Tim Nordwind of OK GO is the highly recognizable & entertainingly definable bassist for Chicago rock band OK GO.  His look definitely falls into the standout category. However, watching Tim in action,  you quickly realize the true standout of Tim Nordwind has little to do with his chic style & much more to do with the multi-talents behind those thick dark rimmed glasses.

Having just attended the kickoff performance of the new OK GO , Of the Blue Colour Of the Sky tour, I was unabashedly on an OK GO high.  It’s one thing to attend a concert and be completely blown away by a performance, but it’s quite another to attend a rock show & leave with an overwhelming feeling that MUSIC still may have the power to change the world. 
 

I ask you, when is the last time you witnessed thousands of super cute, snappy dressed, dancing, cheering, screaming, Silly-Happy SMILING folks who seemingly just forgot about all their cares?  Oh, sure some might say it’s the confetti cannons in constant explosive mode, or the laser beam infused furry guitars or maybe the leisure/neon sign suits lighting up the stage with hidden messages… but the plain truth is ( get ready for this it’s a shocker) it’s the MUSIC. The vibey, hooky move your feet, take off your jacket, jump in the spotlight & start shakin’it like you mean it baby kinda music. I admit full-on JUNKY status for the jazz hands dance party that Is: OK GO.

I had the immense pleasure of interviewing Tim Nordwind after the show.  Check out why sharing makes him happy & why The Cure may be the way to his heart…

Quick 5 stats with Tim Nordwind of OK GO

1.  Brunch with Prince or Dinner with Billy Idol?

Brunch with Prince

2.  Best Makeout Song ever written?

CATCH by The Cure

3.  Plaid or Argyle?

Argyle

4.  Vespa or The Schwinn Stingray?

Vespa

5.  Chicagoans do ______ better (fill in the blank)

FOOD

 

I carried the Flip vid along for my OK GO concert experience &  interviewed a few fans in line asking them what question I should ask you!  My favorite question was from a girl named Liz & she wanted to know “How do you feel about Jeremy Piven stealing your look in the movie Rock’N Rolla?”  

TIM: (laughs) Well first of all, I’m a huge fan of Jeremy Piven & his work so if he was indeed copying my look in the movie I would be honored by that. He’s fantastic & if he was stealing my style that makes me excited!!  I love his work in Entourage & beyond. His family actually owns the Piven Theatre in Chicago. A great theatre.  I’ve been a fan of his for ages.
 

I have to tell you that i was in serious perma-grin mode while watching your LIVE show this week.  Do you believe, as I do, that the music of OK GO may just have the power to save the world one concert experience at a time? 

TIM: Well, thanks for that Birdee. I’m glad you enjoyed it.  I think the reason we got into being a band in the first place & wanted to be musicians was because we like to create things & we like to share it with people.  It’s how we got to be friends in the first place.  We met at summer camp…Damien was 10 & I was 11 . We started talking over art projects & our creations.  There is such a joy that comes from sharing with people.  Music has the ability to evoke happiness, sadness, joy, fear & sometimes a combination of all in ONE song.  It’s about that connection.  The connection is the thing that is so exciting for us. That thing from performer to audience.  Making people happy, or nostalgic or even commiserating in sadness can be therapeutic.. acknowledging sadness together.  Joining in it together with the hope that happiness is just on the other side.  We can only hope that people will feel what we are trying to convey.  It’s a beautiful thing when successful.  I’m not sure about saving the world, but I do believe that the connection of people is a powerful thing.  Sharing.

The  new White Knuckles video is amazing.  I have to ask. Did you or any of the band members fall so helplessly in love with a co-star that you had to adopt them?

TIM: Well all the dogs in the vid had already been adopted & rescued.  The owners were their trainers in the vid.  One of the dogs was Damien’s dog, the little brown dog that looks left & right when the tables are pushed together? His name is Bun E.  He is named after Bun E. Carlos (drummer from Cheaptrick).   So even if we wanted to, I really don’t think the owners would have let us take away their dogs!!!  But I would have taken ALL of them if at all possible. They were great.

Tim, You’re known for your flashy dance moves & choreography.  I just have to know.  Would you ever consider being a contestant on Dancing With The Stars?

Tim: (laughs) Well, I never say never.  We are certainly not dancers in the traditional sense. What makes our choreography so compelling is that we’re not good dancers but we’re just trying ..really hard (laughs).  But I think I would have to be a much better trained dancer in order to pull that off.

Birdee: Oh  I think you got that one if you want it.

