Stuff Tagged ‘Simon Spire’

A trip to Sydney, Australia, last week… At last, a chance to see what all the Guitar Hero hype is about… What now?  Do I dump my axe in favor of a tambourine?

Hello hello, It’s been a real thrill to see “Hiding So Long” being covered by other singers/guitarists/musicians!  Thank you for giving new expression to the song.  To me art is dynamic, never static, and always evoking something new in the moment in which we find ourselves, so it’s cool to watch the song continue to [...]

There goes another historic day for the USA that I am witnessing from the Southern Hemisphere. For someone who seems to talk way too much about Ellis Island, I sure have a knack for missing those moments.  Not that I’m complaining about the balmy Auckland summer after arriving here a week ago from snowy New [...]

…the 5th of November. Or the 4th, really…BUT, the 5th is the first day that the US woke to the reality of Barack Obama as its next president. AND, I happen to be in New Zealand for one more week, so for me, the election took place on Wednesday the 5th (my NZ bias creeping [...]

With Round 1 of the New Zealand ALL or NOTHING phase complete, I’m back in New York and rocking out with the band. It was a great trip back home: as well as the obvious catching-up with family and friends, the album release in NZ was a wonderful way to kick off the official ALL [...]

It’s almost release day here in New Zealand! ALL or NOTHING goes into stores throughout New Zealand on August 18th on the Sony/BMG-distributed Rajon label – this is the first domino to fall in the snow-balling ALL or NOTHING tsunami (oh yeah, I think I just combined three metaphors.) I’m fond of lame puns, so [...]

I knew I was home when I received a call from the affable guy setting up a guitar of mine. It’s a Taylor acoustic, and needed some adjustments made. He said to me, “I see that there’s been no arrangement made for payment – let’s make it a box of beers.” I wasn’t sure that [...]

Below are several photos from the Bitter End show on Thursday night. Thank you to the wonderfully energetic and rocking audience that made for such a fun night! As yet, I have no news to report regarding my dedication of “You, You, You” to Neil Diamond (who, as I mentioned, frequently played the Bitter End [...]

I wrote a song last year entitled “Lost In You” (not yet recorded). Broken-heart-love-songs are not all that frequent for me – as much as I truly love them, I usually end up writing about something else. But this song was definitely one of those (and she knows who she is!). Well, the heartbreak I [...]

Greetings from New Zealand, where I’m preparing for the NZ launch of ALL or NOTHING (a few weeks yet – not until my next NZ visit – though it’s already available online: iTunes and CD Baby). Last weekend saw the shoot of the music video for Inside Out, which should be available next month (editing [...]