About This Project

Except for "Story Of Our Lives", this is a collection of songs I've been holding onto for a while, just waiting for the right reason to release them.

The Reason has Come!  Proceeds from sales of this EP go directly to fund a mission trip to Haiti with a team from Gateway Church in partnership with Mission of Hope Haiti.  My wife is part of the mission team.

So why is it LIMITED?

• No plans to release this edition through digital stores like iTunes/Amazon.
  
• Limited number of copies are being printed. When they're gone, they're gone!
  
• The Haiti mission is in June 2014 so this project has a limited time to make an impact.
  

In the Summer of 2013 "Story Of Our Lives" was released as a single.  Since then, it's won awards in local and international song contests.  That same summer we tracked drums for several more songs, and two of those are on this release: "Amy Smiles" and "Austin Traffic Song".  By Fall they were finished, but without a place to call home.

Then something unexpected happened that October.  I woke from a deep sleep at 4 a.m. with a tune in my head, and by 5 a.m., the entire "Holy Smokers - Bring It!" song was on paper!  It's rare that I write songs so fast and this one took on a life of it's own. 

After meeting with the Holy Smokers and getting their blessing to record it, two visions formed for how the song might sound.  One, a high-energy rock anthem,  the other, a laid back acoustic-based country/jazz influenced sing-along.  Each version turned out quite different from the other, but "The Men" are featured in both and it was a blast working with everyone to produce it.  Incidentally, to keep production costs low, I played all the instruments on "Holy Smokers - Bring It!" except for a guest appearance on lead guitar from my father Johnny Herring.  His playing was exactly what the laid-back version needed!

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