I worked with Joyce Pierce (ex 5th Dimension..."Up, Up and Away" & "Age of Aquarius") yesterday on her new gospel CD. Joyce is SO cool, and guess what, she is already working with Kevin, 'Mr Ubiquitous' Ryan as well as another arranger/composer who goes by the name of Gringo in Dallas.

Joyce is one of those people who radiate cool, clean, serenity. Her pipes are fantastic, and her songs are really great. I'm pumped and honored to be working with her.

The Backtones mastering is done, and although I haven't take delivery of the reference masters, I can report here that the record is as good as any that I have ever worked on, and just may be one the top 5. Ever. Strong words, but true.

Here are some cool pics that The Southern Backtones are considering for promo/CD art:
(All photos by Hank Schyma)







On another note, we got a great review in the Austin Chronicle today for Sarah Sharp's CD, it's short, sweet, to the point, and what's really cool is that the producers (Kevin & I) get some love!

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