Sleepy Hollow: News

Matthew Rose, who produced and engineered Matt "the Mole"s harp CD this summer, asked Mole to perform some harp on a medieval Christmas CD his group Castle Musicale is recording. Matt went down last night and performed 6 tracks for the forthcoming album. The Mole will be joining Castle Musicale for a few Christmas gigs in November and December.

Also, Matt has finally pressed a small batch of his harp CD, entitled "The Journeyman Harper" for a handful of small gigs/private parties he's performing this month and should have the CD generally available in about a month.

Joe Dell has announced he will be entering the studio with Bob Both on Thursday October 9th. He will be laying down bass tracks for Sorrow's Might, Le Femme Arme and the jig in Arostotle's Lantern. He will be using Soldier's Joey DiMaeo custom bass. His Rick and Junior's Fender P.

On the announcement of the passing of legendary Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright, Joe Dell has been deeply saddened. Wright was Joe's mentor and favorite keyboardist in his teen years. Here are his feelings: Joe Dell , " What a truly tragic loss. I don't believe there is a keyboard player in rock that hasn't been influenced by Rick in one way or another. He, along with Ray Manzerik, brought the keyboards to the forefront in rock n roll. I loved Pink Floyd ever since I was young. Big Al turned me on to them back in 1986. To me the sound of the band was the keyboards. Even in the early days, Rick was the most musical of the band. He played leads while Syd experimented with sounds. He opened the doors for so many people. He knew how to play with feel. He never wasted a note and never played to show off. He was class all the way. When I was in my mid teens, I had my father buy me an organ for a Christmas gift and the first song I ever learned on it was "Summer of '68". He was also the warmest when it came to the fans. He appreciated us more than any other member in the band. We missed Floyd on the Delicate Sound of Thunder but were blessed enough to catch them 2 nights in a row for the Division Bell tour. He was one of the greatest and will be truly missed. God bless his soul."

In the Sleepy Hollow news today, the band has anounced The Lazarus Project. It will be an 8 track pre-release to Legend. It will consist of the heaviest points of Legend, with alternate mixes of some of the tracks. Joe Dell, "It has been almost 5 years since the release of Goin' Over. When we planned that project, it wasn't intended to be sat on for that long. We have so much better material. We want to take our time with Legend. Our first 2 releases were recorded in a weekend, now we want a fully-produced masterpiece. Lazarus Project, title referring to the ressurection of the band, is going to be a teaser so-to-say for Legend. Mole, doing what he is famous for, putting his flute where it doesn't belong. That's gotten him in trouble many times in life! (laughing) No, but seriously, there are some tracks that we felt would stand strong as instrumental tracks or with less orchestration mixed in. So, we decided to release these tracks seperately on a limited-edition 8 track cd."

Violinist Jennifer D Scott has agreed to collaborate on a couple tracks on the forthcoming Sleepy Hollow album: "Nadia's Song" and "The Soldier's Lament". Ms. Scott is a classically-trained violinist with international recording experience and an eclectic perfomance record. Matt was impressed with her talent at the Colorado Renaissance Faire, where he observed her performing exotic music for a bellydancing performance, noodling around with complex classical pieces before the show, and playing Irish jigs and reels with energy and flair. She's already provided a violin part that brings to mind the type of professional classical session work one would hear on a major studio release. For more information on this fine artist, check out www.jenniferdeannscott.com.

Mole entered the studio last night and laid down guitar part for 'come with me melina' and 'un-self-concious'. His mum was out in California. She was very upset that when he came to town he did not meet her at the airport. He was busy on his binge of Arab food at the Salah Edin, and large amounts of pastries. She has seen this type of behavior from him before. It reduces her to tears of sadness. Mole's mum, " He's fat and out of shape and a junkie. Junk food junkie. Many a time I would have to pick him up off the floor after a night of junk food binging! It was sad and disgusting for a mother to have to witness such behavior from a loving son. Seeing him in a pile of his own over eating. Twinkies and Devil dogs everywhere!!! Chicken bone dug in the side of his gut with his pants wide open, a result of his stomach with nowhere to go but out. And I have heard of his after ren faire parties. God help him!"

Joe Dell entered the studio today with the help of Enineering/producing legend Bob Both, and laid down vocal tracks for Come with me Melina. He took 2 hours to record these haunting vocals guarenteed to put the chills up your spine! Mole is set to enter the studio on Weds to lay down some finishing guitar leads and flute.

Matt Schwarz spent 9 hrs. with Matthew Rose in the studio today to finish his solo harp CD. He just needs to listen to the tracks and make sure they all sound good and press the CD. Check out the sleepyhollowband.com "Songs" page under "Matt Schwarz" for sound clips of Bianca Fiore, Estampie, Harvest Home, and Sollero Langdans!

Joe Dell entered the studio today and used Tom Catuosco's Fender P bass to complete 4 more bass tracks for the upcoming album Legend. He finished For the world is Hollow(and I have touched the sky), The Mirror, Soldier's Lament and Troubled Times. Matt Schwarz will be entering the studio in two weeks to fine tune his guitar and flute parts.

