Yet Another Album Update

For all you wonderful Belltown people who need new music, you can purchase Greater Seattle at Bedlam. It's a total bargain. You see, I've been looking into this: your average album of today's young-person music generally contains anywhere from 8-12 tracks, which has taken a young-person music group somewhere in the neighborhood of two years to generate. On the other hand, Greater Seattle has 17 luscious tracks, took just a bit over two months to write, lasts over an hour and, if you buy it at Bedlam, will run you a mere ten bucks. Honestly, that makes it superior to all young-person music. It's quicker, stronger and better. And I don't mean to toot my own horn, but you will like it. If it were a politician, it might become governor or perhaps secretary of the interior. It is the SOTI who is in charge of all squirrels and that would not be a bad thing.

I do not drink coffee, but those who do whom I trust tell me that Bedlam makes a delicious cuppa. For those like me, I would go with the vanilla rooibos. It has never disappointed me. Both of these will go down better if you buy Greater Seattle. This album does not suck. I assure you.

More Kind Words

This comes from - of all place - Mercer Island. James Crossley of Island Books took a liking to Greater Seattle and decided to blurb it AND sell it. Here's what he has to say about it. I also did a mini-interview. I hope I sound smart. Book-reading people like that sort of thing. So if you're on Mercer Island and you really need a copy of Greater Seattle, there's a place you can get it.

Igor Gets Reviewed!

News flash! Somebody likes my album! And he lives in Portland. You know, my friend Jim and I have been trying our damnedest to generate interest in this silly town for this album, which is about this silly town and we're running into what I call the "Seattle Syndrome." Either people aren't interested or they're interested just to a point and no further. But no one will tell you anything. They simply won't return calls or emails. It's kind of frustrating. I mean, I'm sending copies to people who make a living from writing things about Seattle. This is a thing about Seattle. And as far as I know, nobody's done something like this before. So far, it's been a struggle. But things are looking up. There's this review from the East Portland Blog (where I saw that great Nabokov footage). He drops the g-bomb in the first sentence and although I'm flattered, I tell you that it is completely untrue. It's kind of ironic that the first person to review it comes from Portland, but Seattle, you had your chance. Like I said, things are looking up. I got interviewed by Pacific Publications last week. It should be appearing this coming week. They publish all these community newspapers in the area. Heck, they used to be right here in Belltown. But that spot is now occupied by the Moda.

OK, so pardon my frustration at the lack of attention. I'm sure these things will take time. We're trying very hard to get airplay. It's a pop album. Once again, getting people to listen to it is an immense challenge. Still, it's something that I'm very proud of and I'm not going to let myself be discouraged by the Seattle Syndrome. It's nothing personal; it's just the way many folks in this town operate.

And should you want your very own copy, go here.

Hey, I Made an Album!

The truth can be told! One of the reasons that my blogging and squirrel photography have been so remiss over the last three or four months is because I've been recording an album. It's a bunch of songs about Seattle; 17 in fact. I made this CD not because I adore this place, but kind of the opposite. It was a blast to record and it turned out about 98% of how I wanted it. And I assure you, it doesn't suck.

I know that I don't exactly advertise my musician status very often. Well, now I am. I'm a musician, I made an album and you can listen to various and sundry previews here. And if you feel so inclined, you can buy a copy. If you don't like Bellevue (and honestly, who likes Bellevue?), you'll enjoy this CD. Check it out. It's the best thing I've done since the squirrel calendar, which incidentally will return this November.