My long time friend and former bandmate, Jason Conley, asked me to mix his latest record entitled Chemicals. It’s a great collection of songs and I was very pleased to be a part of the project. The official release date is March 29th but you can preorder today.

“All Over the World” is the first single from Move Collective. Originally written by ELO’s Jeff Lynne for the 1980 movie soundtrack to Xanadu, Move Collective producer Mark Damian chose to remake the song because of it’s universal theme and lush arrangement. Sped up to 128BPM it becomes a driving dance groove with live strings offering a nod back to the disco era.
Damian handles lead and backing vocals on the recording as well as drums, synthesizers, piano, and guitar. Additional vocals by Denise George, Ben Sturley on bass, Lisa Liu on violins, and Ken Roberts on additional synthesizers. Mixed by Mark Damian. Mastered by Brian Lucey of Magic Garden Mastering. Released in March of 2016 on over 50 download and streaming sites including iTunes, Spotify, & Apple Music.

I’ve been working with Alloy Tracks for over two years now. We provide custom sounds and compositions for anything from commercials, to movie trailers, to film and just finished our new work space, Prohibition Studios.

Josie Pace is a fresh new face in the synth-driven, dark wave, electronic genre. Discovered by my long-time music production pal, Ken Roberts, we’ve be working with Josie on a collection of songs that are now surfacing on  iTunes, SPOTIFY, Amazon, iHeart Radio and many others.

Most of my audio work takes place in the confines of a studio mixing songs of mine or other artists, working on audio post for TV, etc. In 2015 I found myself doing front of house and broadcast audio on location, mostly for a great streaming video company called BC Live Productions. Example? This Star Wars Q&A session with J.J. Abrams, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Gwendoline Christie streamed live around the world from You Tube Space LA to promote the blockbuster film The Force Awakens.

Danny Saber has worked with the likes of Michael Hutchence, Joe Strummer, Metal artists like Korn, Marilyn Manson and Ozzy Osbourne, as well as The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, U2 and now… Four Words., the latest studio project of producers Mark Damian and Ken Roberts. Saber had heard their debut single “The Big Time”, loved it and asked to do a remix. Both versions are available on iTunes and the remix was featured on North Ireland based music review site XS Noize.

One of the first songs that Troy MacCubbin and I wrote together for our GorillaBear project has been placed in a movie trailer through our sound design company Alloy Tracks. Magnolia Pictures & CNN Films presents Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine with our song “Livin’ Life Now” opening the trailer. Check it out!

Welcome to THE BIG TIME… by “four words.”  Released June 23rd on iTunes and other streaming/download sites around the world this is the first song in the industrial category produced by Ken Roberts and Mark Damian (Trig Media) since their stint in Detroit’s sweatysuedelips.

Getting some great press lately including a nice write up in Mix Magazine for Alloy Tracks.  Alloy Tracks is a sound design company founded by Troy MacCubbin. I’ve been working with Troy for the last couple years producing original songs like “Cold Outside” as well as contributing sound design cues for our film trailer audio library. It’s been a great year for us as our material has found it’s way into trailers for “Furious 7,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Terminator: Genisys,” “Poltergeist,” “Tomorrowland,” “Mad Max,” “The Fantastic Four,” “SPY,” “TED 2,” “Jurassic World,” “Entourage,” “Ant Man,” “Mission Impossible 5,” “Insidious,” “Sinister 2,” “Everest,” “The Peanuts Movie,” “Black Mass” and “Crimson Peak,” among many others.

Another great performance at the Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI with Laith Al-Saadi and Jimmy Vivino of Conan O’Brien’s Basic Cable Band. Photographer Michael Bishop was on hand to snap some photos of the night.