about me
I sing. I write songs. I play guitar. I'm a native New Yorker. I established myself as singer, songwriter and guitarist for Brooklyn's indie rockers, The Nerve over it's 10 year career.
With The Nerve I experienced lots of growth and learning -- musically, professionally, and personally. The Nerve! released two independent albums, an EP, and three videos over the course of it's first 7 years. Then in 2003 we were playing the CMJ Music Festival in NY when Robert Rankin Walker, president of pioneering indie label Heyday Records saw our set. A year later he signed us. Our third and final album was released by Heyday, also home to Marty Willson-Piper, The Church, The Surfaris, Tommy Tutone and David J. That album was produced by renowned guitar hero/genius/madman, Bumblefoot. I played guitar in Mr. Foot's touring band for his fall 2005 tour of Europe. The Nerve played it's final show on December 16th 2006 in Brooklyn, our home.
I am now exploring the uncharted territory of a new solo career. I'm totally immersing myself in the New York scene, singing and playing just an acoustic guitar and harmonica almost every night of the week at various bars, cafes and cabarets all over town and out of town. You can also catch me on any given day busking underground in the New York City subway system. In November 2007 I received an artist grant from the Broken Wing Foundation.
I'm currently hard at work recording my first solo album. My target release for that will hopefully be summer 2008. I've also just completed work on a film soundtrack, a first for me and quite a challenging and fullfilling endeavor.
I thank you for perusing my site and reading all this stuff. Hope to see you at a show soon.
Love,
Randy
January, 2008