This post is way past due. The past ten months have definitely been eventful for this band. Life in general has been very hectic. As I write this, our first full length Can’t Please Everyone is at the plant being pressed! I wish I could say that each event leading to this time was a [...]
Tracking at Sneak Attack!
After a summer packed with cool gigs, I assembled some great players and hit the studio. Zack Messick (bass), Perry Ritter (lead guitar), and Rob Hanna (drums) joined me for five songs. These will make up the first full band Sempervivi effort Always Alive. I booked time years ago at Sneak Attack in Lexington with [...]
Expansion Pack
I just looked over my last blog entry from a few months back, and reviewed how those plans have come together, or alternately, changed. The initial plan was to start assembling a band later this Fall with the intention of going into the studio in early 2017. A few weeks ago, I got to thinking [...]
Plan-Tron 5000
I realized today that I’ve been a gigging musician for half of my life! My first band, Barabbas, was mostly covers of Christian pop and rock artists like Third Day and Jars of Clay, formed with some youth group friends. I’d been playing guitar for just one year. We only played together for one year [...]
Really Explore the Studio Space!
Phase One: Tracking In May, I headed down to my old church in Bowling Green and started the process of recording my debut solo EP, “Artifacts”. With my BFF Brandon at the helm, we knocked out tracking in roughly four days. I was really excited about how great everything was sounding right off the bat. [...]