomshin and started basic tracks for Zazoo Blues Band. Small sessions in between are keeping me busy, but always looking for more! 
Now playing in a Van Halen tribute as well. The band “Unchained” will be playing The Pionnier Sat November 5th. It’s going to be a great night. The band sounds great! I’ll be posting videos and audio soon!!!
Ok, so spring isn’t really here just yet, but it’s in the air! Had a terrific winter. Lots of projects both live and studio kept me busy. Finished producing 2 albums and working on a third. Got more tour dates with Eclipse for March. Really looking forward to that! There are some things in the works for Eclipse for the spring and summer, so stay tuned for that. Also looking forward to doing some shows with a Van Halen tribute. Had our first rehearsal and it’s sounding really good. So this year looks like a great busy year for me. I will be posting more info here in the coming weeks.
The Eclipse tour went really well! I had such a blast. We played 8 shows in 11 days. Great experience doing an arena tour in a tour bus. I will be posting videos and photos as soon as I can. I’m currently working on the new Eclipse website which will have all the reviews and videos and pics. We’re also working on some new dates very soon in the new year along with some possible European dates as well!
On the studio side, I’m getting very busy with that right now. A few albums in the works for various bands. I also just judged a battle of the bands where the winner will get studio time in my studio. So lots of new things are happening. Stay tuned!!
Floyd Story Production inc. has been working so hard these last few months preparing for our November Tour.
This special 20-11 production of “Eclipse: The Pink Floyd Story” Honors over 40 years of Pink Floyd’s first concerts in Canada. The authentic stage show includes 14 technicians, 5 musicians, 3 backup singers, 150 moving lights, 40,000 watts of sound, spectacular lasers and round screen video projections highlighting historic moments in Pink Floyd’s career.
Check out my Calendar page for dates and info … oh ya … and our site too : http://www.floydstory.com
2011 is shaping up to be a great year. Lots of projects are in the works. I’m currently finishing the new Carolyn-Fe album. We’ve recorded 20 songs and are laying down some final touches. Then it’s choosing our favorite songs and mixing. All will be done in the next month. Also, I’m finishing off another album with Chaz and Pete and keyboardist Zach. We don’t have a name for the band yet. This album has been a lot of fun. We’ve been going old school with this by writing songs all together and recording the tunes live off the floor with no click or overdubs. I’m really looking forward to releasing this one! It’s sounding great!
Speaking of sounding great … my studio has been upgraded. I went from an old pro tools unit to a new Digi003. Things are sounding better than ever and I’m looking forward to having a busy year this year.
Speaking of which, there’s lots of things in the works for Eclipse. We have a show confirmation to start off our fall tour. We’re booked Nov 10th at the Pavillion de la Jeunesse in Quebec City to celebrate 40 years to the day (and same venue) that Pink Floyd played for the first time in Quebec. We’ll be bringing our huge show to Montreal, Gatineau, Kingston, Toronto and some more cities to come. It’s exciting time. Check out the site for more info to come (link on the side)
With all this happening I’ve decided to trim down some of the things I’ve been doing as well. I’ve quit doing broadcast514 and some other music projects I was a part of. It’ll give me time to focus on some things I need to and get my studio more busy. All in all … 2011 is looking like a great year!
Well, it has been a while. All went really well in Belgium. Eclipse played at the Forest National in Brussels. We sold out the venue and had a great response! Because of that we are in the process of setting up a small tour in the spring hitting a few venues in and around Belgium. We’re also working on an East Coast Canadian tour along with a big show in Montreal. I’ll post info as soon as things are confirmed.
On the studio side, things have never been busy. Working really hard on the new Carolyn-Fe CD. Things are going great! I’m really excited about this album. We have a huge amount of songs we’re working on and they are sounding great. I’m also in the process of recording some songs with Peter and Chaz (Eclipse, Invisible Man). It started as just jamming out some ideas but has turned into recording an album. Each song just sounds fantastic. We’re looking at recording this ‘old school’. Still doing it to protools, but after we write the tunes, we want to take a few days and track the whole album live. We realize that things sound so good just recording the writing and jamming process so we want to capture that. Along with that, there has been talk going back and forth for another Daniel Iorio album. Excitement is in the air. I’ve received a bunch of demos from him and I’m excited to get to work on them. This album will be more stripped down compared to the last album. This will also be more of a “live off the floor” type of concept. I’m very pumped about this.
There are also some other things in the works for me that I’m excited about and once I get things on the way with them, I’ll be posting more info. Stay tuned!!!
Ok, so I haven’t been keeping up to date on my blogs. It’s so tough now a days with facebook, myspace, band websites and so much more. But eventually I come around.
So there’s been a lot going on this summer. I just finished producing the new record “Gotta Find a Way” by Jamirae. She’s a Country artist from Missouri. Had a great time recording the album and I’m really looking forward to seeing how far she’s going to go with it. I’m already checking out tunes for her next album!
Also, plans are set for my gig in Belgium at the end of the month. I’m really looking forward to that. This show will help open doors for more tours in Europe and beyond! I’ll definitely post news and pics of that adventure for sure.
And what’s on the horizon? I’ve already started writing / pre-production and recording tracks for the upcoming Carolyn-Fe album. This one is going to be a doozy! Just the pre-prod stuff sounds really good. What’s great about this time around is that it is more of a band effort unlike the last album. So I’m psyched about that. We’ve been playing a lot of shows this year and we’ve created such a great vibe on stage that we are capturing in the studio. When all is said and done, I think we’ll come out with a very good product that we’re all going to be proud of.
Had a great show last night at Club Lambi with Carolyn-Fe. It was a benefit to raise money for the Haiti relief effort. It was great to see so much support for this cause. The night was just fantastic with artists like Steve Rowe and James Green lending their talents for the night. The lovely and talented Darragh Hemmings from Mohawk-Radio.com did a great job as MC for the night. And for the people who stayed all the way to the end we were blessed with an impromptu performance with Jimmy James and Graham Chambers. It was a night to remember and I was thankful to be a part of it.
Hey everyone, I finally got around to updating my site and changing some things up. All the blogs below were copied/paste from my old website, so the dates will be all wrong.
Anyhow, this site will be a lot easier for me to handle and update, so come back often!!!!
