Well, it's a new year...

...not sure exactly how happy it is sports-wise, but hey, today is yesterday's tomorrow full of promise, and tomorrow, the 49ers play in the NFC championship, sooo, could be great! Notre Dame got crushed. Great season, unfortunately it ended in disaster. That is all I'm saying about that, but thanks for the memorable season, just the same. Music-wise, however, it's been creative (so glad to be an agent of creativity)! I've been co-writing and playing guitar on some of the songs we've been working on. It's always a positive thing in my book, to be able to work in different genres. Some people concentrate on only one or two, but for me, it's all music. I co-produced three songs with Adam Deane (a Silverback Audio production) for Shai Littlejohn over the summer, and we'd talked about co-writing for a while. We started a song just before the holiday rush last year, and we got together again this week to keep working on the tune. It's a pop tune about moving on and being on your own after a relationship goes awry. It's coming along nicely, hope to finish it soon and get to recording. Right before I left for Miami, Adam (ASCAP) and I started working on a really cool tune. It had this Pixies meets Oingo Boingo kind of vibe that totally went into its own direction. I love playing guitar, and playing around with guitar parts is a great way to spend the day, knowing that this song isn't for a band I'm playing with specifically, but rather exists as a recording. I get to play different parts without having to worry about playing an amalgam of them live. Adam and Mike Catalano laid down the drum and bass foundation.  Also on my plate this week was playing keyboard and guitar parts on a song I'm co-writing with Chad Hannah. That man is a catchy-song writing talented cat. He's the one that got me in to the whole music licensing thing, so many thanks to him for that. That song is...singer/songwriter-y/atmospheric/indie? Man, who needs labels? And I'm always in some sort of creative process with my BMI-brother, JJ Brown. I love his drive and songwriting, and we're juggling 2 new songs right now (while still promoting his latest single we co-wrote, Say A Little Prayer that benefits the HUGS Project). Stay tuned!

15 Years

I moved to Nashville from Boston back in January of 1998. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. Wow. Tennessee is now inching closer to being the state where I've logged the most time. Fifteen years of peaks and valleys (music biz), great friendships, 5 Lakers Championships, 2 Giants World Series Championships, 1 Notre Dame Championship appearance (and hopefully a win!) I wrapped up 2012 working on exciting projects for Live and for an up and coming artist, Patrick Droney. Nothing like working on great music to end a year to amp you up for the upcoming one. I don't really make new year's resolutions, but I'm looking forward to working on more great music, spending time with loved ones and a Notre Dame Championship. Don't let me down, GO IRISH!