Vickie Raye tears up 3rd & Lindsley
Posted by editor on Mar 9, 2010
Nashville recording artist and rising songwriter Vickie Raye blew the roof off of 3rd & Lindsley last night with her first ever full band showcase of her original works. Starting off the evening with her taboo laden thematical power ballad Like I Do, co-written with the ultra talented Billy Ryan, she captivated the room from the moment she opened her mouth. With the audience leaning on her every word, she wowed the crowd with a soaring chorus only few can deliver. The room, remaining silent during her entire performance, uproared with applause as she entered her next performance piece.
Leading into Cut Me Deep co-written with producer David Norris, she once again commanded the stage singing a heartfelt song of broken love, vulnerability, and just needing answers to move on. Once again she took no prisoners with her passionate and geniune vocal performance. As the first release on her east & west coast radio tour, she gave this song all she had as she shared her deepest and most intimate convictions.
“I just sat there thinking wow….how blessed am I to be able to work with such talent. This girl is a producer’s dream. Artists like Vickie Raye are rare to come by if ever.” explains David Norris
With a slight mischievous grin, everybody knew that she was up to something sassy as the band kicked into the 3rd song. Singing an upbeat & fun but raunchy gospel/blues tune titled Preachin’ To The Choir written with Kerrville Songwriter of the year CJ Watson, Vickie showed her fans another side to her performance and songwriting artistry. Her slippery melodies and swaggering stage personna left nothing to wonder as to why she was up there under the lights.
Ending the evening, Vickie Raye brought down the house with an amazing performance of her song co-written with the lovely & talented Debbie Pascarella Leaning On The Grace Of God. This song depicts the inner struggles we all face in life knowing what’s right but not always choosing that path. Once again for the record , she delivered the goods. Vickie Raye raised the bar at 3rd & Lindsley last night, not only as a performer, but as a songwriter’s songwriter.
Vickie Raye is the real deal. Singing her songs of real emotions, whether her mood is fun loving & easy or meloncholy & a hard pill to swallow, she’s is going to sing to you about what’s on her mind at the time she writes it. Watch for this girl, she is a God send to the Alt/Country movement….RU READY???
~ the Editor
Stacey Blood – Suicide King video
Posted by David Norris on Mar 7, 2010
OK folks, Stacey Blood & I burned the midnight oil last night and captured some really cool video footage for a new tune that we wrote called Suicide King. I got to admit, I’m a little burnt to write a full blog about it, but let’s just say that we got very inspired and couldn’t put it down until we completed it. Creativity is graveyard’s mistress….hope ya diggit ! ! !
peace & love,
David
Stacey Blood – Buildin’ the Tracks video
Posted by David Norris on Mar 6, 2010
As many of you already know, Stacey Blood and I have been woodshedding vigilantly in my home recording studio preparing for the making of his upcoming album and the major studio sessions that will shortly follow. We’ve been asked by many to give them previews of the material we are working on and considering for the CD, so we took the liberty of creating a video to share with you all. This will give you a glimpse of what to expect in it’s rawest form, and also give you a sense of being in the room. A “digital fly on the wall” if you will. This video represents building the rythmn tracks on a new song called “Never Gonna Change” and a couple minor snippits from “Penniless & Poor”.
I hope you all have as much of a blast checking out this video as we had making it.
peace & love,
David
MuzikMafia’s Damien Horne @ Norrisong Productions
Posted by David Norris on Mar 6, 2010
I gotta say that sometimes breaking free from producing album projects or recording your own tunes and instead working with local songwriters here in Nashville can be an amazing way to hear great new music and to meet new talent that shares the same love for the craft as you do. Working on a demo today for Kerrville songwriter of the year CJ Watson along with Al DeTrolio & Jeremy Scroggie on their new reggae tune God Is Green, I had the privelege of recording the wonderfully gifted MuzicMafia artist Damien Horne. What a great match up for a song & vocalist. I am actually completely in love with this tune & have been from the moment I heard it. It had all of the right elements for an extremely crafty well thought out gem and Damien delivered the goods. It’s one thing for a vocalist to feel the song, but to get everybody else feeling it is a true art.
