Free Download: 'It's So Easy'

Here's a brand new song...'It's So Easy.'

Sometimes it's fun to go a little over the top, production wise.  Which is exactly what I did here.  It started sounding like a an R&B song, so why not take it all the way there?  That's my boy Matty Alger playing the drums.  Matty is like that comfortable sweater you put on on a cool day...it just fits perfectly.  He shares my rhythmic sensibilities and just knows how to play my music.  Mark Rudin added his trumpet to my trombones all the way from Mexico...and the rest of the track is just me having fun!

I found that this particular track sounds great turned up loud with the windows down on a beautiful SoCal Day driving through the canyons!

Download it for free below and please pass it on
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I Won't Back Down...Stanfordizing a Petty classic

You know when you hear a great song and its power hits all at once?

I'm a big Tom Petty fan, and  I've always loved his song 'I Won't Back Down'.... I heard it on the radio while I was driving right before Rivie was born, and the simple message of the song really resonated with me deeply at that moment as I faced so many unknowns.

I started working out this arrangement on my acoustic guitar plugged into my little fender amp and would play it over and over on the guitar for River as he sat in his little chair watching my fingers go and making funny faces as the delay effect bounced around.  I fell further in love with the song each time I played it and tried to make it my own.   Download it if you like, and please pass it on!

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New Music: You'll Never Know

This is a new song that I wrote for someone close to me, about the heartache of a lost relationship.  

I recorded this at eStudio International in East Los Angeles in February, and it's a small glimpse of some sounds to come on my upcoming full length record  Download it for free and pass it on!

Under the Covers: 'Going up the Country'

Not only was 'Under the Covers' the puntastic name of a horrible cover band I played trombone in when I was 16, it's also the name I've given these posts where I'll share some cover songs that I record!  Please leave suggestions if you think there are any tunes that I should take a stab at... Let's kick it off with a summertime classic, shall we?  (download it for free!) Canned Heat's 'Goin' up the country' brings back great memories for me...mainly because it was featured in one of the Eastern Exposure skate videos my  friends and I watched religously as teenagers.  Something about Fred Gall ripping up the streets of Philly to this song just made sense... that's matty apples on there playing some drums.   So let your freak flag fly, leave this big ol' city behind and head up to the country!  check out this footage of those goofballs playing it on a 60's tv show.  I find the hairy/stoned flute section hilarious.