2010 so far:

Spring - Great April Fort Myers trip, perfect weather. Finished a new Tim Donahue record. Starting new albums with GVL, Fetti & Ryan Arthur, Pat Lorang and T.C. Ortberg. Got the dock and boat in. Doing some new multimedia projects, got the Reverb Nation link on the Facebook page

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Somebody please slow down time!

Winter - Just finished tearin' down the Christmas tree. Had a great New Years eve with my family going to see Kansas and Night Ranger. My old buddy "Night Ranger drummer/singer Kelly Keagy" set us up and we hung with both bands backstage. I opened for Kansas years ago and had only met Steve Morse, so it was great to meet Steve Walsh and the rest of the band. Big Disney trip in Feb. Joey Molland from Badfinger fame is producing two more records here this winter, one is a return album with our friend Tim Schools. Finished a huge record with my old friend David Young and Namaste'

2009 News:

Winter - Slacking on the website news, time flew. Kick ass summer (lot's 0' boating), fairs, festivals, family! Big trip to Wisc. Dells with our foreign exchange student from South Korea, Bora Hong. Bunch of demo's and records with Impailer, Bern Fletcher, Brian Hemsey, Surf Dawgs, Ankoridge, River Of Sound, Tim Donahue, and just finished the huge Namaste' record, featuring my old Life After Dark bandmate, David Young.

Spring - Since my last update...had some get togethers with the old Dare Force gang, updated the Pro Tools again, another trip to Florida, another trip to Atlanta. Getting some songs on a new VH1 show (I'll update new info later). Finished Sean McLaughlin vocals for the Rock Revolution game (no longer a secret). Another Minnesnowta winter is finally over (the trips always help). Getting ready for another summer of boating on lake Minnetonka. Involved with and judging for the Sing Minnesota competition. Writing some new songs for some new artists I'm developing. Got calls from two solo artists friends from the old days, starting they're records. Charlie Lakotas and Guy Shelly. I'm playing bass, guitars and keyboards for Guy's CD. Finished a Harsh reality album and several demos.

2008 News:

Summer 08: Time sure does fly! Had some fun album projects including, Ripsnorter, Ol' Jack and Defile. Just finished some vocal tracks with my trusty tribute singer Sean McLaughlin for a huge international game (secret). Of coarse it can't be another lake Minnetonka summer without a boatload of boating with my boating buddy's John Erdahl and John Damman. Ended the summer with a great birthday / family vacation to L.A. Went to my old stompin grounds at Zuma and Santa Monica, as well as a bunch of boogie boarding at Newport and Huntington. Of coarse we did some Hollywood and saw another old pal Bob Belcher of Guitar Center. Fall is bringing in some new video and graphic design work as well as several new studio projects. I'm doing an interview for a movie about the Minnesota music scene next week, and transfering some old band footage. I guess I better gear up for fall (unfortunately taking the boat and dock out soon) and getting ready to fire up the furnace. At least there are Florida and Atlanta trips in the Horizon. Peace

December-May: Another long Winter. Fortunately broken up by a family trip to Sanibel Florida. Great weather, boating with many dolphins, lots of sun. Then a February Las Vegas Trip. While in Las Vegas I got to see my old friend Rod Kopreck who I hadn't seen in 20 years since Dare Force played in Pheonix. Had a blast, went to shows, won some money (and lost some) and saw all the big casino's. Back home the new studio just rocks, I did another Destnd Furthr and Sternes Co. 17 (me on guitar) CD's, and bands; Absolut Gruv, Michael Ronnie, Moonflower, and many new Demo's. The new technology of mixing all in the box with Pro Tools is nice to have total recall automation. Had American Headcharge drummer Chirs Emery in to play on the Rock Band project (me on guitars). Starting a couple new CD's this spring, and gearing up for some yardwork and boating. Put up some new songs, pics and videos on the MySpace sites, have a new Tribute Myspace site, check the links page to enter.... Time sure does fly when your having fun. Well into 2008..... out

August-November: Major gear update... picked up a Pro Tools HD3accel (high definition) system with a 96i I/O and Control 24 console. I'm also happy to have a new Computer, Neuman 147 tube mic and Universal Audio tube mic pre, and a whole rack of new MIDI gear. Did a jingle with Joey Molland on guitar and Kelly Keagy on drums. Just finished up the Tim Schools album, working with several new clients and gearin up to start a new Joey Molland (Badfinger) album... Had some parties with old friends the last few weeks, got some more next week, and lots of family holiday action round the bend. Well another summer is over, pulled the boat and dock out, did a boatload of boating and purification on beautiful Lake Minnetonka. Gettin ready to hunker down for the winter, but at least we've got Florida and Vegas trips to break up the long Minnesnowta winter. Starting a surprise tribute project soon. Peace/love.

