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Work on the 2nd album has begun

Frank has just started the work on his 2nd album. 14 songs are ready to be recorded. Here is some background of a few:

  1. Michael: True story about a black American boy who nearly ended up on the streets. Adopted by a white family this very talented foot ball player worked extremely hard to reach the school level he needed to be called into the school team. Given a chance by life he made all proud.  Michael ended up being a very famous American Football player. This is about given kids a chance and believing in them.
  2. Fly: This is about the unbelievable discipline and skills of disabled athletes winning gold medals at the Paralympics.
  3. Dancer on the wire: This is about Philippe Petit, the incredible high-wire artist
  4. Azra: The story about 3 woman surviving a heavy earthquake in Eastern Turkey. A true miracle.
  5. Time: A philosophical view at this man made phenomenon

2 songs will carry the lyrcis of wonderful FNQ poet  Helen Ramoutsaki and 1 song is based on a poem written by Tom McPartland. Both contributed to Frank’s first CD as well.

Frank will again work with professional musicians hoping to give every song a different touch. Trying to avoid the standard arrangements of guitars, bass and drums Frank will include Violin, Clarinet, Cello, Saxophone, Tabla & Congas instead.

Title of CD will be “Road Closed”. A picture taken during a gig at a retro like venue kick this off. The image makes a perfect CD cover. But first there was no song for it. With the help of Helen Ramoutsaki, who came up with excellent lyrics just 2 days later, this problem has been solved after Frank wrote the music to it. Seems like a good start.