I’m very proud to announce that Nick Daugherty’s first-ever single called “Movin’ Higher” has just been released and will be available for sale April 1, 2008. Enjoy!
Thanks to Nick Daugherty for his wonderful collection of songs, all the talented pro musicians who made them come to life, to Marty, Jim & Matt at Sound Image Studios for giving us a home and Ron Boustead at Precision Mastering for putting the icing on the cake…all of you helped to make this a great project to work on!
Nick Daugherty: Vocals/Guitar;
Paul Marshall: Bass/Acoustic Guitar/Background Vocals;
Come join Amy, as she opens for hit singer/songwriter Alan O’Day on Sunday, April 15th, at 7 PM, at Coffee Gallery Backstage, located at 2029 North Lake, in Altadena. Alan is most remembered for being the writer and artist on the #1 record, “Undercover Angel.” Alan is one of the most fun performers to experience live.
Alan is also the writer of Helen Reddy’s “Angie Baby,” Billboard #1; co-writer of the Righteous Brothers’ “Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven,” Billboard #3; co-writer of songs for Jim Henson’s Emmy-winning animated CBS TV show “Muppet Babies” (8 seasons). His songs have been recorded by Cher, Olivia Newton-John, Johnny Mathis, 5th Dimension, Tom Jones, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Ted Neely, John Travolta, Paul Anka, Ray Price, Tony Orlando & Dawn, and many more! Don’t mss this unique performance! cost: $15.00 All Ages; Reservations/Information: (626)398-7917 http://www.coffeegallery.com/showsat.htm
This is worth watching if you are looking for management, have ever had a manager or think you need a manager! Take a lesson from the Turtles…get to know the people you want to do business with before you take the leap! Thanks to John Braheny for sending this to me.
Amy’s amazing story has been close to our hearts since we first met her in 2004. We’ve respected Amy’s wishes to not disclose certain details about her life-threatening experience in 2003, until she felt she was ready to retell it. Thanks to Michael Laskow and Kenny Kerner and all our friends at TAXI for putting this interview together. You can view the full article here.
Enjoy! –MM
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“Hard Work and a Whole
Lot of Perseverance”
Passenger Profile: Amy Kuney
By Kenny Kerner Listen to ‘How The Wind Must Feel’ by Amy Kuney:
I can tell by reading many of your profiles that you’re taking our advice and getting up and taking charge of your own careers. I can tell by your e-mails to me and by the success stories you tell TAXI.
But this profile is special. Amy Kuney has lived a lifetime in her 21 years. This is about a TAXI member whose life was changed on March 28, 2003 while in Guatemala. She and her friends were brutally attacked by gunmen and one of her friends was murdered before her eyes. Amy Kuney was 17 years old at the time. Read the rest of this entry »
The sun was starting to set as the first day of daylight savings time was heading into evening. Nick and Pep (Nick’s very cool roommate) arrived a little early to help me re-set some of my hard-to-reach clocks in the house, change a very hard-to-replace light bulb and get ready for Nick’s very first session rehearsal with Voyce McGinley, III and Paul Marshall. Nick has been hard at work for several weeks, refining his songs before we go into the studio. The time had finally come to test them out with live musicians!!! Yea!!!
I headed out for a few minutes with Pep to Trader Joe’s to pick up a treat for when the rehearsal was all over and Pep, being the electrical genius he is, offered to replace the light dimmer in my family room that had recently stopped dimming! So he dropped me at T.J’s and drove around to the other side of the mall to Home Depot to find the perfect replacement dimmer.
When Pep and I returned from our shopping excursion, Voyce had already arrived with his wife Nancy and was all set up and ready to go. It wasn’t long after that, Paul Marshall arrived and, within minutes, music was in the air! And, before the guys were done working out the first tune, Pep had replaced my dimmer! Talk about multi-tasking!!!
Our biggest concern for the first rehearsal was to make sure the charts were right and to find the best tempos and grooves for each of the six songs we will be recording. And, of course, this was the first time for this configuration of musicians and so this was their bonding time! Needless to say, it went great!
About half-way through the evening, Papa John’s delivered and everyone’s energy was replenished for the last three songs!
I couldn’t be happier with the way the night went. I think everyone felt the same way. We ended it all with some great minature cheese cakes from T.J.’s and the cars and truck were loaded and the first night of daylight savings time had come to an end!
Nick plays to a sell-out crowd at his first corporate event. Introducing a new song called “Rocket Science shouldn’t be hard.” For more, visit NicksJourney.com
Listen to ‘How The Wind Must Feel’ by Amy Kuney:
