Acoustalyn's Blog

Rolling Along...

2011-08-12T05:31:00.002-05:00

It's been a while! Acoustalyn welcomes Kristin Kay to the group as our new lead singer, and she's just in time to help with the new album. More about her here:
http://acoustalyn.com/kristin.html/kristin.html
We also have been offered the services (tentatively at least) of Jennifer Daniels to return for all things violin on our third album, which begins recording in mid-October.
Johnnie Kay of Thystle fame will also appear on the album extensively.

New Horizons

2011-05-03T16:24:00.002-05:00

We are happy to have both Kim and Aydn join our musical group, lead singer and percussionist respectively, adding many new dimensions, we trust, to our sound and presence. They are both working hard and should be in gear when we re-record a good portion of the first Acoustalyn album and then go into video production soon thereafter!

SXSW

2011-03-17T09:44:00.002-05:00

A confirmed "wild and crazy" night downtown Austin where Acoustalyn played a two hour set right on the corner of 7th and Congress, Ave. The incomparable Johnnie Kay filled in on lead vocals and Amy played extraordinary violin as we partook of the much longer than usual SXSW allotted set length with gusto...Johnnie and Amy had never met or played together as of that time and it still sounded as tight as if they were old, familiar regulars!

Being (very) temporarily between vocalists in this group becomes, for us, merely an opportunity to perform just as "tightly", yet with a different array of musicians, making those shows a manner by which I reaffirm and am thankful that I have such a wonderful group of people at my disposal!

Well Done!

2011-01-23T06:13:00.002-06:00

Last night at Genuine Joes was fantastic, with our new singer Colleen doing wonderfully in what was only her second show with us and backed up by Lisa, prodigious as always! Nancy was in great form as well and I am really liking Acoustalyn's new line-up!
We have taken on partial-to-full management in the likes of Monica, who heretofore had been doing some research and advising for us...we hope to begin and maintain for a long time to come a resourceful relationship with her!
New video on our YouTube channel soon, here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Acoustalyn
and new pictures (but even more on the way) on our Myspace pages.

New Roads!

2011-01-08T11:55:00.002-06:00

Hello! Acoustalyn has made some changes, most notably in the area of violin and lead vocals, having recently added both Nancy Mize and Colleen Duffy to those positions, respectively. We also added a new alternate violinist in the form of Katherine Yin who will take over many of the group's Sunday duties when Nancy sings in her choir!

Still heavily booked and a re-recording in the not-too-far-off future will ensure us being quite busy for some time to come!

Thanks everyone for making the new album a success as well!

2010-08-05T07:07:00.003-05:00

Second album well near finished by now, with two new and better suited singers added to the Acoustalyn cause; I hardly saw that coming but when it became mandatory it was taken care of in its (my?) usual no-nonsense fashion. I am very happy with Allison and Lisa's singing and cooperative spirit and lack of drama...it will help us a lot down the road.
Recently began a side project for myself that also has to superb singers and this project will elicit some fine music as well...not all MY music for a change, it will feature songs from myself and two other female songwriters who have astounding voices and sound excellent together. You can see them play during the breaks of many upcoming Acoustalyn performances.

New Album

2010-02-28T09:55:00.002-06:00

Seems like only yesterday I was releasing our first album, by and large, and now we are booked for studio time for our second! Our engineer has updated hs facility to include more acoustic-friendly recording and we anticipate this new album to embody even more completely the warm and rich acoustic sound that we as a group strive to create and maintain throughout our recordings and live performances. Look for the album around June or so?!

Update

2010-02-28T09:50:00.002-06:00

It's been quite a while since any posting has been done here- been through many more shows and even decided against playing some here and there, which is the enviable state of affairs once one becomes busy enough to pick and choose amongst them!
Recently lost, at least for a time, a long-standing member of the group, and have replaced them with Brittney, a vocalist AND pianist whom we hope will be another great addition to our group proper! Go Brittney!

Acoustalyn News

2010-01-19T06:24:00.002-06:00

We welcome long-time Austin violinist, multi-instrumentalist Tom Delaney (Gramalkan, Two O'Clock Courage) as well as alternate violinist Michelle Alana (The Inheritance) to Acoustalyn. This marks another long search on my part as being over, at least for the foreseeable future, but it was well worth the wait!

San Antonio

2009-12-06T10:10:00.001-06:00

The Toys For Tots benefit was notable success..we played first and there were already donations coming in so even though I could not stay for the duration of the event I am sure it continued to proceed well! Thank you San Antonio!
Acoustalyn

First Post

2009-12-05T07:00:00.000-06:00

This is Acoustalyn's Web site accessible blog. Maybe it will actually get seen and added to! :)