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April 26, 2009 - Another update from Jim
Says
Jim:
A few weeks ago I started playing with the
Goo Goo Dolls - just doing some corporate shows right now (while they
are making a new record).
No immediate tour plans. I am working on a few production projects as
well as my record. It is great to be working from the home studio.
Since I won't be touring this summer, I will be concentrating on
writing/recording and relaxing.
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April 17, 2009 - An update from Jim
Jim
checked in today and said (among other things):
Things
are good. I am busy working on my record and doing a lot of other
recording as well - working on a bunch of new songs for some TV
stuff. My plans for this summer are to finish my record and to record
10-20 new songs for use in TV placements.
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March 23, 2009 - A cool
little mention of Jim in the March issue of the Keyboard
magazine
Jim's
bandmate from The Best Damn Band, Steve Ferlazzo is featured in the
March issue of the Keyboard magazine, so we were checking that out. By the way, cool article.
Anyway, browsing that one and the past few issues, we stumbled on this
cool reference of Jim and his New
Radicals days. It's a review of the key tracks of the New
Radicals only album,
Maybe You've Been
Brainwashed Too .
The entire article is here but this is the Jim excerpt:
"Though the capable Jim McGorman played all
the parts live, no less than six players laid down the beautiful piano
and keyboard parts that underpin the album’s 12 songs"
In other words, Jim baby played live what six keyboardists played on
the record. We take it as a compliment to Jim which, in our humble
opinion, speaks volumes about his keyboard playing skills. Plus
he sang backing vocals!
If you want to see some video clips of Jimmy with the
New Radicals, check out our Miscellaneous Clips page (bottom of page).
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February
24 , 2009 - A little review from Cher's Feb 22
concert in Las Vegas
We've
networked with a number of Cher fans who promised to take some photos
and record audio and video of Jim performing with Cher. Here is a
little review from OstremMN.cher:
"I noticed there was a new keyboard player. The
band is split, guitars and drums on one side and keyboards and backup
singers on the other side. The pedestals they are on slide on and off
during the show. During 'After All', the keyboard slides out and he
plays keyboard and sings. Cher comes out on the other side with lots of
fog and on a Viking ship that moves across the stage."
All we can say is that we really
hope to see that. Jim in front, playing and singing (not the ship).
But... we don't
hold much hope as the camera policy is very strict (metal detectors at
door and all that ) - so even if we get a blurry photo of Jim in the
background, wearing dark clothes against a black background with the
spotlight on Cher... we'll be very happy.
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February
14 , 2009 - We
just got an update from Jim!
Says
Jim:
Things
are going well for me. Crazy busy though. I just learned the Starmaker
show is not scheduled to air now until May - but who knows? As soon as
I hear anything definitive, I will let you know.
My record is going
well - all of the main basic tracks are done, but there are still a ton
of overdubs and edits (then mixing and mastering) to do.I am not sure
when I will be done with it - we don’t really have a set schedule or a
release date.
I have also been doing a
ton of other writing - and am going to be producing a lot of songs for
use in TV and other possible avenues.
Also, I will be playing
in Vegas with Cher for the next month. I am filling in for Paul
Mirkovich.
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January 4
, 2009 - Our New and
Exclusive Interview with Jim!
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