Life in The Machine

Hi everybody!

With the recent release of "Live in Japan" I have been able to turn my full attention to completing my upcoming acoustic record which is now going to be called "Living in the Acoustic Projects". As of this writing it looks like it is going to be a 14 or 15 song CD and it is now in the hands of mastering guru Jim LaForest at AUDIOVISTA in California. Look for the CD in about 30 days...

So, now what am I going to do? You may remember that I was supposed to be working on the follow up to "Unstoppable" with Kasim Sulton and Prairie Prince in April but schedules once again became a problem, so that has been put off till the fall. In the meantime, those songs needed a new producer and I am pleased to announce that George "Chocolate" Perry has agreed to produce some of the new material.

Chocolate has worked with some great people like John Mellencamp, Joe Walsh, Bobby Caldwell Crosby Stills and Nash, Don Felder, Neal Young, Gwen Mcrae and the Bee Gees. I am looking forward to working with him and it should be really cool!

In two weeks I am off to Tampa to work with a guy I started in this business with in high school, bassist George Valaes and the great drummer Mike Cusamano. This is a one-off gig but will surely be a blast. In fact, the three of us have plans to do some recording together before the year is out.

Did I mention that I have also begun recording the follow up to Lucky Henry Musical Chairs? Oh, and that I played 18 holes of golf yesterday with my 75 year old dad (who beat me) and then rode my mountain bike 20 miles? Crazy busy!

Rick

PS Don't forget to order your copy of "Live in Japan" at either my website store, CD Baby or iTunes!