June: Did 2 more songs for the Brynn / Oarfin Dead pool Tribute. After researching the history of Rock and rock guitar for my 2nd grader Ashley's class seminar, I was amazed to find out about Rocket 88. Written by Ike Turner at the crossroads on Highway 61. It was recorded in 1951 at Sun studio by Sam Phillips 3 years before Elvis and Rock around the clock. Rocket 88 was the first Rock song ever recorded. On the way to the studio on Hwy 61, the guitar amp got wet, and the band was unhappy with the distorted sound. Sam Phillips liked it and this was the 1st distorted guitar ever recorded. I love this story. For the 2nd song, I had to do one of my favorites "Still Alive And Well" by Johnny Winter. Between several studio client sessions, I've been doing a boatload of boating on Minnetonka.

April: Just finished 2 tribute songs for the Dead Rockers Tribute. I did Manic Depression by Jimi Hendrix and Sweet Burgandy by Tommy Bolin. It was Good working with my old buddy Brynn Arens from Flipp. Just had Pamela Moore of Queensryche in doing vocals for the Zane Peterson and his band from Sweden. Travel mania once again with a family Disney Trip. Six parks in six days. Ran into Gordy Knutson at the airport and got express entrance and back stage to Steve Miller at Universal Studios. Thanks Gordy! Finishing off the Album with Joey Molland (Badfinger) and Tim Schools. Boating fever, just put 'er in!

March: Just finished the Pink Floyd tribute, it turned out great if I may say so myself. Hopefully it will get some massive download action. A few of the tribute songs from Metallica, Zeppelin, AC/DC and Aerosmith have downloaded over 100,000 copies on the web. I guess the DPD market is booming. The Atlanta / Hilton Head trip was a blast, heading to Disneyworld in a few weeks. Still shopping some new tunes to some interested labels in Europe and Japan.

Feb: Hawaii was incredible, Just finishing a Pink Floyd tribute. It's been fun doing the Gilmore riffs. Kelly Keagy's CD is out. Several client records are rapping up and gearin for an Atlanta / Hilton Head trip. Then a month later a family Disney outing. Still looking forward to another boating season on Minnetonka! Started yet another myspace site. My old band Little Egypt

November 2006

Workin with Joey Molland of Badfinger, just finished a few fun CD's, went swimming in October, taking the boat out of the water, heading to Hawaii, then hunkerin down for the winter.

Hey, just finished some guitar solo's for the new Kelly Keagy CD (Frontiers-Italy). It should be out this summer with heavy international distribution and press. Also on the album is Jimmy Peterick (Surviver), and Reb Beach (Winger/Mob).

link. kellykeagy.com

Seven killer new Dare Force tracks featuring Dave Reece, John O'Neil, Brian Lorenson, Mark Miller and Brian Bart are out being checked in Europe and Japan. mp3 links.

The Dare Force "Makin Our Own Rules" double album re-release from the 80's is out on Metal Mayhem records, along with last year's Firepower. This puts all three Dare Force records from the 80's in immortal international distribution.

Check out the new Outsiders myspace link

The Kids Kelly Clarkson tribute is out in stores. It was interesting working with kids, got good tracks. Other recent tribs; Gorillaz, Hip Hop Zeppelin & Aerosmith. Check my mp3 links page to hear samples from all the tribute records.

I'm Currently working on some jingles, gaming, ringtone projects, along with several new client albums this summer. solo link

Just finished the Aerosmith and Zeppelin tributes. It's so fun playing the the bass and guitars of some of my favorite bands growing up. Just got back from Sanibel / Fort Meyers. We had a blast with great weather and lots of tan and fun.

Check out this client video of the studio. Stop song, scroll down to 1st video.

link www.chinabluemusic.com

Hope to keep some time open for alot of lake Minnetonka boating this summer. Should I work or should I shirk?

Peace and Love!

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