On May 31, I was extremely pleased to play a return gig at the popular Alexandria watering hole, St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub. With me were Jim Gormley on percussion and Matthew Leonard on bass. We had a great time playing our mix of pop, country, R&B, and blues – featuring cool original tunes as well as fun covers. The set included songs recorded by Keith Urban, Tina Turner, The Eagles, LaBelle, Garth Brooks, and Demi Lovato.
As you may have deduced from my last post, I have been chewing on a new song – trying to find the right refrain/hook for this particular beastie. Now I want to be clear that I am a novice songwriter. So what I do is probably not what the real pros do. Nonetheless, it may…
I am not going to claim that I’m truly up to snuff on my French these days – despite that sheepskin that says B.A. & French on it. I had heretofore put it to so little use after graduation that much had been lost. But then came not one, not two, not three, but four books my…
Branamir Lokner of Time Machine Music out of Belgrade, Serbia has given my debut album a review. Below is the English text (translated by TMM). You can read the original HERE. Joe Peck is a singer / songwriter and performer from Washington DC. area, active some period on national scene circulation. He debuted with the…
Well, I’ve done it again. I submitted a whole clump of new songs to the U.S. Copyright Office. It’s all very exciting for a fairly new songwriter like me. Seriously, a year ago I didn’t have ONE song to submit. And now I have more than enough for an entire album. Not that I’ll be…
When you’re doing a CD of all original works, it gets tricky deciding which among your own compositions should be included in the project. After all, which of us can easily take an objective view of his or her own creations? That’s why I’m glad to have found a seasoned producer like Marco Delmar who can…
I recently finished narrating the novel The House of the Stag by Kage Baker. This novel fits into the fantasy fiction genre but is not by any means just a typical fantasy fiction book. Yes, it takes place in another place and another time. Yes, there is magic and demons abound. Yes, there is plenty…