This is an exciting and unpredictable time in the life of my band, Boys' Entrance. I have allied myself with Brett Alan Basil, a fabulously talented musician and fan of Boys' Entrance, whom I met a mere7 months ago. He contacted me via our MySpace page (www.myspace.com/boysentrance) and we hit it off so well that I coined us the Brothers From Another Mother. We may even be working on a new act to be called B.F.A.M.- a sort of Midwestern answer to Erasure. But more on that later.
We have been recording new songs this Spring, on which we collaborated. So far we have recorded, "Give 'Em Hope"- our tribute/mini-biography of Harvey Milk- which was commissioned for JD Doyle's Queer Music Heritage show. The song received "top billing" on his June program which debuted on May 22nd, Harvey's 80th birthday. We were honored to be affiliated with JD's show, and Harvey himself. The address for the show is here: http://www.queermusicheritage.us/jun2010.html
The song features lyrics written by me and music by Brett. This is the first time I have collaborated musically in the context of Boys' Entrance. Brett had one instruction and that was to write music that would be in keeping with my earlier tribute from "The Queer Punk Folder", "Harry Hay". I wanted a pop-punk song, and Brett delivered it in spades! He nailed my style- and I didn't even know I had a style. Brett, all those hours of listening to Boys' Entrance really paid off. You are amazing.
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