I’ve always loved working with CJ and his co-writers and can’t wait to hear the new ones he has up his sleeve, as he always seems to come up with something that sets a new bar in the Nashville songwriting community. It’s a real honor to be hangin out in the midst of true musical craftsmen like Damien Horne & CJ Watson and soakin up a piece of Music City that a lot of people can only dream of. It’s truly fascinating watching tomorrow’s legends unfold right before your eyes. Yes friends, I absolutely love this town and really couldn’t see living anywhere else. I am humbled daily, inspired greatly, and blessed unconditionally for being able to take a part in so many lives and musical careers.
Here’s a sample of GOD IS GREEN written by CJ Watson, Al Detrolio, & Jeremy Scroggie
Performed by Damien Horne
peace & love,
David
High Fivin’ the muse – Penniless & Poor
Posted by David Norris on Mar 5, 2010
Stacey Blood and I pulled some magic out of the hat last night when we recorded an old song we wrote for the second time. Our first recording of it was cool and all, but we really took a whole different vibey approach on the groove by redefining it and making some interesting melodic changes. Penniless & Poor is seeming like it could be a single or definately in a contending slot on the album.
With an old 60′s style approach to the feel and a new fangled artistic attitude in production, this song seems to have a set of wings all it’s own. “The liberties of pre-producing an album is an amazing thing when you are trying to define a sound. Experimentation is priceless and we have really taken advantage of it with these sessions.” says Stacey.
And yeah, I couldn’t agree more. Melodic freedom is awesome when you’re in the midst of being creative and high fiving your muse. It’s like “hey Stacey, lets try a fretless bass right here on the bridge and make it sound all liquidified with a phase shifter. Oh yeah….that’s spacey ! ! !”
Sometimes these kind of ideas are hard to capture when you’re on the clock and in crunch mode at a high dollar studio, so it’s really cool when you get the chance to lay down the initial arrangements and feel of a production by setting the tone before actually going in.
peace & love,
David
Pre-production Update: Never Gonna Change
Posted by David Norris on Mar 3, 2010
Working hard and late on a new song called Never Gonna Change. Stacey wrote this song about two weeks ago and is obviously one of the newer songs he and I are fleshing out here in the studio.
“This song has moved along pretty easily and we’ve spent the majority of the time experimenting with B3 and Wurlitzer tracks and it’s from Mars, man! That’s what I get for leaving Dave unattended for ten minutes.” says Stacey ”Hopefully soon I’ll have some audio snippets up here at the website. I am starting to run out of patience, however, because I have not yet been to my favorite Nashville eating spot yet for my chilis pablanos. This is simply going to have to change quickly. And just heard a great blues cat named Ira Walker! That dude is for real!”
Off now to the cave to cut guitar tracks and vocals for the “Never Gonna Change” demo. Talk soon.
Nick Nicholson to release “Stronger Than Whiskey” as radio single
Posted by admin on Mar 2, 2010
Current Norrisong Productions artist Nick Nicholson is set to release Stronger Than Whiskey as the first single from his upcoming album this month. After cutting four stellar tracks that will be featured on his new CD, this particular song set the bar for where Nick desires to be headed as a rising artist.
“the moment I heard this song, I knew I had to cut it. I was hoping that it was still available because damn, this is a “big boy song” explains Nick.
Stronger Than Whiskey written by producer David Norris & Cj Watson will be released in late March or early April to radio stations near you. Please call and request it often as it really is up to YOU the FANS ! ! !
visit Nick Nicholson online
http://nicknicholsonmusic.com/
Preparing for Stacey Blood pre-production
Posted by admin on Feb 28, 2010
Stacey Blood and David Norris are teaming up once again for what will probably be the final pre-production sessions of his much anticipated album release. With four songs already in the can, and several new ones to iron out, Stacey’s vision will finally come to a head this next week as the two join forces to select the tracks and finish working out all of the fine details before taking it to the major studio. Be prepared for an eclectic ride through the hourglass of Rock & Roll ! ! !