Tim:  Thanks Birdee!!  (laughs)

Tim: Hey, I once wrote a radio/play series called The Delusional delights of Birdee Bromowitz.  I dont’ know how far back our website is archived but i would create little podcasts of the shows & release them on tour & ask the audience to bring certain things to shows etc… if you get a chance check it out because the character is your namesake.  

WOW thanks Tim.  I’m checking it out now.  You truly are one multitalented rocker (slash) saver of the world. Carry on my friend.

http://www.okgo.net

http://www.birdeebow.com

(Source: okgotimnordwindinterview)

Rock band MELEE is burning up the iTunes chart with their latest album, The Masquerade & although I’ve been a fan for many years, I am rediscovering just why I fell in love with this band in the first place.  MELEE has a way of sinking a pop hook deeply into your being…so deep in fact that you may wakeup dancing your way out of a MELEE  dreamstate in the mornings.  Not a bad way to start your day.  Don’t believe me?  Take a listen to the infectious GIRLS WANNA ROCK  & just remember I warned you. Having recently returned from a Japan tour & in the midst of a busy Release schedule,  I managed to steal a few minutes away with guitarist Ricky Sans.  Read on to find out why LOVE really is transcending & why rainbow sandals just landed on your Fall Fashion “must haves” shopping list…. 


1. Brunch with Seal or dinner with James Brown?
Seal

2. Barefoot or Favorite shoes?
Rainbow Sandals

3. Favorite Makeout Song?
the postal service album

4. Plaid or Argyle?
argyle

5. Vespa or Harley?
vespa


New Melee album, The Masquerade, is BURNING up the iTunes Charts since it’s release this week. Where did you record the new album & how was the overall process different from Melee albums gone by?

We recorded this album all over the place. Mainly in LA and OC, ca. This album was a Completely different process than our past two albums. We worked with several producers, rather than just one producer. We wanted to branch out, and experiment with our sound, and learn from other creative people as well. I don’t understand the point in working with one producer anymore. It’s so limiting. I love collaborating with people.


Tell us about The Ballad of You & I and why it’s our new favorite Love Song of all time…
haha, well, interestingly enough, it was the title of a song we had written years ago. the only thing good about the song was the title, so it always remained in the back of my head. When we were writing the song, it became clear that the title had found a home. We wanted to write a song about love transcending a material and tangible world. Love isn’t something that happens, it’s something that exists at all times.

We all know Melee is a band filled with phenomenal talent & songwriting skill, but your live performances really seal the deal. How has the LIVE show evolved with the latest material?
I feel that the music we have on this album lends itself to birth a much more energetic rock show. We wanted to fuse a club element with a rock band. So hopefully it feels like you’re at a club playing some awesome rock/dance mashups haha. 

Where can we get more of our Melee FIX in the next few months?
we’re releasing a 3d melee movie. 



Thanks Ricky 
Check out MELEE & BUY THE ALBUM at iTunes NOW
 

(Source: meleeinterview)

Weaving together pieces of obscure samples from vinyl with twisted vintage analog synth sounds; melding them seamlessly into an artist’s live performance… Sound complicated?  Nah, it’s just all in  a day’s work for producer  Anthony J Resta. Join me for a peak inside the eclectic mind Of Ajax Rayovac,  the musical maestro who brought to LIFE  “sci fi mambo liquid centre lab”  better known as Bopnique Musique. 
Five Quick Stats with Anthony J Resta

Slam Dance or The Hand Jive?
Slam Dance

Lunch with Sid Vicious or Brunch with Elton John?
since I’ve been out to eat with Elton John before I’ll go with Sid Vicious but he might not look so great these days.

Favorite pair of shoes or Bare Feet?
bare feet

Best make out song ever written?
In your eyes by Peter Gabriel, or any Al Green song.

New Englander’s do ________ better (fill in the blank)
New Englander’s do red sox like no one else.

From Third Grade Drummer all the way to producing tracks for the likes of Elton John, Dale Bozzio, Megadeath, Guster, Blondie & Duran Duran (just to name a few). You made it happen & you made it happen in the New England area you love. How did you bring the masses to you? And why did you resist the LA/ NY draw?
I’ve worked in places like London, Atlanta, Nashville, Australia, Miami and on and on for years, but settled here because i like everything about New England. Eventually enough people knew I cared and did a good job, so they started coming to ME and I’m very grateful.

