I finished work on Acremaker in 2005. It was my most “produced” effort to-date. Stacin Gregson plays drums on each song. Chip Harlan sings back-up on a lot of the tunes. Other than that, I play all of the instruments and do all of the singing. I should also mention that Stacin Gregson, Chip Harlan, as well as Stephen Baniak and I were all in a Brooklyn-based band at the time of this album, so a lot of the arrangements (both in terms of instrumentation as well as form) were inspired by our practice sessions.

ACREMAKER:

1.				Wonderin’
2.				Can’t Tell You
3.				Lonesome
4.				Poor Mother
5.				Need A Woman
6.				Over The Top
7.				Borderline
8.				Homebound
9.				Over You
10.				Broken Up
11.				I’ve Tried

The entire album was recorded directly to Pro Tools at 24-bit, 44.1 kHz. The drums and vocals were recorded at The New School (55 West 13th Street) in a recording studio that I basically designed and built myself. The rest of the instruments (guitars, bass, keys, etc) were recorded in my tiny studio apartment in Brooklyn. All the songs were mixed by my friend Brian Garten on his laptop and mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

A couple of tracks were intended for the album but were left off. They are in a semi-completed form. I offer them here as unfinished bonus tracks:

• Good with Goodbye
• Last Song