Foray (ˈfôrˌā,ˈfärˌā) n.: an initial venture; a brief excursion or attempt especially outside one’s accustomed sphere Despite making music for quite a while (with a variety of groups including drunkdude69, Foonspeeders, Thomas Reed Smith etc.) I have really never made an album that had my name on it front and center. As the definition above […]
The Pint of No Return by drunkdude69 I was the executive producer of this album, along with writing, performing, engineering and mixing. Info (from the album page at Bandcamp) DD69’s fifth album leans back into the ska-flavored rock found on 2008’s “Funk Out With Your Junk Out”, with 8 songs that include new material, a […]
Open Your Mouth by foonspeeders The long-delayed follow up to Who Are the Foonspeeders. I was executive producer of the album, along with handling writing, performing, engineering and mixing. Info Taken from the album page at Bandcamp The second album from Foonspeeders. Credits: Foonspeeders: Mike Adams: Bass, vocals Maurice Adams: Guitar, vocals Jim Evans: Drums […]
Get Up by drunkdude69 I was the executive producer of this album, along with writing, performing, engineering and mixing. Definitely had my hands full. Info (from the album page at Bandcamp) The fourth release from drunkdude69, combining all of our favorite ingredients: crunchy rock guitar, glassy Hammond organ, funky horns, tight vocal harmonies and some […]
As Big As You Can Get It! by drunkdude69 I was executive producer for this album, in addition to writing, performing, engineering and mixing. But that’s not unusual for the labor of love that is DD69. Info (from the album page at Bandcamp) DD69’s third album. We leaned more heavily toward rock this time around, […]
Out On Your Own by Thomas Reed Smith Band I was the producer for Tom’s second album, which we started working on around 2000 and wound up finishing in 2011 after a very long hiatus. It was a pleasure to bring this to completion, and I really love the final product. I was a co-writer […]
Wigs & Liquor by drunkdude69 As with all DD69 records, I acted as executive producer while also writing, engineering, performing and mixing. Not all at the same time, of course. Info (from the album page at Bandcamp) The 10 songs on “Wigs” are a little more cohesive than our previous release – and it took […]
Funk Out With Your Junk Out by drunkdude69 I was co-producer of this album, along with writing, performing, engineering and mixing. I also did the design for the disc and packaging. This was the epic 10-year recording project that culminated in the first DD69 album… Info (from the album page at Bandcamp) DD69’s first record, […]
I produced and performed on Tom’s first record, and handled session engineering for much of the tracking. Info (from the album page at Bandcamp) The debut album from singer-songwriter Thomas Reed Smith Credits: Tom Smith: Acoustic guitar, Vocals Mike Adams: Bass, vocals Maurice Adams: Guitars Scott Haumesser: Drums, percussion Mike Holloran: Percussion Scott Martin: Guitars, […]
I wrote, performed, engineered and mixed on this project, along with my fellow Foonspeeders. We all contributed to the production of this, our first full-length release. Info Taken from the album page at Bandcamp Recorded in 1997, the debut Foonspeeders album mixes acoustic and electric rock with stacked vocal harmonies. Stylistic influences from rock, rockabilly, […]