You are known as an Holistic Music Creator with an endless myriad of groundbreaking sonic technique. Where did this electronic fascination of combining High Technology & low Tech non conventional begin?
On Holistic music creation… I love things wildly synthetic,
used in making music like kraftwerk for example, and I love things wildly organic like old Patsy Cline recordings and victrolas and real flutes and mandolin and lap steel. Combining both worlds started for me pretty much from the beginning …. some of it was accidental.. just what I had lying around to make music with! a Moog and a banjo……:)

Studio Bopnique is your lovechild. Tucked away in an old mill complex north of Boston. What is the overall sonic vibe of Bopnique? And why does it look like the most FUN place on the planet to make a record??
Bopnique is like a 4000 square foot living room, its not really a studio. Making music there is just plain fun. Acoustically, the brick and beam sound really good to my ears as well. pics at www.bopnique.com

Ajax Rayovac is your alter ego & the Poetry over Electronic Soundscapes. When did Ajax begin & what is the latest Rayovac escapade?
Ajax Rayovac is me just having fun with my toys. Here is a free download of my latest single that answers the musical question “why was George Jetson lonely in his cartoon galaxy”
:)
http://soundcloud.com/ajax/anthony-resta-masteredbchaos


What is the latest madness bouncing out of Bopnique?? And where can we hear/ see & be more Anthony J Resta in our 2010?
Always new exciting things going on.. drop in the news section atwww.bopnique.com anytime. We post new songs and videos every month. I have a cool interview on the duranduranmusic.com site right now… that has some cool questions about my past and future work with them…. tons of exciting new artists too. Casey Desmond, The Cinnamon Fuzz, Minkystarshine, Julian Hannible, Will Daily, Andrea Surova, Syncopation, Denise Hradecky, Kat McGivern, Clara Lofaro, Novae, I’m running out of room, sorry if I didn’t list you here!!!

Thanks Birdee for all of your enthusiasm and support!

 Thanks Ajax! You’re amazing & inspiring & I agree with Simon Le Bon,
“Lad You’re Mad”
 

Bopnique Musique | Bopnique Musiquewww.bopnique.com
Out of their Boston based recording studio Bopnique Musique, platinum record producer Anthony J. Resta ( a.k.a. Ajax Ray O’Vaque) and mix engineer Karyadi Sutedja produce artists such as Duran Duran, Collective Soul, Shawn Mullins and The Elevator Drops.

Music producer David Bendeth is known for being extraordinarily BUSY.  The kind of Busy that pumps out numerous records every year without pause.  It just so happens that many of those records have a habit of turning into PLATINUM selling Grammy nominated Chart Topping style albums.  Having started his career as a songwriter & performer, his 1980  UK Dance hit “Feel The Real” began a journey of music that would take him many miles across the biz & land him in his most well known seat; The Producer’s Chair.  Read on to find out why he’s a master of disguises & why Plargyle may just be the biggest fashion statement for Fall 2010.

Electric Slide or The Lombada?
WELL I DO LIKE THE WATUSI…BUT WHO CAN RESIST THE SLIDE A LA JAMES BROWN?

Best Makeout Song ever written?
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. ITS A LONG ONE.

Jukebox or The DJ?
DJ…TAKES SOME CREATIVITY.

The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?
THE STONES LOST ME AFTER EXILE ON MAIN STREET.
THE BEATLES, NO ONE CAN TOUCH LENNON AND MACCA.

Plaid or Argyle??
I PERSONALLY LIKE PLARGYLE.IF YOU ARE SCOTTISH AND YOU DRINK, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.



You have produced more than eighty albums. Totaling over 60 million records sold. As a boy, growing up between London & Toronto, did you ever imagine becoming one of the most successful music producers in U.S. History?

I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THOSE STATS, BUT I DO KNOW IT WAS IN MY BLOOD TO MAKE RECORDS. I KNEW WHAT I WANTED TO DO AND THAT WAS MUSIC. MY HEROES AND MENTORS WERE SO INSPIRATIONAL, THEY MADE THE BLUEPRINT, I FOLLOWED THEIR LEAD.



It seems your career has been one of every aspect of the music business. Having began as a performer & songwriter with your own hit “Feel The Real” in 1980 to A&R Exec to world renowned producer. Do you feel your experience at all levels of the biz aided in making you the Hitmaker of today?

I HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE MUSIC MY WHOLE LIFE. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE “WELL ROUNDED” I WAS ALWAYS JUST A MUSICIAN DISGUISED AS EVERYTHING ELSE. 
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT MY CAREER HAS TAKEN MANY TURNS, AND I HAVE TRIED TO LEARN FROM EVERY BUMP IN THE ROAD. AS LONG AS THERE WAS MUSIC INVOLVED AND SOMEONE I COULD LEARN FROM, THEN I VOLUNTEERED.


