going to NY for a singing group

The premise of this particular session bears a lot of importance to me, and I was happy that the group that turned up to sing felt connected to this premise.

"the forgotten one" is a sad song. a song I wrote as response to a situation of Gilad Shalit, a kidnapped soldier who's been in captivity for over 5 years, with no apparent hope or progress of his release.
Those his name and situation often bears political opinions and associations, I wanted to steer away from that and focus just on his individual situation, and the frustration of most people, though sad, go on with their lives and forget about people that can't be as fortunate.

The idea was to have a group repeat the refrain "we all read and weep, and we all turn the page" like a mantra, to reinforce the message of how many of us are indifferent to other people's suffering.

I wanted to feature the voices of friends and fellow indie artists, and though some were away on MLK weekend, we ended up with a fantastic group of people from different spectrums that contributed wonderful energy and soul, and helped to create a powerful gesture.

Big thanks to Mor Mezrich and his Astoria studio, "Ears and Gears" and to the singers.

here's a video of what this looked like and a sneak peek of how it'll sound!

Give me some guitar!

always a pleasure working with this upstanding young man!

My First Listeners

Over the break, I had the pleasure to play the album in progress for two friends who came for a visit, my first 2 listeners!

I felt comfortable enough to share my half-baked recordings since the guys were generous contributors to my kickstarter campaign, were both artistic (a writer and an illustrator) and music lovers. They were my target audience, and I wanted to see their reaction.

It's very nerve-wracking to let someone hear something I wrote for the first time. So much of me goes into each song, production choice, piano part etc and it feels like I'm putting my whole self on the line for the impression of others.

I was relieved and excited, to see that not only did they love each song, but the music left them moved. I could see them reacting emotionally to something that I wrote and recorded. That feeling was so incredibly satisfying I could hardly sleep that night.

If I could move two people, I could move more. To me that's what this project is all about.
you're next.


We are resuming sessions next week with a very busy recording month, so plenty of posts to follow - watch out!