{"id":683,"date":"2020-08-03T10:05:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T14:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/?p=683"},"modified":"2021-12-13T10:09:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:09:37","slug":"peter-adds-horns-onto-frank-eneas-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/peter-adds-horns-onto-frank-eneas-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Adds Horns onto Frank Enea\u2019s New Album!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As you probably noticed an uncharacteristically lack of activity on the 2020 \u201cPerformance Schedule\u201d page of my website, the recent Covid-19 pandemic has seriously impacted (clamped!) my LIVE music gigs (as it has too for EVERY other musician). Fortunately though, throughout this whole \u2018shelter in place\u2019 time-period, I have been able to stay musically busy in other ways\u2014with several recording session projects, which has sparked me to remain musically active, interested, & motivated\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Enea<\/strong> is a very talented music producer, as well as a singer \/ songwriter & guitarist in his own right. He is a member of at least 2 current working bands: \u201cFrank Enea & the Crooked Hearts<\/strong>\u201d as well as \u201cB.E.R.<\/strong>\u201d, which is more of a \u2018made-for-TV\u2019 band\u2014most notably for his hit song \u201cThe Night Begins to Shine<\/strong>\u201d which has been featured repeatedly on the Cartoon Network<\/strong> show, \u201cTeen Titan\u2019s Go!<\/strong>\u201d I was first introduced to Frank, indirectly through session work that I was doing forDave Casale\u2013who is one of Frank\u2019s own studio-clients. I added horns onto 3 of Dave\u2019s songs, which were featured on \u201cBurning the Masterpiece<\/strong>\u201d\u2014the 2nd album of Dave Casale<\/strong> that Frank has produced\u2014and which was released in late Spring 2020.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Writes & Records Horns onto Frank Enea\u2019s New Album!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Then about 2 months ago, Frank approached me directly about possibly having me record horns onto one of his own songs as well, that he was  getting set to release. It was called \u201cFalling Free<\/strong>\u201d, and when he first pitched it to me, he was kinda looking for a Beatles<\/strong> \u201cPenny Lane<\/strong>\u201d\u2014maybe even a Rolling Stones\u201460\u2019s retro-\u2018English Invasion<\/strong>\u2019 sound vibe. But as I started doing my prep work for it, I quickly started hearing something maybe even a bit \u2018bigger\u2019 on it\u2014like an older James Bond<\/strong> soundtrack kind of theme\u2014it was TOTALLY screamin\u2019 for me to go \u2018vertical\u2019 on it\u2026so that\u2019s what I did. Thankfully, he dug it too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I REALLY like this song. It\u2019s not necessarily complicated musically, but is still complex enough in many other ways\u2026and I sooo LOVE quality-crafted music! Thankfully it also had plenty of SPACE\u2014something I vitally need in order to be able to work effectively in; sooo much of today\u2019s music lacks this. The lyrics are also quite interesting and very profound. \u201cTattoo\u2019d girl in the Voodoo Lounge\u2026<\/em>\u201d, what a great f#%in\u2019 line!! Frank also has a very unique voice\u2014sometimes it maybe reminds me of the guy from the band \u2018Green Day\u2019 (Billie Joe Armstrong?), and yet there is still also a very appropriate smoky British vibe to it too (maybe it\u2019s partially the song too?).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, Frank liked what I added onto it, so he threw me another song of his\u2014entitled \u201cHigh Tide<\/strong>\u201d. To me it had a very \u2018David Bowie<\/strong>\u2019 kinda vibe. He was only looking for a very small 1-line part over the 8 bar instrumental sections in it, but said that he had already tried a guitar solo and even some electric piano\u2013and that so far nothing had seemed to work. So he was thinking to try a trumpet solo\u2014in a more Jazz style of sound, and maybe with a mute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I was playing around with it, I came to the agreement that the \u2018harmon mute\u2019 sound (which is a very \u2018Miles Davis<\/strong>\u2019 signature kind of sound) really fit well with what Frank\u2019s guitar line was already doing in there\u2014floats right over it without ever impeding it! I also found that a brief statement\u2014maybe similar to Gershwin\u2019s tune \u201cSummertime<\/strong>\u201d also served nicely as my opening phrase\u2013and that it might even be slightly appropriate, given the \u2018oceanic\u2019 or \u2018beach\u2019 (ya know, things associated with Summertime?) reference in his song title! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 11th 2020, Frank released both of these songs on a 6 song EP called \u2018Melting Pop<\/strong>\u2019\u2014with his band \u2018the Crooked Hearts\u2019 . \u2018High Tide<\/strong>\u2019 is the first single being released, and \u2018Melting Pop<\/strong>\u2019 is available everywhere (Amazon, i-Tunes, Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, etc). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For samples of what I did on these 2 songs for Frank, please see the  \u201cMusic<\/strong>\u201d\u2013><\/strong>\u201dSound Clips<\/strong>\u201d header of my website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to Frank Enea<\/strong> (& The Crooked Hearts<\/strong>) on yet another fine album release to his credit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you probably noticed an uncharacteristically lack of activity on the 2020 \u201cPerformance Schedule\u201d page of my website, the recent Covid-19 pandemic has seriously impacted (clamped!) my LIVE music gigs (as it has too for EVERY other musician). Fortunately though, throughout this whole \u2018shelter in place\u2019 time-period, I have been able to stay musically busy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjblume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}