drewschultz88
08-01-2012, 05:15 PM
Hey everybody!
Sorry I've been out of touch, it's been a very crazy few months for me. I've taken the plunge to go back to school to finish my college degree [[only one year left!!), and will be taking leave from the road with the Tops and Temps. They've given me some of the most unbelievable opportunities, and the past five years that I've been working in various capacities with the Tops have been the best of my life thus far. It's going to be a huge change, but I'm hoping to hit the ground running.
I'd love to tell you guys about the record I've been working on all this time - it's a throwback soul album featuring a ton of the great musicians I've been working with, and will benefit the music programs of the Detroit Public Schools. Here are some videos on the record talking about the music, guests, and mission, plus a great little snippet of the Tops doing their thing:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67985DD4020D9905
The guest artist roster:
The Four Tops
Members of The Funk Brothers
Dennis Coffey
Ken Knox of Chairmen of the Board
Lenny Pickett of Saturday Night Live / Tower of Power
Melvin Davis
Spyder Turner
Rob Carter of Nature's Divine
Pat Lewis
James Jamerson, Jr.
Turhan [[Earl Van Dyke Jr.)
Joey Kingfish
McKinley Jackson
Chris Ams
Elise McCoy
Anna "Cartia" Carter
Kyle Allen
The Drew Schultz Funk Machine:
Jent LaPalm
Emilio Tostado
Dan Sieling
and more...
The record also has some of the amazing local cats in Detroit, especially Steve Adams, who co-produced the record and played tons of percussion. Steve is a student of Ed Wolfrum, and real passionate producer who insists on as little computer manipulating as possible, with limited compression so the songs have some real dynamic range. It was an honor to have it mastered by Kevin Reeves, who works on tons of the Hip-O select projects!
I'm a sucker for the real deal to hold and read, so the full record will be out as soon as the packaging and pressing of the physical product is ready to go and be shipped.
The first single will be "Crying in a Whisper," featuring The Four Tops and James Jamerson Jr, with horns arranged by McKinley Jackson. It should be up on itunes, amazon mp3, spotify, nokia, etc. Next Friday, August 10th.
Sorry for the absence, and sorry for the shameless plugging, but I hope you all enjoy the music!
-Drew
Sorry I've been out of touch, it's been a very crazy few months for me. I've taken the plunge to go back to school to finish my college degree [[only one year left!!), and will be taking leave from the road with the Tops and Temps. They've given me some of the most unbelievable opportunities, and the past five years that I've been working in various capacities with the Tops have been the best of my life thus far. It's going to be a huge change, but I'm hoping to hit the ground running.
I'd love to tell you guys about the record I've been working on all this time - it's a throwback soul album featuring a ton of the great musicians I've been working with, and will benefit the music programs of the Detroit Public Schools. Here are some videos on the record talking about the music, guests, and mission, plus a great little snippet of the Tops doing their thing:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67985DD4020D9905
The guest artist roster:
The Four Tops
Members of The Funk Brothers
Dennis Coffey
Ken Knox of Chairmen of the Board
Lenny Pickett of Saturday Night Live / Tower of Power
Melvin Davis
Spyder Turner
Rob Carter of Nature's Divine
Pat Lewis
James Jamerson, Jr.
Turhan [[Earl Van Dyke Jr.)
Joey Kingfish
McKinley Jackson
Chris Ams
Elise McCoy
Anna "Cartia" Carter
Kyle Allen
The Drew Schultz Funk Machine:
Jent LaPalm
Emilio Tostado
Dan Sieling
and more...
The record also has some of the amazing local cats in Detroit, especially Steve Adams, who co-produced the record and played tons of percussion. Steve is a student of Ed Wolfrum, and real passionate producer who insists on as little computer manipulating as possible, with limited compression so the songs have some real dynamic range. It was an honor to have it mastered by Kevin Reeves, who works on tons of the Hip-O select projects!
I'm a sucker for the real deal to hold and read, so the full record will be out as soon as the packaging and pressing of the physical product is ready to go and be shipped.
The first single will be "Crying in a Whisper," featuring The Four Tops and James Jamerson Jr, with horns arranged by McKinley Jackson. It should be up on itunes, amazon mp3, spotify, nokia, etc. Next Friday, August 10th.
Sorry for the absence, and sorry for the shameless plugging, but I hope you all enjoy the music!
-Drew