Hi Everybody &
Welcome to My Website!
On this site you can:
- Find out a little bit more about me and the music
- Check out the performance schedule for show dates in your area
- Listen to tunes and purchase CD’s
- Join my mailing list and stay apprised of all developments
- Click on a link to my “MySpace” page where you can become “my friend” (a dubious distinction, I will grant, but a decent way to stay in touch)
Enjoy the site.
Enjoy the day!
Enjoy your life!!!
Now Playing: “Illusion”
Just Released!
Brand New CD
“ColderSomewhereElse”
Performance Schedule:
CD RELEASE PARTY @ RED RABBIT
Friday, Sept 25, 8:30pm
Featuring:
Travis Smith, Jake Lawson and Greg Spencer
9700 Medlock Bridge Rd, John's Creek, GA 30097
(Sponsored by Three Olives Vodka)
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bio:
I know that bio’s are typically written 3rd person, in the vaguely futile attempt to legitimize what is effectively the artist discussing himself. But I don’t think we’re fooling anyone, so I’ll just tell you a little bit about me.
I’ve been playing music and writing songs since I was about six years old. Inspired at that time by the rough and tumble experience of a Midwestern childhood, I wrote deep, heart-felt, contemplative stuff like “I like Ice-Cream” and “Homework Bites”.
At the age of 22 I put music on hold and moved to New York City to pursue a career as an actor. Music didn’t stay on hold for long, though. In 1998 I met Chris Ranney, and soon thereafter I recorded my first EP, James Rudnick (catchy title, huh?). Chris produced the CD, and it was met with critical acclaim (or possibly it was just claimed to be critical). The songs reflect the city in which they were written and performed, and they are what is most often referred to when people say, “Jimmy Rudnick …yeah, I really like his early stuff.”
[James Rudnick is available to listen to and purchase on this site.]
I’d been playing solo for a while in New York when I met fellow musician, spiritual journeyman and condiment enthusiast Travis Smith. Together, Travis and I formed Climbing Blind, a rock band with soulful harmonies that led one reviewer to dub us “The Indigo Boys”. In 2001 Climbing Blind recorded our first LP, Breakfast. Chris was on hand to produce this one as well.
[Breakfast is available to listen to and purchase on this site.]
Once Breakfast was pressed, I did what any smart businessman would do to support the long-suffering efforts of his New York based band …I moved to Australia.
After two years in Aussie paradise, it was time for some “reality”. I came back to America, determined to impress the throngs of screaming fans with my shaved head and pseudo-Australian accent. Neither did, so I set about to collect experiences suitably painful to be recorded on the next CD.
My newest CD, ColderSomewhereElse, is a bit of an international work, with songs written in Australia, Thailand, Israel, Fiji and that most exotic of all places …Kansas City, Missouri. It was produced by Rin Vinson in Atlanta, Georgia, and it features performances by some of the best musicians in the industry today: Rin Vinson on Drums, Jake Lawson on Bass, Aaron Thompson on Guitars and Travis Smith on Background Vocals. It is definitely rock and roll, but it won't make your ears bleed. I wrote most of the songs on the piano, and the CD really retains a lot of that acoustic feel. I had a blast making this CD.
I hope you have a blast listening to it.
[ColderSomewhereElse is available to listen to and purchase on this site.]
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