Had a terrific session with bassist Michael Manring to add his brilliance to a duet with Shambhu and Will Ackerman titled ‘Imagine.’ This is from the upcoming “Sacred Love” CD by Shambhu. Produced by Will Ackerman.
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We put some vocals on Maui Breeze with vocalist Claytoven Richardson. There’s some really nice creative work here though the vocal elements will be featured differently in the final mix, and the drums will take a back seat to the percussion until the Chorus Section. Listen. Enjoy. Share.
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My friend George Brooks introduced me to Brazilian drummer Celso Alberti who added some hot drum tracks to Maui Breeze and Together. Celso really hit this one outa the park and it’s blending nicely with the organic percussion tracks already performed by Jeff Haynes. Lots of fun in store for us during the mix.
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I met the gifted drummer Narada Michael Walden in my early 20s. We played music together, became friends and Narada invited me to learn meditation with his teacher, Sri Chinmoy, the Indian mystic with was also teaching John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana. Within a year I became one of Sri Chinmoy’s students and after 2.5 [...]
I’m all about peace. I believe future success and prosperity in our world depends on how effectively we come together as a people and solve the issues that divide us by border, religion, culture and ethnicity. We are all in life together. We are really one heart. And every day we have a chance to [...]
This past April and May I’ve been recording my new CD, “Sacred Love”, with producer Will Ackerman and recording engineer Corin Nelsen, at Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont.
The entire process has also been documented in an eight part video series you can subscribe to and watch at YouTube
For anyone thinking about recording, you’ll get [...]
On Friday I had the opportunity to record at Imaginary Road Studio with cellist and composer Eugene Friesen.
Eugene Friesen is a 3-time Grammy Award winner for his work with the Paul Winter Consort. He’s a graduate of the Yale School of Music and currently teaches at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. [...]
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I had a great time in the studio on May 4th with Tony Levin who tracked his sweet bass playing on five songs from my upcoming CD, “Sacred Love.” All I can say is, “Wow!!” Lovely guy and a pleasure to work with. See some moments from the session in the video below [...]
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Last week I had the incredible opportunity to record world flutist Ravichandra Kulur on my CD while he was in town performing with Anoushka Shankar, daughter of Ravi Shankar. Ravi played on two tunes – Call to Spirit and an improv that I recorded at Imaginary Road two weeks ago. My good friend and east/west [...]
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Big session coming up this Tuesday at Will Ackerman’s Imaginary Road Studio in Vermont with legendary bassist Tony Levin who is offering his brilliance to five songs on my new CD. Excited…
Through the years, Tony has recorded or toured with quite a few artists including: Paul Simon (with whom Tony appeared in Simon’s 1980 [...]
