Other Musical Happenings

The Kraft Sisters

I have been working with two exceptionally talented Florida-based sisters. They are in their early teens, but exhibit a talent beyond their years. Their lyric and melody writting ability is impressive for artists of any age. Look for their first release yet in 2009.

Siren

I was fortunate enough to have made a contribution to an independent film that is due to be released, well..., sometime... I don't really know.

From the Siren official website: "Dreams only die when we let them go. Storm Fagan (Michele Fiore-Kaime) seems like an ordinary middle-aged wife and mother, except her dream of being a rock star still weighs heavy on her soul. Twenty years earlier she was going to be the next big thing, but love and life took her on a different path. Returning to her dream, Storm follows her heart and finds the world of rock-n-roll an unforgiving and vain place. Storm sheds her inhibitions and 35 pounds, resolving to form her own band and put her ambition into overdrive.

It would seem the whole world, including her husband Jay (Gary Graham, Alien Nation, Star Trek, JAG) and one particular music agent, Sharon Cox (Erin Gray, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Silver Spoons) believe that Storm has simply lost her mind. On the journey of leaving her ordinary life behind, Storm risks everything including her marriage to pursue the impossible dream. Who says your dreams can't become your reality?"

My contributions (from the Siren website credits):

I WANT SOMEBODY Written by Arthur and Kathleen Perry, Guitar by Rene Erickson

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD Written by Kaytee, Drums by Rene Erickson

DON'T YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO LOVE Written by Darby Slick, Universal Publishing Group, Guitar by Rene Erickson

IN YOUR EYES Written by Kaytee and Ben Obi, Acoustic Guitar by Rene Erickson

And I contributed an original composition, though it's title, "Eight Days Gone," somehow got lost in translation:

ROCK INSTRUMENTAL Written by Rene Erickson
Drums and Guitar by Rene Erickson, Lead Guitar by Ben Obi
Produced by Rene Erickson and Ben Obi