Mandi Martin

Producer. Publisher. Promoter. Pinball Champ.




Nick Daugherty’s New Single “Movin’ Higher” Released!

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;
  • Don Peake: Guitar;
  • Tim Wingate: Guitar;
  • Alex Del Zoppo: Piano & Keyboards;
  • Skip Edwards: B3
  • Voyce McGinley, III: Drums, Congas, Tambourine, Shaker & Marimba;
  • Andrea Robinson & Clydene Jackson: Background Vocals.  YOU ALL ROCK!

We are working on 10 more songs for his debut CD, which will be available this summer.

Posted by mandi on March 29th, 2008. Tagged as News, Nick Daugherty Tags: , . Follow responses through the RSS feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Nick Daugherty’s First Session Rehearsal

March 4, 2007 Planning the 1st session rehearsal 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!!!

March 11, 2007 Mandi's real playhouse - Nick's 1st session rehearsal

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!

March 11, 2007 Mandi's real playhouse - Nick's 1st session rehearsal March 11, 2007 Mandi's real playhouse - Nick's 1st session rehearsal

About half-way through the evening, Papa John’s delivered and everyone’s energy was replenished for the last three songs!

March 11, 2007 Mandi's real playhouse - Nick's 1st session rehearsal

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!

Posted by mandi on March 12th, 2007. Tagged as Artists, Blog, Nick Daugherty . Follow responses through the RSS feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Nick’s Journey - Episode 3

“Another Day at the Office”

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

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Posted by mandi on March 6th, 2007. Tagged as Nick Daugherty, Video . Follow responses through the RSS feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Nick’s Journey - Episode 2

“All roads lead to Hollywood…”

In the second installment of “How to Get a Record Deal in 365 Days,” Nick writes a new song that’s out of his league, disses American Idol, and finds a whole new fan base online. For more, visit NicksJourney.com
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Posted by mandi on March 4th, 2007. Tagged as Nick Daugherty, Video . Follow responses through the RSS feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Nick’s Journey - Episode 1

“New Life for an Old Record”

In the first installment of “How to Get a Record Deal in 365 Days,” Nick goes back to the studio only to find out the old songs need major work. For more, visit NicksJourney.com

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Posted by mandi on March 4th, 2007. Tagged as Nick Daugherty, Video . Follow responses through the RSS feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Nick’s Journey - Teaser Video

Nick Daugherty is a great new writer/artist that I’m going to be working with very soon.  He’s working on a project called “How to Get a Record Deal in 365 Days” and has put some really cool videos together. Check ‘em out!
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Posted by mandi on March 4th, 2007. Tagged as Nick Daugherty, Video . Follow responses through the RSS feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.