Category Archives: my music stuffs

A Long Time Coming – Silhouette Song “The Rock and the Sand”

A write-up of this is a long time coming too.

My friends in Sihouette Song have released an album entitled “The Rock and the Sand“!  It’s a little extra special for me because I was given the opportunity to produce the entire effort.  It took a few years to complete and we had the challenge of being about 2 hours apart and balancing this between day jobs and other nonsense.  We met up every few months on a weekend and they’d have a new song to lay down basic tracks for.  Brandy always had her lyrics and melodies down.  Justin always had an army of banjo and guitar parts to pick through.  It was great because every take was usually perfect.   Then largely I was given the freedom to hire many of the musicians in and also come up with my own instrumentation parts.  I got to play on almost every song in some capacity too …and do a lot of organ!

My personal favorite songs are:  First October, Carousel, Pain, Nothing More, Praise

Find it on:   iTunes, BandcampSpotify, …elsewhere 😉

p.s.  “Praise”  reminds me so much of  “Perelandra” from C.S. Lewis’ Space Triology .

Two Concerts: Feb 15th, Mar 1st!

Friday, February 15, 2013 – 7pm to 9:30pm
@ The State Theatre Boyertown, Boyertown, PA
with Rivers Monroe, and Miles Til Dawn!
Snazzy and historic Theatre.  Amazing Pepsi fountain!
Tickets: $10 in advance (contact me!), $15 at the door.

Friday, March 1, 2013 – 7pm-9pm
@ The Courtyard Cafe on Main, Denver, PA
Sharing the evening with Everything Dear!
We’ll probably trade the stage every other song. 😉

Concert Dec 1 — Playing Outside at JOY 2012

What could be easier than copy-paste the info! Get it right here… oh before I paste it, here’s the scoop:
I’m playing the Outdoor Stage at 7:15-8:00pm. Believe it or not, it will be heated out there! Many many fire pits shall be arranged for you to sit around. You’ll be warm, but I probably won’t. 🙂 Overall, there’s a ton going on at this event which is totally not music and the whole thing is totally family oriented. oh, and FREE. now to paste the deets:

Joy Event — December 1, 2012 — 5:00 – 8:30 PM  @Valley View Community Church
778 Sunnyside Ave Audubon, Pa 19403
All Free! Christmas Tree Lighting, Bonfires, Live Music, Face Painting, Crafts, Petting Zoo, Dance Performances, Cookies & Hot Coccoa
Outdoor Stage Schedule
 5:15-6:00 – Bob T & Smilin
 6:00-6:20 – TREE LIGHTING (out front)
 6:30-7:15 – Calling Out Closer
 7:15-8:00 – Jeremy Simon
 8:00-8:30 – Calling Out Closer

New Taking Motion track released!

Hi!  My band just finished one song from a project which is still in-progress.  We want you to have this one for free.  It’s on the house… on the ‘net?  Here’s Standard of Living….

Pull it from http://takingmotion.bandcamp.com …you can pick what file format and get the highest quality from there.