Trifectone Music Group

Lyndsay and I put “Fingernail Moon” together from some tracks that we did a while back. I really like the songs Lyndsay writes, and the way she sings them. She has a style that hasn’t been compromised by any commercial aspirations. She let me have some fun with the production - I played the bass and drums as well as most of the guitars (other than her own performance on “Box of Roses”). I’d like everyone to take a listen, even buy a track or two, and then seek her out if you hear she’s performing somewhere nearby. Check it out

I just got back from a long but very gratifying day of working for humanity. I was part of the house band (Michael Rhodes, Eddie Bayers, Kenny Greenberg, Shane Keister, Dan Dugmore and myself) that helped put on the Nashville4Africa show at the Schermerhorn Symphony Hall tonight. Big Kenny Alfin (of Big & Rich) hosted the evening with Damian Horne to help raise awareness and money for the building of schools in Africa. The stars of the show were the African Children’s Choir, a group of children that are truly talented,  have survived some of life’s toughest challenges, and are selected to become part of this touring group. I was totally impressed with these kids, and now understand what others have seen in this philanthropic endeavor - people like Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Dierks Bentley - and others that I was privileged to be on the stage with tonight. We filled up the hall, and as I looked out over that beautiful room full of Nashvillians who were involved in making this planet a better place I got a very good feeling about what’s happening in our community.

Paul Jefferson has a new album, “Dive Right In”. Click the pic and give it a listen…

Paul Jefferson

My friend Brittany Wells is competing for Miss Texas, having won Miss Teen Texas a few years ago. We’ve been talking about how to create one and a half minutes of music, yet allow her to sing a cappella for the introduction. So we conference on the phone to the track on iTunes, pick our edit spots, I ProTool a demo, mp3 it to her iPhone where she analyses it while sitting in traffic and singing along. Do THAT in the 20th century!

Then I had a great discussion with one of the brightest minds in show biz - Holly Gleason. Hold on tight, because she is a whirlwind of cause and comment, topic and thought, passion and perception. She can tear-up what I do and show me the way it really looks - all with a twinkle in her eyes.

I had to get my passport renewed for a tentative trip to China in May, with a line up of artists on Stroudavarious Records. I have learned that your passport must not expire less than 6 months beyond when you plan to leave the country, so for those of you planning to go abroad, consider that a tip! I’m hoping I can spread the word in the Orient about D’Addario strings, a company I have believed in for over twenty years and am now proud to be associated with. I even talked with Guthrie Trapp today about them - he’s another D’Addario artist.

Wrapped up the day working on a song that Nicole Witt and I are writing, getting it ready for Ed to mix. Joe Chemay came over and did a drive by BGV - always great singing from Joe!

And had a very interesting chat with my friend Brian Adams, the result of which I hope to share with you in the months to come…but I’ll just say that we both admire Amanda Williams, Jarad Blake and The Levees…

Biff