Hopefully You Don't Get Sick of Me...

KA BOOM!

POW!

KA BLAM!

BOO YA!!!

I'm excited can you tell?! So here it comes the official announcement...

I'M GOING BACK INTO THE STUDIO ON SEPTEMBER 13TH (A WEEK AND A DAY FROM TODAY) TO START MY SECOND ALBUM.

But things are changing this time. I'm including all of you in the process much much more this time than I ever even thought about last time. If you don't mind, I'd like you all to join me for the entire process.

Here's what I mean...

Starting TODAY I am going to be blogging (which happens to be a word I hate but that's what it's called so I guess I'll get over it) every single day somedays more than once from right this minute until Oct. 1st. What is the point? Why should you care? How does that include you in this whole make CD thing? I'd be happy to answer that for you :-)

I'm going to put up audio clips, new exclusive videos, I'm even going to play a live online show or two for all of you during which I'll be playing acoustic versions of some of the new songs. But I'll be filling you in on those dates and times in the blog. Don't worry I'll still bug the crap out of you on Twitter too but I'll be going a bit more in depth in the blogs.

The real point for the blog is that I want to try and make each day sort of a journal/documentary style of writing for this entire process of how I make an album and how I write songs, why I write what I write and where all these thoughts and ideas are coming from. I luck out with getting asked these types of questions a lot by you guys and I want you all to hopefully be entertained but also feel apart of my true passion, love, desire, source of life, because after all is said and done I can't do any of this without you, so thank you for keeping me not only able to do what I love but sane in a sense. I owe a lot to all of you and I hope you know I'll never take it or any of you for granted.

Thanks to the iPhone I can blog from the studio with video, audio, pictures, all that stuff. So I'll try and keep you as in with me as possible without giving away too much of the entire record at the same time.

I will say this about the record without even being in the studio yet.

- I'm going a slightly different route with it but still keeping it me.
-Here's what I mean-

I've been listening to A LOT of older types of rock n roll the past year and it has really influenced the way I write, the things I think about and the things I put down on paper. Bands like Aerosmith, Journey, Jude Cole, Def Leppard, Kenny Loggins, Scorpions, Zepplin, Van Halen, The Who, that sort of thing. But I'm always going to love the rock/pop kats of country like Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, the list keeps going so this next record is going to be a bit more of a rock n roll take on my stuff. I'm really pushing for Keith Urban meets Kenny Loggins with a pinch of old school rock. Don't worry I'll leave out the "key-tars" and fancy synth sounds but all the bands I mentioned are guitar and voice driven which is right where I would like to belong. Big vocals, great guitar lines, tons of energy, just letting loose and that's what I want to put out for you guys.

This is a lot of information at once but I want to get it all out there right from the start to put all of us (including myself) on the same page.

I'll jot down a few tunes that have really stuck with me to give you an idea of what I'm talking about... Check them out when you get a free minute and enjoy the ride.

- Van Halen - Finish What Ya Started
- Jude Cole - Baby, It's Tonight
- Def Leppard - Photograph
- Keith Urban - If Ever I Could Love
- Kenny Loggins I'm Free (Heaven Helps a Man)

That should get you started on the listening station front :-)

There's more sorry...

I'm trying to get an email list going so I can send out contest info, show updates, record info. pictures, news, that sort of thing to make sure everyone is always included so I thought I'd get that set up this way.
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Thanks for the LOVE!! Gosh you're awesome.

Ok I'm leaving you with this...

Thank You from the bottom of my heart, I said this before but I couldn't do ANY of this without you. It just wouldn't be possible so thank you so much for sticking with me for the past year 2 years month, week, or the past 15 minutes. I'm a blessed and incredibly lucky guy and I can't tell you all enough how honored I am that you would not only be apart of my life but include me in yours.