Snuffy Walden on composing for film and TV, 2007

"What I'm trying to get is an emotional resonance that keeps the viewer inside the story. As soon as somebody's more aware of what I'm doing than they are of the story, then I've kind of defeated the producer’s purpose. I want to do something different and special that stands alone, but at the same time if I sabotage the story by expressing myself as an artist, I'm not doing the job that's being asked of me. So it's a fine line, and one that I don't always succeed at, but I try."

From a profile in Acoustic Guitar magazine, February 2008. Read the story here. Snuffy Walden broke into composing for TV 20 years ago on thirtysomething. He currently does the music for Friday Night Lights and In Plain Sight.

New JPR solo record out now

Humming My Way Back Home is here! Right now you can hear the whole shebang online:



So hey, give these songs a spin--they're dying to meet you. Read more about the CD and the songs here.

Full album downloads are available now from CD Baby--physical CDs are coming in January.

So the opening of my new monthly concert series, the Words and Music Songwriter Showcase, on Friday, 1/25, will double as a CD release party. I’m lining up some great musicians for this series and will be announcing the lineup soon. Stay tuned at the series home page on MySpace, or by joining the email list.

Lots more news to come in the new year… In the meantime, have a wonderful and musical holiday.
Cheers,
JPR

Words and Music Songwriter Showcase

I'm very jazzed about this new project: a monthly concert series in Syracuse, New York, featuring songwriters of all genres in an up-close-and-personal theater setting. For details, see the series home page.

Spins: American Beauty Project

The Grateful Dead's American Beauty and Workingman's Dead are major parts of my musical DNA, and I'm getting a kick out of this contemporary reinterpretation of the former by a bunch of fine singers and players in the American Beauty Project. You can spin an entire live show (comprising the whole album) here.