Hello Myspace World,

Looking at our page tonight, I realized we haven't posted any new songs or information here in months...    We've been slacking in keeping this page up to date because most of our music now gets posted to http://www.icompositions.com/Artists/NorthPoint    There are a dozen or so new songs posted there including many blues tunes that Alan contributed to this summer (mostly Lyrics, with a few vocals and bass lines as well).   In fact, just today (Sept 23) Bridge Creek (myspace.com/bridgecreek ) played the song "Cure to this Disease" live at Portland Saturday Market and dedicated it to the many people in the audience who had just completed Race for the Cure, an annual event to support Breast Cancer research (http://www.komenoregon.org/)   You can hear the studio version of the song at
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=68083   (it was written while this year's Waterfront Blues Festival was happening, and inspired by local Portland blues great Curtis Salgado).  

In other news, two songs that Alan co-wrote make it to 2 on the top weekly songs on icompositions.com and both are among the top songs of the year with over 300 plays each.   
Hear "Curse of the Common Man", written with John LaMantia in Chicago, at:
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=71198
Hear "The Dark Before the Dawn" performed with Jeff Mahoney (Canada), Fulvio Romano (Italy), and Porland's own blues vocal sensation Reina Collins: in her debut icompositions performance:
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=73352  

Reina is in the studio recording a new album, so watch for it this fall.

And, what about those 4 new NorthPoint songs we started in January?    Well Kenny and I are still working on them - we're hoping to get the drum tracks and guitars all finalized this month, add our vocals, maybe add some other instruments (keyboards, etc etc) and then post all 4 sometime this year on icompositions.com   We'll keep you posted on icomp and here on myspace (when we remember to check it :)   The songs are Roll Like a River, Black Cloud Girl, Fallin' Angel, and Hallelujah Free.  

Charlie is staying very busy in Second Hand Buzz, and had a couple of great gigs this summer with The Rust.  Catch them on their websites for the latest information.

Kenny is playing steady with Big Mama Gayle, and they were down at the C&I in Tualatin this weekend. 

Have a great fall!!

-- Alan, Kenny, Charlie