Writing and recording songs is great. What’s even better is playing them live. So I’m putting together a good backing band to help me play my songs out here in New Jersey/New York City area.
Bass and Guitar are in place but I have no drummer at the moment. I also need a good keyboard player who can handle all pianos, organs, horns and other things like that.
In my latest attempt at genre-smashing, I’m heading south for some country flavor. I’m admittedly not a big country music fan and I’m not sure how this country song came out of me, but it did and so I’m releasing it into the wild today as part of the Workin’ Progress record. It’s called “Secrets” and you can check it out in the player on the site or on my other music pages listed under links.
The Story
Genre-smashing is something I like to do. I don’t like being put into a box. I like many styles of music. I like diversity. When writing a song, this concept is always floating around in the back of my mind. I try not to sit down and say, “I’m going to write a ________ song today.” That usually leads me nowhere and what does come out of me sounds very forced. When I “genre-smash” it has to come naturally. This song is a good example of how that can happen.
I’m currently in search of a few musicians for my backing band.
If you’re in the northern NJ area and have some time on your hands, let me know. I’m currently searching for a Drummer and Keyboard Player.
All you have to do is give a listen to a few of the songs here on the site. If you like them and would like to play them live with us, shoot me a message and we’ll set something up. If you’re a multi-instrumentalist, even better. All I ask is that you know your craft/instrument.
I was thinking about music during my commute to NYC today, as I often do, and the notion of genres came to mind. When you tell someone you write music, the next question is almost always something about what genre or what kind of music you play. Music is music to me. It’s a hard question to answer. More on that in a bit.
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