Recently, a gentleman contacted me by e-mail requesting to colaborate with him on some songs that he wrote.  The gentleman's name is Tony Harris and he is a very talented song writer.  He can be found on Broadjam.com, or more specifically http://www.broadjam.com/artists/home.php?artistID=13871 I'd recommend paying him a visit.  The song features a female vocalist named Daisy Chapman who has one of the most charming voices I've heard in a while; her voice has a velvety lounge singer quality to it and I mean that with the utmost respect.  She has a Myspace page and I would recommend checking her out along with Tony.  This musical diversion is quite a diversion indeed because I have never worked with vocals before. 

I've took this assignment for 2 reasons:

1.  I meant everything I said above about Tony and Daisy being some truely talented artists and I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to work with them. 

2.  I wanted the experience to work in a different style.  Really, the style isn't that different it's just working with vocals.  The vocals are stellar, thanks to Daisy's talent, and I certainly don't want to ruin them so I see this as a challange.  

Subsequently, the album will have to be put off until I'm done with this project.  I'm in the finishing stages of Tony's song and It should be ready within a week.  After that, I will work diligently on the the last track of the album.  After that, I need to clean up some of the other tracks and I'm looking to release the album around end of August early September time frame.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

When I'm finished with Tony's song I'll ask him if I can post it here for your enjoyment.  

Thanks for your support                   

It's been a while and I have a few things to tell you.  First, I've recorded a new cinematic piece titled, "El Pato (Una Vida Nueva)" or The Duck (A New Life).  The piece is kind of personal as it is dedicated to the memory of my brother-in-law who was taken from us at too young an age.  His nickname was El Pato which means "the duck" in Spanish.  To me, It kind of sounds like something Ennio Morricone would do for one of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns; it has an operatic flare to it.  You can hear it on my Broadjam.com page here:

http://www.broadjam.com/player/player.php?play_file=46409_483259

Now on to some really good news, as of two days ago, "Analia De Buenos Aires"  was number 1 on the Broadjam Classical charts!!!  Thanks to all of you who gave it high scores.  "Child's Play," "War Stories" and "The Art Of Darkness" all cracked the top ten of various age group charts but I believe this is my first number 1 spot on a major chart. 

Re: the new album.  I got some good news and I got some bad news.  Previously, I had stated that my new album, Virtual Ornaments would be released at about this time.  Currently, I have enough material to release the album however, I have decided to add three more tracks.  Obviously, the addition of three more unproduced tracks is going to push the release date of the finished album back.  So the bad news is you're going to have to wait a little longer for the album to be released but the good news is you'll be getting three more tracks to enjoy.  I'm working on one of those tracks and the other two have been composed they are just waiting for me to arrange them.  In addition, I will not be releasing these tracks publicly until they are finished so "El Pato" will be the last song I release both here and on any other site I'm involved in.  However, I will be releasing those tracks for licensing purposes but, unless you're a music supervisor you will not have access to those songs.  The new release date for the album will be July/August time frame.

Thanks for your continued support.

Jasen  

Thank you for your support. 

I've uploaded "Analia De Buenos Aires" here on the music section of the sight.  Please listen and I hope you enjoy.

On another note, "All Hallow's Eve" is still a mainstay on the Broadjam.com charts, it has been on a few different ones.

Thank you all for your support.

Jasen

I just finished another song that is posted on Broadjam.  I'm having some dificulties posting songs here on my sight unfortunately, ever since Hostbaby upgraded their system, so I'll give it some time so they can fix all the bugs before posting back here.

Anyway, the piece is titled, "Analia De Buenos Aires" and I composed it for a Spanish teacher I had while visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina 8 years ago.  It's sort of a Romantic piece with a Spanish flare.  For the record, Analia and I were never romantically involved we were just friends.  I lost contact with her over the years but I hope she is well. 

Here is a link and I hope you enjoy the song. http://www.broadjam.com/player/player.php?play_file=46409_476530

I have just recorded another piece called, "The Art of Darkness."  You can listen to it on my Broadjam page or just click: 

http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=46409&mediaID=472007  

I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=46409&mediaID=466875

And, if you're so inclined, you can puchase it for only .99 cents here...

http://www.broadjam.com/sonicpsyops

Just click on the buy button.  You can also buy "War Stories," "Sticks and Stones," "All Hallow's Eve," and  "The Unsung Villains,"  

Thank you for your support.

A couple of weks ago, I re-orchestrated and re-recorded "Guilt Trip."  You can hear it at this link:

http://www.broadjam.com/assets/skins/broadjam2/images/buttons/but_play.gif

Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you for your support.