Well, you're checking out my second CD here on CD Baby. As a result of Way Over Yonder being here, I have made several more-than-cool musical connections that contributed to the success of that first one and led me to the opportunities to make All O [+]Well, you're checking out my second CD here on CD Baby. As a result of Way Over Yonder being here, I have made several more-than-cool musical connections that contributed to the success of that first one and led me to the opportunities to make All Over The Map.
First off, Mol, Belgium, DJ Ray Pieters found the first one on CD Baby and began playing it and turned me on to Columbus, Texas, DJ Eddie Russell. Eddie turned me on to DJs all over the world who played it, and it ended up being played on all continents. One of the DJs, Dann Hansen of Denmark, suggested I hook up with his partner, Randall Cousins, of Toronto to make another album.
We flew into Toronto on the last Friday of the year 2003. I had no clue what to expect, and Randall worried about having to spend almost two weeks with some okie-dokey square head! As it turned out, we all made quick friends and all had a wonderful time making All Over The Map. We were to start recording on Sunday, and Saturday was supposed to be a day of rest for me to recuperate from jet lag and to adjust to the cold weather which I hate anyway. As it turned out, Randall had me in his Alleged Iguana Studio in his home all that day working with some of my lyrics that needed music, and we ended up with an extra song, "Sparkling Eyes"!
The next couple of days we were working long hours in a five piece band setting recording in drummer Dave King's FarmHand Barn Studio outside Toronto in the country. The band was really tight and easy to work with. Mark LaForme slipped into band leader position helping everyone else with my arrangements and musical idiosyncrasies. Neil Nickafor was on bass and Jesse O'Brien was on keyboards, who I really especially enjoyed since he greatly dug Leon Russell who has always been a favorite of mine. I can't believe we didn't get a Leon song on this CD . . . A few days later, while the music was being brought down from the analog tapes to the techno end of it being put on CDs for the final remixing and mastering, Randall drove me down to Niagara Falls (mentioned in a couple of my songs) in his hot rod Camero. After that he conned a friend of his to drive us up to the Bruce Peninsula (where the double exposure cover photo originated) for a getaway. Believe it or not, we saw no sn
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