Excited to let you know about 2 new album releases that feature songs of mine that have come out recently… Leah Daniels‘ self-titled debut record was released on June 10th and features a fun country-pop tune Can’t Fall In Love, which co-written by myself, Leah, and Ava Kay. Leah is super talented, check her out! You can get it through Leah’s website www.leahdaniels.com.

Former Canadian Idol runner-up Chad Doucette‘s new album Hit It just ‘hit’ iTunes this week. It features 3 songs I’ve had the pleasure of co-writing… Waves was co-written by myself, Chad Doucette, and KC Roberts, Half Heartedly was co-written by myself, Chad Doucette and Australian Idol runner-up Thanh Bui, and Ducks In A Row is song which Chad and I wrote the very first time ever we got together to write at my studio in Toronto. That day we ended up recording this fun little bonus track right there on the spot, with both Chad and I singing and playing (or rather, me playing piano and Chad whistling!). Check it out on iTunes now.

‘Daydreamer’ is the new U.K. single from the EMI Netherlands recording artist DOTAN. The song is from his debut album Dream Parade, released in May. ‘Daydreamer’ was written by Dotan, James Bryan and myself at Martin Terefe’s Kensaltown Studios last spring in London, England and produced by Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Dashboard Confessional).

Buy ‘Daydreamer’ on Amazon UK
By the album Dream Parade on iTunes

EMI Netherlands recording artist DOTAN will be releasing the song ‘Daydreamer’ on his upcoming debut release Dream Parade coming out this spring. I wrote ‘Daydreamer’ with Dotan and James Bryan at Martin Terefe’s Kensaltown Studios last April in London, England.

Check out Dotan’s website for more info and a preview of the album, including ‘Daydreamer’.
www.dotanmusic.com

Check out Julie C’s brand new album Steady Ground, which features 3 songs that I co-wrote: ‘Don’t Make ‘Em Like This Anymore’, ‘Dance’, and ‘Love Is Gone’. For one week you can stream the entire album from Julie’s website. Of course, you can also get it on iTunes and in select stores!

Get it today on iTunes!

For more information on Julie C visit www.juliec.com.

This is a song Emma-Lee and I wrote together… in fact, first song we ever wrote together! Performed by the lovely and talented (only 11 years old!) Sabrina Carpenter from Pennsylvania.  Great job Sabrina!

Watch the video on YouTube
Buy “Fall Apart” on iTunes

2011 is off to a running start! with the beginning of pre-production for Emma-Lee‘s album. While I’ve done a lot of co-writing with Emma-Lee over the last year (for a variety of other artists and purposes), I also love her solo project and I am very excited to announce that Marc Rogers and I will be co-producing her upcoming record. Stay tuned!

Ho ho ho… Julie C has just released her holiday single It Won’t Be Christmas (Till You’re Here) . I had a blast writing this tune with Julie and Emma-Lee…we decorated my studio and got our eggnog fix at the same time!  I also recorded and produced the track, so I’m pretty excited to share it with you. You can download it FREE this week on her website – www.juliec.com. After the free week is up, you can still get it on iTunes. Here’s hoping that it ends up in your holiday music mix!

ps: if you like it, please tell your friends!

Wow I really can’t believe it’s already the beginning of September. Is it just me or did summer fly by?? I’m having an awesome time writing with some great writers and artists these days, including Brian West (Nelly Furtado, K’Naan), Rob Allen (Rihanna, Chris Brown), Eric Dill (Daughtry). I wrote a sweet tune called “Under The Sun” with Nicole Henry (jazz singer from Florida) and James Bryan (who was visiting from London)… she’s already started rehearsing it with her live band. I have a slew of new demos in progress, including a couple new tunes for Kalan Porter, one of which was co-written with Swedish electronic music producer Mårten Tromm. I also contributed some co-production work to a project of Gavin Brown and Keith Follese’s, for a young American band called Everfound.

In other news, Leah Daniels and Chad Doucette are working hard in the studio on their new records, both of which contain songs I co-wrote…I can’t wait to hear them!

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