I promised another Legend update and here it is. At the moment I've rekindled my ties with Bryan Rudge, who I've written music with for the past ten years or so. He insists that he drags my kind of talent down, but it was once predicted by one of the greatest composers I know (Andrew Sega aka "Necros") that Sirrus (Bryan's "handle" in the MOD scene old days) would be a great artist one day. That day will soon come.
Bryan and I wrote an album under the band name "Era's End" about five years ago that was close to being published by Warner, but the company that was acting as our representation went bankrupt. This wasn't surprising considering that their offices were in Beverly Hills and they spared no expense at anything while most of their content was trash. Mars Lasar, who has worked with artists such as Seal, also was signed with this company (XSIV Music) and was due to release several albums, but he also got the short end of the stick and I finally met him later, where we shared a laugh about our previous solo efforts.
Enough of the side trip. Back to business. Bryan will be using a Yamaha EX5 keyboard and Nuendo to put some finishing touches on a group of songs we've identified, and I'm going into the Midway studio at night to also work on a group of songs. The next step is to put actual instrumentalists and vocalists to perform the music. We'll be requiring the services of a guitarist, a percussionist, and a male and female singer (Tenor and Soprano, respectively). We'll put up a website with a few demos to whet appetites and I will be using my now fairly extensive record industry contacts to drum up marketing, but we'll be publishing ourselves through CD Baby, possibly Amazon as well, just as Andy Sega does with his Alpha Conspiracy albums.
The plan is to release an eponymous album in mid to late 2007. Tomorrow I'll be heading back into the studio to work a bit more after a month long hiatus due to holidays and family care. Anyone interested in providing the "real" music part of this effort definitely contact me.
Not to diverge too much, but I wrote about Mars Lasar earlier this year:
http://www.jeremiahjacobs.com/blog/archives/000218.html
His "Eleventh Hour" CD is still in my playlist to this day...."Cellular City" being one of my faves.
Posted by: Jeremiah | November 28, 2006 at 02:41 AM