Monday, November 3, 2008

SOUND BYTES: November

November is a busy month at HearAndNow Music. As we prepare for the long awaited release of Maggie Kain's CD, BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE, we are also hard at work on a variey of other projects.

Maggie's CD contains some great covers of songs by Keb Mo, Karen Taylor Good, and Emmy Lou Harris, as well as a number of original songs written or co-written by Derrick Procell. For some stellar playing and singing...and did we mention production..., look for it soon!

The big push in November will be to finish a special project for Christian Beginnings PreSchool. This is a project close to our heart. We are producing a full length CD of the kids there singing Christmas songs.... 11 classes each tackling 2 songs. The children range in age from 2-6 years old. How fun is THAT going to be?! This should prove to be a powerful fundrasing effort for the school as well as a great experience for us. We'll be posting some of the best ones on the HearAndNowMusic website.

We are also in mid-production of another long awaited CD by Derrick's former bandmate and songwriting partner in ARROYO, Jim Krzych. This is going to be killer record of great tunes, superb playing, and of course, Jim's unmistakable vocals. The styles are many and varied, but then so are his influences. More on that soon.

Other recent clients include Jerry Cox: singing demo, Terry Abrahamson: Bar Mitzvah song for client, Cathy Glickman: Bar Mitzvah song for son, Rosie & Isabelle Fleming: Voice Over demos, North Shore Auto Group: promotional cd production, and Wee Play Music Theater: music composition and production for Fall Class curriculum.

Finally, we also await the release of Nancy Shafer's CD of children's music, THE JEWISH KID IN ME, which Derrick co-produced and supplied vocals and keyboards on. Just in time for holiday gift giving!