What was it like to be involved with the legendary ELVIS 30 #1 Hits collection as producer & mixer? And were you always an Elvis fan ?

I WAS NEVER AN ELVIS FAN, WELL UNTIL I MADE THAT RECORD. IT WAS A THRILL OF A LIFETIME AND SOMETHING I NEVER EXPECTED WOULD HAPPEN TO ME. I WAS REALLY SCARED FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS, BUT IT ENDED UP TO BE ELVIS’S BIGGEST RECORD. I WAS PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT, BUT SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW HE WAS THE GREATEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME, LONG BEFORE I WAS MAKING RECORDS.



There are great years & then there are EPIC years. 2007 was a year that brought you 3 Platinum Records with Paramore’s RIOT, Breaking Benjamin’s PHOBIA & The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. How does it feel when the stars align at such epic proportions?

2007 WAS A CONTINUAL HIGH. I THINK THE BIGGEST SHOCK WAS THREE DIFFERENT BANDS WITH REALLY DIFFERENT STYLES. I HAD BEEN WORKING HARD TO REACH A LEVEL WHERE I WAS AT THE TOP OF MY GAME. I THINK IN RETROSPECT THAT MY A&R ABILITIES PICKED THOSE ARTISTS BY INSTINCT. I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH SUCH TALENT. FACE DOWN WAS AN IMPORTANT SONG ABOUT ABUSE TOWARD WOMEN. A LOT NEEDED TO BE SAID ON THE SUBJECT AND THE SONG FACE DOWN REALLY HIT HOME, ESPECIALLY AT RADIO.
PHOBIA WAS MY SECOND BREAKING BENJAMIN RECORD, THERE WAS ALREADY A COMFORT LEVEL AND BEN HAD WRITTEN AMAZING SONGS, THEY WERE RIPE AND READY TO HIT AGAIN, I AM ALSO VERY PROUD OF THE NEW RECORD DEAR AGONY, BEN IS A FANTASTIC WRITER.
PARAMORE WAS SOMETHING I HAD WANTED TO DO FOR TWO YEARS. HAYLEY WILLIAMS WAS A POWERHOUSE AND THE BAND WERE SENSATIONAL. NO ONE PREDICTED THEY WOULD HIT, IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE A FEMALE ARTIST ON TOP OF THE ALTERNATIVE CHARTS AGAIN WITH A SONG LIKE MISERY BUSINESS. I LOVED MAKING THAT RECORD, THERE WASN’T A DUD SONG ON THERE. THEY WERE A PRODUCERS “DREAM BAND”



2010 has you busy with Taking Back Sunday, It’s Alive, Papa Roach, Forever The Sickest Kids & more….what can we expect to BLOW up our Platinum Meters this year? 

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A BUNCH OF RECORDS. I JUST PRODUCED KAILE GOH WHO IS A 14 YEAR OLD SINGER/SONGWRITER AND SHE HAS A BIG FUTURE. I AM ALSO WORKING WITH CRYSTAL BOWERSOX WHO WAS RUNNER UP ON AMERICAN IDOL AND SHE HAS AN AMAZING VOICE. HEDLEY A BAND FROM CANADA IS REALLY COOL, AS IS ATOM SMASH FROM FLORIDA.
I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING TO “BLOW UP” , I DO KNOW I AM STILL EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHATEVER I AM WORKING ON, AND THAT THRILLS ME TO WAKE UP EVERYDAY AND STILL LOVE WHAT I DO.

Guess what David,  We’re thrilled about what you do too.
Thanks for Great Records.
Birdee 

He’s 50% of the songwriting/ production team S*A*M* & SLUGGO but he’s 100% The Hollander.  Co-writing & producing songs for artists such as Katy Perry, Train,  Boys Like Girls, Gym Class Heroes, Kelly Rowland, Cobra Starship & more …he’s no stranger to the term  Certified HIT. I recently had the opportunity to visit with him about his monstrous success as well as his devotion to clearasil. Read On.

Best Makeout Song ever written? 

Sister Christian by Night Ranger. If there’s motorin’ involved… I’m always way in.


Favorite Shoes or Bare Feet? 

I went through a tremendous New Balance phase, but I’ve shifted back
into the Nike realm. Bare feet… Not a good look for me. I’m modest.


