I'm a solo acoustic performer. My new CD is finished and for sale as downloads here or on my web site. Titled It's About Time, it was produced by award winning singer/songwriter Helen Avakian who arranged my songs and is performing on the CD as well. Three songs have been co-written by Kathy Feeney and one by James Braha. Deni Bonet arranged and played strings, including rock violin as she did on the Cyndi Lauper tour and DVD a couple of years ago. Scott Petito plays bass, Piano, organ and guitar as well. He has also engineered, mixed and mastered the recording at his NRS Studios in Catskill, NY. Chris Carey provides percussion. Beth Reineke sings backup along with Helen. Terry Champlin joins us with some classical guitar. Laurel Pistey appears with her beautiful cello on one track.
My first CD, Feel My Love featured lead guitar from Mark Zampella who produced the CD. Mark has done the artwork on both albums and is producing a music video for Let Me Go.
Influences
Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Neil Young, The Beatles, Jakob Dylan, Counting Crows, David Gray, John Mayer, Damien Rice, Pete Yorn, Matthew Sweet, James Taylor, Helen Avakian, Somebody new every day.
Sounds Like
Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Bud Buckley
Thanks for listening! I really appreciate the support. I put a section in my "about me" where you can put a banner advertising my music on your page! If you want to, go for it! That'd be awesome. :D
Thanks for the friends request, Bud, and the compliment on my music! Love your voice. Also cool bgv's. Hey, load up more songs! Merilee is great, I have met several good people through her.
hey you, it's been a while...this is a song that could be...yet without bass-lines and harmonics and schnick-schnack...but a sign of life from the band...hope you like it...yours mario!!!
Why: Because you know you want to.....(remember that?)
Please mark your calendars and come out to join us in an incredible gathering of musicians and friends of Stir the Soul Coffee House. We are going to have a wonderful day filled with reconnection of old friends, reminiscing about good times, laughing over stories of the characters and the times when ye ole coffee house on E. Venice Ave was the place to hang out, enjoy music, art, poetry and cultural diversity. I am so excited that Ray and the whole gang at Amore's is hosting this event for us. Ray always supported our vision and was a valued friend of the Stir the Soul vision. It would be my honor for you to share this day of reunion with me and all the beautiful souls that will be there to share one anothers prescence once again.
The music promises to be unforgettable as it always was at the coffee house - some of the players who have already tentatively indicated they will be there to share their gift of music with us are;
LENNY SALES (all the way from Brooklyn!)
ED "SCRATCH" COLEMAN
JAMES HAWKINS
JAY WEBBER
DEAN JOHANESEN (OF THE HUMAN CONDITION BAND)
PATTI B.
(FORMERLY OF BILLI & PATTI)
BILLI HALL (FORMERLY OF BILLI & PATTI)
TOMMY DOERR
BUD BUCKLEY
And many more players who have been invited will be checking their schedules to see if they can be with us....I will keep you informed as to who confirms their availabilty to come out and jamm with us!
Hola homie!You can send your MySpace peeps to my MySpace. I posted the contest there too. :) I can't wait until your CD giveaway! I'm going to ask Deni if she wants to have a contest too. It's been a lot of fun so far. :)
