Another busy weekend here! Not much to report, two things:

The Downtown Band

I played a really fun private show with the Downtown Band at, of all things, the Birmingham Zoo. As usual, we had so much fun making music together and just being around good friends. The 10 piece band pulls from a talent pool of over 200 musicians in the Nashville area, but we have a core group that usually plays.

The band is structured so it’s easy to sub out if you pick up a tour or session, which has meant the talent level is incredible since you don’t feel locked down if the artist you play for calls last minute.

There are 3 groups that go by the same name and sub through various events, but the one I’m the most involved in has the following people:

Jordan Phillips- Lead singer. Also lead singer of Centricity (Sony) signed pop group and producer with Apollo LTD.

Erin Berry- BGV’s. Pop singer under the name Berry.

Michelle Brooke- BGV’s. Americana singer under the name Michelle Brooke.

Adam Stark- Guitars/BGV’s. The other half of Apollo LTD. See above credits.

Gabriel Anderson- Bass/BGV’s. Insightful music industry blogger here.

Jordan Perlson-Drums. LONG list of credits including Snarky Puppy (which is my favorite 😆) Website here.

Max Fulwilder- Sax. Reggae background, and current band director at Christ Presbyterian Academy.

Layne Ihde- Trumpet, rapping. Multi-talented guy who also writes the most adorable children’s books.

Eric Tucker- Trombone. My favorite credit he has is his gig with Aretha Franklin for a bit.

Kim Wheeler- Mix engineer. Canadian, but we don’t hold it against her. Website here.

Over the years, these people have become like a little second family to me, and while the gigs aren’t prestigious, the hang combined with the insane musicianship onstage makes this one of my favorite groups to play with.

New patches on the way

I spent the weekend working on finalizing a big project related to cover bands, and it should be dropping on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. If you want to get updates about my patches that I design for The Nord Stage 3, you can sign up for my email here or go to www.patchfoundry.com/nordstage3 for more details.

That’s it for now. Have a great start to your new week.