I am so very proud to be presenting to you the next chapter in the Andy Moore discography: "5 in common". A collection of five distinct songs from my previous and not-so-previous past, "5 in common" is the result of many-a-Sunday-night recording sessions with my sound engineering friend, Brian Sears. This EP features songs that each hold a bit of surprise, but yet maintain their true authenticity as songs by the Andy hand.
That this CD has even made it to press is nothing short of a small miracle—for me, anyhow. With projects past, I had always had certain fabulous peeps at my disposal to lean on when it came to the actual process of getting the CD recorded and out the door. This time was different. This time, there was no one urging on the formulation of the project. This time, there was no one ushering me through the production maze. There was my little musical hand…without anyone holding it. And thus I was thrust—virtually over a matter of minute-like months—into artist adulthood. And the people all say “‘bout effin’ time, Andy.”
So here I am now, having run the gauntlet of music’s digital creation, and I’ve emerged a bonified home-recording artist of the 21st Century—a cheap but steadily-growing quality of so much of the independent music of our time. These songs may not be the most recent tunes I’ve written, but these five songs share a chemistry that reaches far beyond the namesake 4/4 time signature. "5 in common" brings five markedly different songs together by, well…uh…putting them together on a CD. No one really knows why they work together. But they do. They click. And that’s all that really matters when making a CD, I feel. The songs just have to work together…and these do. For sure, you’ll be surprised by some of the things you hear… but I truly believe that in the end, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
As the days go by, I’ll be sharing more and more about the disc and its making: who the instrumentalists are, what the songs are about, why these songs were chosen, etc. So, if you wanna know more about how my songwriter self operates, you’ll have to join me in the digital world.
In the meantime, "5 in common" drops this coming Tuesday, July 6. CDs will be available at CDBaby.com and at Plan 9 Music in Richmond, as well as on iTunes and other digital music downloading sites within the month. And of course, CDs are always available at shows... the first of which is the Official CD Release Show here in Richmond at the Gay Community Center of Richmond (at Diversity Thrift) on July 24. (See tour page for more details.)
I look forward to our fireside chats….
(And for the record: A huge thank you to Brain for putting up with me for so long. And an equally big thank you to Mel for putting up with us for so long.)
