Hopeless Percussion.

Remember when I went on vacation to Abaco?

I wrote 2 new songs, one called Hopeless and the other Mr.Jones.

Anyhoo, a few days ago I tracked acoustic and electric guitar and guide vocal tracks for the song called "Hopeless".

Whenever I need a musician I hire them and they come to my studio and I record them telling them what I want. This time I did it completely different. I did not want a drum set in the song but I did want percussion. Neil Symonette is the session drummer/percussionist that I call for my stuff. Neil is the absolute best on the island. So this time Neil took my tracks back to his studio and tracked percussion on the song without me even being there. When he called and said it was ready I did not know what to expect.

I was Blown Away!

Neil had created a whole landscape of percussion and sounds that took me on a journey from beginning to end. The sounds seem to blend with the story in the song and created a vivid picture in my mind.

This experience has me re-thinking how I write, create and record my own music.


Last night I was invited to the Oyster Bar by Adrian (Bass Player). He told me that he would be playing with a pro Keyboard player in from New York. So I went for a listen. He was Fantastic!
I spoke with him after the set and asked if he would be interested in doing a couple tracks on my song and he agreed. AND he says he loves Rhodes Piano!

I cant wait.