There is now a beautiful Yamaha C5 Piano in my studio, all miked up!

Anyone want to record? 🙂

I’m happy to report that Michelle Beauchesne of Sean & Michelle is the featured solo cellist in the extremely huge Call of Duty – Black Ops game soundtrack, composed by Sean Murray. It sounds fantastic!

Listen to The Wall which features her cello solo.

Listen to the complete album.

I have to say that I really enjoy these song requests. I was given one the other day asking for a song about painting or making art—Yet another topic I wouldn’t typically write about.

I called my friend (music producer) Robinson Eikenberry to see if he wanted to collaborate. We got together at my place and spent a few minutes sharing our chord progression ideas while whimpering lyric-less melodies, peppered with an occasional relevant word. We found inspiration in the idea of feeling creative, more than just the physical act of making art. From there we chose a couple of chord progressions and arranged them in a way that seemed to evoke an inspired feeling.

Feeling Creative – Lyrics, Download and more >>>

I wrote and recorded a song from scratch the other night for a scene in a film where the producers were looking for some music that would amplify a montage sequence where two people are falling for each other.

I was given a couple of examples of what they are after, and this song arrived around 11:00pm and was basically finished and recorded around 2:00am. This is not something I would typically write, and I do enjoy these writing challenges for this very reason.

Falling for You