Music

 

Dog and Bird

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In 2006, during my last semester of college, I began recording these songs for my debut independent solo record “Dog and Bird”.  Getting these songs to tape was truly a labor of love between me and my good friend and co-producer, Brad Hill.  We recorded it in attics, basements, closets, studios…and even up the side of a mountain in North Carolina (see track 6…large electric guitar cab blasted individual vocal and dobro tracks up mountain into portable recording rig at the top).And now for some Braggadocio. The record was released in 2007 at Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN.  The release party drew more people at a post-Labor Day event than any other show in Mercy Lounge’s over 20-year history.  Songs on “Dog and Bird” gave way to my first domestic and Canadian radio play and allowed me to break into the lucrative college market.
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Hill Studio Sessions

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Released in 2009.  This was such a fun album to make.  Directly contrasting “Dog and Bird” (which took over 12 months to finish), the “Hill Studio Sessions” EP was recorded very quickly in Nashville alongside some of my favorite players.  The album features Rich Brinsfield on bass, Lee Holland on drums and was engineered and co-produced by Brad Hill at his studio on Music Row.

I had been playing a slew of college shows and jazz gigs with the same trio of players for the 3 years prior and was excited about writing some more raw, driving “throw-back” songs that the trio (guitar, bass, drums) could pull off live.

In 2008, upon returning to the US after a 26 country world tour, I was exhausted and escaped to a small house in the mountains of New Mexico.  I wrote these songs in the first five days there, sent demos to my players in Nashville, and upon returning to the city, we set to the studio and got to work.  The whole thing was super fast.  Three 12-14 hour days later, here’s what we did!
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Funny Music

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This is stuff I make when I’m bored…or…just in a mood to laugh.  Hope it quells some boredom. If you have an idea for a funny song I can do…email me!
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