MOST OF MY MUSICAL EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN GUITAR PLAYERS GIVING ME CHORD PROGRESSIONS TO PUT BASS LINES TO AND THAT'S BEEN FINE AND DANDY FOR THE MOST PART. ALTHOUGH I CAN DO BOTH, I'VE NEVER REALLY CONSIDERED MYSELF A GREAT OR PROLIFIC SONGWRITER, OR A SINGER FOR THAT MATTER. SO A FEW YEARS BACK I DECIDED TO GO INTO THE STUDIO, AS TIME AND MONEY ALLOWED, AND RECORD A BUNCH OF IDEAS I'D BEEN ACCUMULATING DURING THE PREVIOUS FEW YEARS. THE BEST THING ABOUT DOING THIS WAS THAT I CALLED UP ALL MY FRIENDS AND ASKED THEM EACH TO PLAY ON CERTAIN SONGS THAT I HEARD THEM FITTING INTO.......IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT I DISCOVERED, AFTER YEARS OF HEARING HER SING IN THE SHOWER THAT MY (12 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME) DAUGHTER BRETTE, REALLY COULD SING! SHE ENDED UP SINGING 5 SONGS ON THE RECORD!!!! ALSO, MY 10 YEAR OLD SON JAXIN MAKES AN APPEARANCE READING HIS HOMEWORK SENTENCES. IT ENDED UP TAKING ME ALMOST 4 YEARS TO FINISH THE RECORD AND THEN FINALLY GET IT RELEASED.......BUT I AM TO THIS DAY, VERY GLAD THAT I STUCK WITH IT AND GOT IT OUT TO THE MASSES....WELL MAYBE NOT THE MASSES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT......

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING PLAYERS ON IT, FOLKS FROM THE POSIES,
  SKY CRIES MARY, 
    MINISTRY, 
      GIGOLO AUNTS, 
        MOTHER LOVE BONE,
HAMMERBOX, 
        ROBERT FRIPPS LEAGUE OF CRAFTY GUITARISTS, 
      THE BILLY TIPTON MEMORIAL SAXAPHONE QUARTET, 
    GERALDINE FIBBERS, 
  LOW POP SUICIDE 
                  AND MANY MANY MORE.....OVER 50
                        DIFFERENT PLAYERS IN ALL ARE ON THE RECORD. 
           I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS BECAUSE I MADE IT, BUT IT'S A
		

PRETTY COOL RECORD

MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SECOND RELEASE FOR SOME TIME SOON AND SHE'LL SING THE WHOLE NEXT ONE AS I DON'T REALLY CONSIDER MYSELF A SINGER....... SO KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR IT!!!!!!!!

Joe









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