All The Way This. All The Way That

(2019)

“We’re moving the funk forward into the future.”

“This is a great portfolio of where I’m at as an artist, bass player, and songwriter. One side of the album was recorded at Color Red Studios in Denver, Colorado and it has a retro sound, with the production qualities of the funk of the Sixties and Seventies – the sounds of Motown, Westbound Records, Funkadelic – which have been a huge influence on me.

“We recorded it totally live in the studio, overdubbing some vocals, onto a real tape machine so we could oversaturate the drums. I got some great bass tones on that. If someone made a mistake we’d just start over. It really has a different kind of energy to it.

“The other side of the album is more futuristic-sounding, produced by me and Itaal Shur, who co-wrote ‘Smooth’ with Santana and won all kinds of Grammys. We grew up playing together in Cincinnati, and we’re moving the funk forward into the future. Almost all my bass tracks, even if I have an initial bed or loop, I go back and re-track in one long take because the energy is different. Even if it’s a repetitive bass-line, it has a human feel. We traded files back and forth between Cincinnati and New York City, some people here in the studio with me, recording and mixing in both spots.”