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Wayne
will be back in San Diego for 5 days to cut tracks with an artist
there named Dani Carroll. Her newest CD will be produced by a
San Diego percussionist and songwriter named Jeff Berkley. Wayne
played on a CD for him and his partner last summer...the name
of their band is Berkley/Hart, and the CD was voted best of the
year in San Diego. You can find info on them at www.berkleyhart.com.
Dani sang on their CD too. It's excellent music...folk with an
attitude. Good vocals and lots of good songs...just like Little
River Band.
Wayne
Nelson teamed with talented West Coast songwriter Fred Schmitz
on a studio album project entitled "Round And Round" and they
named their imaginary band "Out Of Time." Combining elements of
pop and country, Wayne brought the songs to life with his trademark
vocals, and we do mean "vocals." Wayne performed all lead and
background vocals, so there is definitely a Little River Band
flavor to the project.
You
can check out samples of the tunes and order the CD at www.outoftimeband.com.
You can also check out some of the songs in their entirety at
www.mp3.com and
then link back to the Out Of Time web site.
It's
ironic that Wayne did a project like this and then moved to
Nashville.
What does it mean? We don't know, except it's good music
and hopefully we'll hear more from Out Of Time in the future.
Check it
out
and let Wayne know
what you think.
As
a side note...just before starting the 2001 tour with the band,
Wayne will
spend a week in San Diego finishing the mix of a CD that he produced
with his San Diego band...Wooden Angel. Wayne is doing his best
to have this completed before he sets off on the Little River
Band tour 2001. If all goes to plan Wayne will have the CD for
those who would like to purchase it during the tour. If you don't
see it, please ask..
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Along
with creating new music for Little River Band, Glenn Reither (Keyboard/Vocals/Sax)
spends a significant part of his time producing music for other
musicians.
That
would keep most performing writers busy and happy.
This
Month Glenn Reither is finalising the setup of a computer based
mobile recording studio. Although Little River Band may use this
system to capture some
live performance, it will be used frequently, before and after
the shows. With these 5 musicians and a 5 month tour
of USA and Canada ahead, there will be an abundance of creative
moments to capture for your future enjoyment.
As
the current CD "Where We Started
From" takes its place alongside Little River Band's previous
albums, a new CD is not yet due. It takes a lot of work and time
bringing the initial music
ideas through pre-production and on through the recording process,
so it is time to focus on the early stages of a CD for future
release.
With
Glenn Reither's portable recording studio, there no risk of loosing
ideas while waiting for a break in the tour schedule.
The
1978 Little River Band classic Reminiscing was recently covered
by Australian band Madison
Avenue. It's in the Top Ten and tipped to reach the No1 spot.
Good luck.
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Greg Hind
Greg
Hind has been busy writing and recording demo tracks of his new
songs. He's been out and about enjoying the response to lots of
his new material.
He's
also been busy writing recording and co-producing songs with two
up and coming female artists on the Aussie music scene.
On
another project Greg has been working with Geoff Wells, key member
of great Austrlian band the Truth. You'll be hearing a lot more
of these people in the near future. There a possibilty that Greg
will be writing with his old friend Jamie Oneal, currently enjoying
huge success with the song "There is no Arizona".
On
a more personal note, unfortunately Greg's brother was struck
down with a serious illness recently. Greg headed to his brother
in Vienna to offer all of his support. Fortunately recovery is
on the way but it will take quite some time.
Greg
is now heading back to America to prepare for the forthcoming
tour. You'll probably hear some of Greg new work during the world
tour 2001
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