Electric slide or The Sprinkler? 

Electric Slide creeps me out. It’s the wedding killer. I’m always down to do the sprinkler in private.


Road Dog or Jet Hog?? 

Boss Hog


NYC or LA Baby? 

I bleed Yankee. When Sushi and Tacos enter the discussion… I’m Randy Newman.



You’re the co-writer, Freshmaka of all things HIP Mr. Hollander. Were you born to be HIP?

Isn’t HIP a health insurance plan? I’d like to believe I was covered at birth.



Where does the Hollander find his inspiration? 

Every morning is Groundhog Day. I wake up and stare at a pimply 16 year old dork in the mirror. That being said, I’ve cut back on the Clearasil.



Gold Records…Rolling Stone Producer HOT LIST Producer of the year .. Hits Hits Hits. Did you ever imagine you would be writing the songs that make the young girls cry?

I certainly imagined it, but those dreams were usually rudely interrupted by someone jumping out of the bushes with a camera screaming “You’ve been Punk’d” 



From the early days, remixing hits for DMX, Method Man & Master P to writing & producing for bands such as Boys Like Girls & Gym Class Heroes, has the journey been what you expected? And is POP the place you call home?

Home is where the heart is. Pop (which for me includes anything with a guitar) is definitely the artery. As far as my journey, it has been everything I hoped and more. I got lost many times along the way.
I’m very lucky that I made it out.


Katy Perry “If you can Afford me” Is one of my favorite KP songs. And, Well you’re definitely the “Creme’ de la Crop” How do you choose your projects & what musically motivates you into action?
& Lastly, what’s on the 2010 plate for The Hollander?

“Creme’ de la Crop” … That was Katy. She wins. I always dug that. Honestly as a unit, we take gigs on instinct and instinct alone. We make a concerted effort to avoid chasing what all the other kids are going after in the sandbox. 
The bulk of our hits have come from our own Bad News Bears-like crew, so it helps us follow our inner A&R sense. 
2010… More sand… More sangria… When I wake up, hoping to see Plastic Parachute on Regis and Kelly as the morning coffee battles the previous night’s toxins.  God Bless You Birdee Bow.

And Thank YOU SAM Hollander I’ll peep you through a hungover tv screen soon  :)
 

Ron Saint Germain at home with a few of his Gold & Platinum Creations…

 
1. Breakdance or The Tango?

Breakdance through life! Think it’s the most original, creative & exciting form of dance in the last Century! Tango (as in, “it takes two to..”) in THOSE moments.

2. Plaid or Argyle?

Neither, but if I MUST choose between them, Plaid.

3. favorite pair of shoes or bare feet?

Stilts or Bare feet in warm sand!


4. Best makeout song ever written?

“Sacred Love”, Bad Brains.


5. Jukebox or the Dj?

Jukebox definitely… (I like to be in CONTROL of what I am listening to, especially when I am paying. Or I like to have the option of NOT hearing anything, too)!


34 Years in the Record making business & you’ve only just begun. Tell us about your new studio & what mayhem you’ve been up to lately?

It’s 39+ years now. Studio is in my daylight basement. Although I have tracked entire albums there, I built it mainly as a mix room. I have the best “plug in” I’ve EVER heard installed, the Neve/Amek 9098i. Also have racks of other great analog & tube “plug ins” as well in addition to 2”- 24 track & 1” 2- track Tape for those who care; Pro Fools for those who must either for a lack of budget, a preference to ‘see’ music rather than ‘listen’ to music, or for those in the business who have abandoned good audio simply because the masses can’t tell the difference. TONS of daylight and an amazing creative energy coupled with a VERY spacious control room (1,000 sq. feet) make work a joy. I feel I am doing my best mixes EVER in this studio. Really nice to have that familiarity back of a room that you know so well and trust!

Been doing a lot of over dubbing & mixing here on a broad cross section of music styles from Nels Cline (Initiate 1 & 2) in the experimental/jazz/rock corner, hard rock (Living Color, ‘Chair in the Doorway’), modern rock/reggae (Streetkind, ‘Medicine Man’), Pop (Skylar May, ‘Married on the Moon’). 


18 Grammy Nominations with 12 winners. Do you instantly know when it’s Grammy Good? Or is it sometimes a genuine surprise?

