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THE EVOLUTION OF A SONG

Part 3 - The studio cut

For my latest album, I was fortunate enough to have Anders Osborne produce. He loved the demos I made, but really brought them to life in the studio along with my incredible band (Rob Lee - drums, Jesse Morrow - bass, Takeshi Shimmura - guitar). Our engineer, Warren Riker, is even more amazing than his résumé says. Google him. Amazeballs...

Recorded at Dockside Studio in Maurice, LA.

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THE EVOLUTION OF A SONG

Part 2 - The demo

With this particular song, I finished an instrumental demo before I had any lyrics in mind. As I listened to it over and over again, the lyrics came to me. I was annoyed with someone in my life, so I used that relationship, heightened the drama, and wrote the lyrics for "Forget My Name."

The instrumentation is all performed by me, with the help of some fairly decent studio magic, if I do say so myself.

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THE EVOLUTION OF A SONG

Part 1 - The musical idea

This is a recording from my phone I took during a soundcheck before a show in Lafayette, LA. I came up with the guitar lick that would eventually become my song "Forget My Name."