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Just joined.

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 12:24 pm
by Jay Asher
I just stumbled on to this forum. I am a composer-singer-songwriter in Los Angeles and I do Burt Bacharach-Hal David tribute shows. I have met Burt twice and am friendly with Hal's son, Jim.

Looking forward to participating here.

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:03 pm
by JorgeMoraga
Welcome! Just joined too. I am from Chile, but have my home in NY now. Thinking about going to Bacharach's next concert on December 14th in Los Angeles. I feel I can't miss that show!

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:50 am
by Jay Asher
I hope this doesn't violate any rules but here I am performing some Burt & Hal songs live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9BesGdX6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m7dvXmsKeY

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:03 pm
by Hank
Boy do I wish I could play like you.
Great versions.
Thanks.

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:17 pm
by Jay Asher
Hank wrote:Boy do I wish I could play like you.
Great versions.
Thanks.
Thanks for the kind words.

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:09 pm
by someonenameddavid
I know a good violinist in LA who can help with sessions 8)

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:42 pm
by Jay Asher
[quote="someonenameddavid"]I know a good violinist in LA who can help with sessions 8)[/quote]

I used to score TV series like “Zorro” and low budget films where I had enough of a budget to hire great musicians here in LA, but nowadays it’s all so low budget that it’s mostly me and my samples in Logic Pro. I am good at it but I miss those days.

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 3:50 pm
by blueonblue
Jay Asher wrote:I hope this doesn't violate any rules but here I am performing some Burt & Hal songs live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9BesGdX6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m7dvXmsKeY
Superb !
You've really got "The Burt vibe"....thanks for sharing.

"blue'

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:26 am
by mark
Welcome Jay! There had been some issues with registration to the forum for a while that had to do with spam countermeasures, but I think they're fixed. Let's hope the spam stays under control. In the meantime, if anyone is in contact with someone who can't log in and can't register, please send me a PM and I'll send you my private email address to share with them so we can figure it out. Unfortunatey, the webmaster @ bacharachonline.com address gets so much spam, the occasional real messages get lost in the inbox.

Thanks and happy holidays!

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:30 pm
by pljms
Mark, the spammers don't appear to be having problems with the registration process and since mid-October almost 300 spam topics have been posted. All these have been deleted (so far) and the perpetrators banned but back they come with new names.

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:52 am
by resome
Hello everyone! My name is Bob, 32 years old and I just joined. Been to Bacharach's concert on Dec 13 in Beverly Hills, California. Amazing show! Loved it a lot. Waiting for him to come to Portugal as I am in search of apartments to buy in Algarve here. Let's hope he will have a tour in 2020 in Europe

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:05 am
by geoff85
Jay Asher wrote:I hope this doesn't violate any rules but here I am performing some Burt & Hal songs live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9BesGdX6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m7dvXmsKeY
Jay this is amazing. I always love hearing everybodys out of town as I feel its obscure to most people who are not Burt fanatics. Your rendition of Alfie was truly beautiful your passion and inflection was delectable. Looking forward to your other works.

Re: Just joined.

Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:05 am
by Jay Asher
geoff85 wrote:
Jay Asher wrote:I hope this doesn't violate any rules but here I am performing some Burt & Hal songs live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9BesGdX6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m7dvXmsKeY
Jay this is amazing. I always love hearing everybodys out of town as I feel its obscure to most people who are not Burt fanatics. Your rendition of Alfie was truly beautiful your passion and inflection was delectable. Looking forward to your other works.
Thank you for the very kind words.

If you are interested, I released an album of my songs two years ago. You may hear some influences :)
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jayasher1

Hasbrook Heights, quarantined version

Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:48 pm
by Jay Asher