Those 18 nominations & wins are for the Artist’s! I always get goose bumps on my arms when I’ve mixed a hit. That has become my ‘geiger counter’ over the years… a totally involuntary reaction and very dependable. Although the goose bumps have always INDICATED a ‘hit’…, all of the songs which I have gotten the goose bumps on do NOT BECOME hits. Having a HIT song is but ONE essential INGREDIENT in the hit maker machine (this is a entire separate interview!). The ‘dozen ‘wins’ (for the Artists) is always a surprise only because of the TOTAL randomness of the entire ‘Grammy’ process. MOST surprising to me was through all of those 18 nominations with 12 wins, I did not hear a single… ‘thank you’! 

You are known for taking up & coming artists & moving them into the rock’n roll history books. How do you choose the music you want to work with & what inspires you into creation mode?

I started as a drummer in the 6th grade, then picked up the guitar & vocals; in & out of bands through my early 20’s so the musician in me hears the music first. I listen for the ‘signature’ first in the vocals, then in the musical identity. I LOVE all music & do not limit myself to one genre as many in this business do. To me that would be like eating ONLY your favorite food because it WAS your favorite… I genuinely like variety and am inspired by inspired musicians. 

The fact that I am drawn to younger Artists is probably because I love their youthful energy, their malleability, their lack of premeditation, their innocence, their HUNGER in addition to the fact that their FIRST album has taken the sum of their life up to the point of our production to write! They are not under the ‘pressure’ of a major ‘Hit’ coming off of a successful world tour and all the other garbage that comes with fame and ego to distract and burden their creative juices. Actually, I have found that if it is not a ‘first’ album, I much prefer to produce a band’s ‘third’ album because it skips their ‘sophomore’ effort. There are, of course, exceptions to every rule, but TYPICALLY it takes about three albums for a band to become ‘unknown’ on a national level (with a significant amount of touring, press, promotion, etc.). I also thrive on the creative exchange because I KNOW that the sum of the parts is GREATER than the whole.


The list of musicians you have worked with is IMMENSE. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 311, Muse & U2 just to name a few. Did you see yourself in that Grammy Award Winning chair early on? Or has it surpassed even your wildest dreams? 

Firstly, the Grammys meant absolutely nothing to me growing up and were NEVER (then OR now) a motivating factor for my decision to get into music. I KNEW at a very early age that my life would be in music. Like a lot of people in MANY fields, I sort of stumbled in to engineering, producing & mixing along my life’s path. I was SO inspired by the music I grew up with in the late 50’s, 60’ and 70’s and all I knew was that SOMEONE had to make music and it may as well be me! EVENTUALLY I was able to pay my rent and it snowballed from there. My dreams were to make music on a world class LEVEL like those musicians I grew up with. To that end, my dreams HAVE come true and I am grateful to the unbelievable artists I have been blessed to work with and hope that they, too are happy with the results of our collaborations. By the way, there are still MANY more Artists that have NOT worked with that I would LOVE to work with. 



A pilot & flight enthusiast!! When did your love affair with the Blue Skies begin? And what is your latest flight adventure?

My Dad was career Air Force (B17’s in WWII, night flight physiological research in fighter jets for the Korean War, etc.). I grew up around flight my entire life, staring up into ‘Blue Skies’ as a kid in recess watching paratroopers jumping out of C-47’s over my school yard. I went to every air show the Air Force and most of the other branches of our Military would put on and got to crawl into the cockpits and through the belly of everything that they had flown and were flying at the time! It was COMPLETELY natural for me to become a skydiver and pilot, which I promptly did as soon I was able to afford to do so!

My most recent flight was last week when a bass player friend of mine picked me up in his Cessna & we flew up to Kingston/Ulster airport to go visit the Clubhouse Studio right over the Kingston bridge.


And lastly, What is in store for The Saint in 2010?

I just finished mixing a 26 song debut album for a German label for a very unique band known as ‘X-PATSY’S’ made up of some very talented and accomplished Artist’s: Vocalist Barbara Sukowa (an amazing award winning actress who played Lola in the ORIGINAL film of the same name by Werner Fassbinder!), her husband/guitarist Robert Longo (an accomplished NYC painter/artist who recently had his own showing here in the NY MOMA) and the well known sculptor/video Artist Jon Kessler, also on guitar.
I have a couple more album mixes already booked and am in negotiations to produce/engineer & mix two new young bands. One of which you MAY have heard of… PLASTIC PARACHUTE? (Although I think it is a very cool name for a band, I definitely would NOT make a jump out of a perfectly good airplane with one!)!




Best & Blue Skies! Saint

Thank YOU Saint!!!  & Yess BLUE SKIES ahead Indeed