peaceful presence earns 2 nominations!

I learned this week that Peaceful Presence, a collection of old favorite Christian songs, recorded by Dan Warren and I (flugelhorn/piano/organ) earned two nominations for GMA's Covenant Awards to be held in Calgary October 29, 2010. Peaceful Presence is the 7th album in the Room 217 therapeutic music library.

We're excited about this recognition for Room 217. For further information check out gmacanada.ca. The awards are for instrumental album of the year and instrumental song of the year - that would be Peaceful Presence, the title song I wrote for the album. Very cool.

players bring heart and skill

No exceptions - all the Room 217 players have brought their hearts and skills to the recording projects. Happened again on this recording. The sensitivity each player brings expressed their technical abilities is astonishing. Thank you Jason, Burke, Carmon and Anne. COUNTRY ROAD, a collection of timeless country songs done in Room 217 style will be for sale starting October 15, 2010.

recording new Room 217 album COUNTRY ROAD

In the studio today recording our 8th album.

I'm totally pumped with this new album for a number of reasons:

• the music is going to touch a lot of people, such great country songs like Always On My Mind, You Needed Me, Crazy, Take Me Home Country Road...


• the players are fabulous - Jason Fowler on guitar, Burke Carroll on steel guitar and dobro and Anne Lindsay on fiddle


• the sound is absolutely beautiful. I've never worked with steel guitar before and I love the breadth and resonance it provides.

stay tuned for pictures of the players tomorrow....