Last February, I found myself in front of a microphone in Studio B at The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the hallway on the way to the studio, I walked past lines of gold records on the walls, prickling with the awareness that many people whose names you know have recorded there including Billie Eilish, Journey, Shania Twain, Santana, and Celine Dion among many others.
I have cultivated the ability to experience two completely opposite feelings at the same time and be fine, and I needed it. I was out of my head nervous and absolutely certain that I belonged there and would nail the parts I came to record.
And nail them I did, even the ones I learned a few minutes before recording them.
Just a few months earlier, John Simpson, my Artist Relations & Production Manager, introduced me to Clarence Collins (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Little Anthony & The Imperials), who works with Pat Thrall, whose credits as a guitarist are legendary (Pat Travers Band, Hughes/Thrall, Meatloaf, Asia, etc.) and who has guitarist, producer, and engineer credits on nearly 500 albums with 4 Grammy nominations. John had been bugging me for more than a year to allow him to send them a song called Be Right Back with a request to produce it. Their answer was yes, on one condition – that I come to Las Vegas to record with them. I usually write my own harmonies, but I left that to the harmony master – none other than Clarence himself – who taught them to me on the spot just before I turned to the mic and recorded them. It was a day like no other.
The session went so well that they agreed to do a 6-song EP with me, and on Friday, January 16, 2026, I will release the first song – BE RIGHT BACK. If you sign up for my email list now, I’ll send you a free, pre-release digital download a few days before the official release. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel to see the full, official music video we shot when it releases on January 23, 2026, followed by the lyric video on January 30, 2026. Please also consider following me on social media – Every follower helps, and I am so grateful for your support.
And most importantly, please listen, let me know what you think, and if you like it, please share.
It’s not every day that a person gets to record their own music with folks like Clarence and Pat, but it’s becoming normal for me. We recorded two more in July, and those will be out in due course.
I am beyond grateful to John for these introductions (and to Kenny Schick, my first producer for his work on my earlier projects), and I can’t wait for you to hear my new music. My goal is that it will make your socks roll up and down so intensely that you can’t help sharing it with a few friends.
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