Written by Houston Haynes on October 16th, 2009
More than a year ago I created some string arrangements for a few tracks on Tim Hockenberry’s album, “Back in Your Arms”. It was a recent call from About Records that reminded me of the project (and Larkin Gayle’s album, “Two Hands”). Honestly, I hadn’t thought about the project too often, since so many things have happened in the interim. It was a nice surprise to be refreshed on how rewarding it was to be a part of this project. Tim’s voice is often compared to Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Louis Armstrong and Tom Waits – but he also reminds me a bit of Peter Gabriel, with more range and control. Every song is incredibly strong and there are some truly great moments throughout the album.
- Tim Hockenberry
“Back in Your Arms”
[click to go to Tim's site]
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Written by Houston Haynes on September 8th, 2009
Here’s a link to an article I wrote for SCOREcast Online -
It’s part of SC’s monthly theme of Budgeting and Scheduling. As usual, it ended up being much longer than I had anticipated. I burned an extra half-day beyond what I had planned, so now I’m burning into time I had slated for another project. So now I’m setting up my schedule for next month’s article and plan to start a day earlier or chip away at it the weekend before.
In case you’re wondering – no, the irony is not lost on me…
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Tags: composition, Legend of Neil, scheduling, songwriting
Written by Houston Haynes on August 9th, 2009
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Written by Houston Haynes on August 1st, 2009
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Written by Houston Haynes on July 30th, 2009
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