“as cool as it is, the only problem with taking our sweet time to make sure the album is exactly right is that we end up with three albums worth of material, and it’s so damn hard to pick and choose when all the songs are written with this theme in mind…I feel like I’m putting some of my children on time out for no reason…haha” explains Stacey.
Stacey and David will be woodshedding for over a week this time around to solidify the remaining tracks on the album. Production will start in mid April and will be released to the public in late spring or the beginning of summer. This untitled album will be Stacey Blood’s second commercial release following his album Reversed Space which can be purchased at:
Stacey Blood - Reversed Space
Stacey Blood at CD Baby
Stacey Blood – Reversed Space
Stacey Blood at iTunes
David Norris, Craig Boyd, & Eddie Heinzelman take the silver
Posted by admin on Feb 27, 2010
David Norris and teammates Craig Boyd & Eddie Heinzelman won 2nd place in the Andy Griggs Songwriting Competition this Saturday for their southern rocker “Crawl”.
This contest designed by tunesmith.net was held at Hollywood Disco in downtown Nashville. Each team was given an assignment to write the next radio single for Andy’s upcoming album, and were given two days to complete a song and perform it for a panel of judges on the third day of the event. Judges included Andy Griggs, Jimmy Van Zant, Sharron Dennis (Dennis Entertainment) as well as other entertainment industry professionals.
Being in 2nd place will put our song “Crawl” as consideration for the album as well as open doors for other avenues in pitching the many songs we all write.
I’d like to personally thank Nan Cassidy for putting this competition together and giving everybody a chance to live their dreams at being the next successful songwriter in Music City.
for more information please visit these sites:
Andy Griggs official homepage
http://www.andygriggs.com
Tunesmith Pro
http://tunesmithpro.ning.com
Stacey Blood Meets With Music Row Insider
Posted by admin on Feb 26, 2010
Norrisong Productions artist Stacey Blood captured a feature interview for his upcoming album with Music Row Insider. Dear friend and studio bassist Jim Hyatt asks him many questions about the creative process and roots of this much anticipated release.
David Norris to compete in the Andy Griggs Song Challenge
Posted by admin on Feb 25, 2010
David Norris is teaming up with local heavyweight songwriters Craig Boyd & Eddie Heinzleman to compete in the Tunesmith 2010 Andy Griggs Song Challenge Event. This contest will take place Thursday 25th thru Saturday 27th where each team will have two days to write a hit song and perform on Saturday in front of a panel of judges. The winning song will be chosen to be the newest radio single for his upcoming album.
Wish me luck as there will be some incredibly stiff competion.
if you’d like to come and support me, the event will be held on Saturday at 3:00 at:
Hollywood Disco
1907 Division Street
Nashville, TN 37203
For more details on this and other futured events sponsored by Tunesmith Ventures and Tunesmith.net visit their site at:
or visit Andy Griggs at:
Revival Underground is preparing for CRS
Posted by admin on Feb 24, 2010
Norrisong Productions in accordance with PCL Music International is proud to announce it’s feature artists at the CRS convention between 7:00 pm & 12:00 am at the Renaissance Hotel in beautiful downtown Nashville, TN this Thursday, February 25th. Here is an exclusive preview of their upcoming singles:
Nick Nicholson – Grampa’s Still
Vickie Raye – Cut Me Deep
Melanie May – Green
Please call your radio stations and request these songs…it is up to YOU the FANS ! ! !
also performing will be…
the one & only Bill Dean, Rachel Holder, Jordan Carter, Clay Underwood, & Tammie Davis
Norrisong Productions On The Web
Posted by admin on Feb 21, 2010
Norrisong Productions launches Norrisong.com! Here you will find all information about Nashville producer David Norris, and current Norrisong Productions projects.
Revival Undergound