Joe Dell, Sleepy Hollow's keyboard player, has resumed the bass playing responsibilities for the band. He will being going in the studio on Thurs. Aug 14th to lay down 4 more bass parts. Joe Dell "It is a shame. I am really not a bass player, but I have to play bass on some of the tracks on this album. The tri-state area is in terrible shape when it comes to Hard Rock musicians. There are a few good players and the rest are awful. There was a time, if you weren't a top notch player nobody wanted to listen to you. Now, if you are a top notch player nobody wants to listen to you. The Europeans are devouring America when it comes to musicianship! I long to see the day when that standard is raised!"

Joe Dell entered the studio on Thursday to lay down 4 bass tracks for the new Sleepy Hollow album legend. They were all successfully recorded. He used a Rickenbacher bass on For the World is Hollow, Out of the mist, Unselfconcious and Come with me Melina. Gary "Soldier" Lurhman, using he modified Joey DeMaio (Manowar) bass, fininshed up by recording the last section of Unsefconcious in 1 take! Joe plans on entering the studio to lay down 4 more tracks for Legend using a Fender P bass, ala Steve Harris!

Wednesday, July 23, Matt Schwarz returned to the studio and recorded 7 more tunes for his solo harp CD. If all the tracks come out well, the CD will consist of 17 Irish, Swedish, medieval, and renaissance tunes. It looks like the hope to release the CD before the CORF season ends won't work out, but hopefully we'll have it mixed and mastered by the end of the summer.
Meanwhile, Joe Dell has also been in the studio this week working on bass parts for the Sleepy Hollow "Legend" album, while the Mole will be picking up his electric guitar again to redo some guitar solos for the album in late August.

The legendary Dawk, who is know for is electronic mastery with Deep Purple and Man-o-war, put together a special bass for Joey DeMaio. It is a suped up Rickenbacher! Gary "Soldier" Luhrman, famous for his role as Lenny the Loser on the Goin Over album, purchased this special bass from Dawk. He will be laying down the last part of 'Un-self-concious' with this special bass! The recording will take place in a week!

Thanks to the assistance of producer/engineer Matthew Rose, Matt "the Mole" Schwarz has begun recording his long-awaited solo harp album. Today he was able to record 8 of a planned 16 or so Renaissance, medieval, Celtic, and Scandinavian instrumentals. The Mole was lucky to meet Matt Rose at the Colorado Renaissance Festival, where both Matts are currently performing - Mr. Rose with the fantastic early music ensemble Castle Musicale (www.castlerockorchestra.org), whose excellent new CD gives the Mole great hopes for the recording quality of his own project.

Today, Annie Dell, wife of keyboard player Joe Dell, entered the studio today to lay down vocals for Nadia's song. She presented an aggressive style for the verse part and a beautiful angelic vocal over the end chorus. Joe Dell, "I am very proud of her! She was very nervous and shy about going in the studio today. I knew she had it in her. I believe she put the perfect feelings in for the character of Nadia in this song. It was quite tricky. This was the very first speed metal/punk style song ever done acoustcally, so she really didn't have a reference point for a vocal style. I am excited about the way the album is turning out. The others were good but this one's going to be a classic!" New photo from recording session added to photo section.

This past weekend is where near almost tragity struck! Whilst galivanting around in his nappy tights, Mole was confronted by a man eating bear! When asked about the situation Mole was stated in saying, "I near almost soiled myself, when I got a glimpse of the bear eating what should have been my second lunch, I almost hit the ground in fright!" Near by prevayers witnessed this travisty and offered Mole a replacement lunch. No animals, nor Moles lunch were injured in this weekends events.

Here's a shady character spotted at the Colorado renaissance Faire:

Annie Dell, wife of keyboard player Joe Dell, is set to hit the studio on July 1st. She will be laying down vocals for a track on the upcoming album 'Legend' titled 'Nadia's Song'. It was written from the perspective of a woman, so female vocals are appropriate. Joe Dell, might be laying down some of his finishing vocals. He has 2 1/2 tracks left as far as vocals. Joe Dell will also be laying down the remaining bass lines. He will be using a Rickenbacher and Fender P Bass which will be lent by Tom & John from The Vengeful Few.

The 2008 CORF season, at which Matt Schwarz is performing on harp, has begun. His schedule for the first weekend (which may or may not change as the festival progresses) was:
10 AM - musician's jam at front gate
10:30 AM front gate solo
11:30 AM fountain stage
1 PM Celestial Stage
2:30 PM tree and table area at top of fairegrounds
4 PM fountain stage
5 PM bakery stage
6 PM musician's jam at front gate
So, if you go to CORF and you don't hear Matt, you're just not trying!

The long awaited Sleepy Hollow green vinyl EP is now availible! It is a limited edition green vinyl pressing! There are 1000 availible! They will be numbered, they will be sent out #1 first and so on. The records will be sent out in the order of the receipt of the payment. It contains the original tracks off of the original EP: Destiney, 2 too late, From Above(incl: celestial travel), Sleepy Hollow. There is a bonus instrumental track titled The Butterfly Queen. It has flute and harpsichord. It was intended to be on the new album Legend, but it was to fast to sing over so it was rerecorded on piano with no flute. This version will ONLY show up on the vinyl EP and will NEVER appear on CD. Look for info in our Merchendise section of Web Site! or Ebay!