Keep On

The first song on this years audioblog is a special one. First of all, it's the first song on ANY Calendar Project I didn't have a hand in writing or sing lead on. Second of all it's the first official release by my new band Route 9. Erik Brackett a good good friend of mine and I formed an acoustic duo. If your reading this chances are you already know Erik and I have been rocking out weekly at T.J. O'Brien's. Erik is a nasty guitar player but told me he never finished writing a song. I was cutting hair one day when he came into the shop and told me he wrote not one, but two songs that day. "Keep On" is one of those songs. If this is his first outing as a song writer I can't imagine what else he's gonna cook up.
Recording the song was tough. My pc is lets just say temperamental. Erik was hard to get in front of the mic to record vocals for this at first but after a few beers he loosened right up. Nailing down the bass was the hardest part for me. I'm stoked with how it came out so it was all worth it in the end.
To me it's the perfect song to kick off the third year of the project. Collaboration is our theme this year and this song definitely has that. We both put in long hours on this one and we tried every idea once. I think it made for a better track. Ultimately though it's the title and the message of the song that drive it home for me. I'm gonna keep on keeping on with the Calendar Project. I just hope you keep on listening.

Route 9:
Erik Brackett- Vocals, Guitar
Craig Morin- Vocals, Guitar , Bass

Keep On