It’s Still Me

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My son, Max, and I hauled this guitar up hiking trails at Yosemite National Park last week to get this incredible picture. This is Lake Tenaya. You can walk out to rocks jutting from the water and bask in the sun while dangling your tired, sore feet in the cool water.

My son, Max, is an Associate Art Director for Gearbox, a video game company in Dallas, TX. He created the album cover for my last album, Gone Too Far, in one hour and I hope he can do the same for this next album, It’s Still Me. We will use the picture above as the basis for the cover. It really is an incredible shot of mountaintops, water, and the blue sky.

I always remind people that my music is a hobby and a form of creative therapy that soothes my traumatized soul. I haven’t talked to a therapist in months and, yet, I’m doing OK. What I put out on Spotify, ITunes, etc. may not be radio worthy, but the songs echo the sophomoric and intellectual dichotomy that is my brain.

It’s Still Me is a collection of fun and thought-provoking songs that may suit many musical tastes. I hope to record 6 of the songs with my band, Island Song, and the remainder with the same house band that we used on the last album. Island Song has always been my stage name and lately it represents itself as a solo act or as a duet, trio, or quartet. This summer, we met a quiet musician, Bart Kozar, who subs as a bass player or a drummer as needed. Recently, we discover he has talent as a lead guitarist…hence the quartet when there is room on stage. We are hoping to bring him in during the recording process for this new album.


We hope to record the following songs live at The Mohawk Studio in Sandusky, OH:

Playin’ All Day

Baby Come Over

Toe to Toe

Honey Do

Island Boyz

Old Friends of Mine

Using the house band, we will record the following songs in a more traditional manner, laying down bass, guitar, and drum tracks from my scratch tracks, and then adding vocals, etc. later:

An Island Town

Island Time

Key Largo

Summer Dream

It’s Still Me

Waitin’

Wanna Be Loved

If I Could

Love Second to None

Say You Will

I know…that is a lot of songs to include on one album. I am constantly writing songs and have the burning desire to publish them before I am too old to do so. Sunday I turned 71. Hard to believe. Although I am still very active, only God knows what lies in store for any of us. We could be struck down tomorrow with some fatal disease or get hit by a falling brick. I lost my 20-year-old daughter, Shannon, to Leukemia a few years back and thoughts of her short life constantly remind me that my time on earth is finite and limited. I intend to make the most of my time by writing about my life, my thoughts, my desires, my sadness, and my joy.
Talk to you soon.