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Recording

Tony Adamo's "What Is Hip"

Source: Metropolis Media
March 21, 2011

The recording of the song “What is Hip" on singer/songwriter, Tony Adamo's new CD What is Hip came from a suggestion made by the legendary horn player and Tower of Power co-founder, Stephen “Doc" Kupka. During a recording session with Adamo and producer/guitarist, Jerry Stucker, “Doc" suggested several T.O.P. songs Adamo might want to cover. Adamo chose “What is Hip" and “This Time it's Real." Kupka, along with jazz great, Eddie Henderson hold up the horn section on “Hip." In ...

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Recording

Nicholas Guida - Guitar Strumming

Source: Metropolis Media
August 22, 2010

Nicholas Guida's latest album, I Run To Your Heart, was released exactly one year ago. It features some chilly-lounge sound that can captivate everyone's ear, because of its simplicity and smoothness. The album went online for free download and no hard copies were printed and distributed. “Relaxing to listen to while you just chill out" —Linda Randall, Idea Girl Consulting Word Press “The instrumentation is exceptional and Nicholas' voice has a clear resonance that compliments the arrangement" —Drew Lewis, Flip ...

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