"Heartless" is Double Platinum!!

A friend recently told me that Kanye West's single "Heartless" just went double platinum! Holy cow! I played the staccato flute chords on the song, the ones that come in after 8 bars in the intro and pretty much musically drive the whole song. Thats me.

I also heard a rumor that Kanye is doing an insanely over the top video for "Robocop" which i assume will be his next single. Can anybody confirm this rumor or confirm that its not true? I'd really like to know, and I really dont wanna call Kanye up with some really trivial ish. Anyway, i created a whole orchestra for this song (its most prominent in the songs hooks, the big soaring orchestra that comes in in the chorus is all me). Its not just strings, I basically created just about every instrument in the orchestra for it. It was really fun and really grueling to do, but if i hear that song on the radio 5 times a day i'll be all smiles ear to ear. Ok, back to the grind here.

-Ken Lewis

PS. I've also been told that some big radio stations have already been playing "Robocop" in regular rotation. If you've heard it on your local radio station, can you drop me a line and tell me what city / station? Thanks!!!

13 Yards To Victory Update

I havent blogged in a while. I am so slammed with work right now and attempting to stay really creative and really focused, and sometimes blogging is a distraction. Its been falling to the wayside lately, but hey, i'm back. I've recently been producing a great band from Boston named "13 Yards to Victory". Very talented young guys, 5 piece band, excellent songs. They were down to my studio recently to have me produce some vocals and music. To say it went great might be an understatement. We seem to click really well, and they certainly worked very hard, stayed focused and positive and really delivered great vocal performances. Days after the last session, I got the following letter below from their manager. It was very very flattering and i wanted to share.

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Hi Ken-

Just a note of thanks to you for a FANTASTIC week of recording! You are clearly a breath of fresh air in the music industry as evidenced by your honest, top notch, creative, patient, invigorating and motivating sense of self. You’ve clearly earned and deserve every credit you’ve achieved. It is both an honor and a pleasure to be working with you. I thank you for the experience as do all the members of Thirteen Yards to Victory!

We are looking forward to working with you and your stellar team as this innovative project evolves and develops.

Kind regards,

Fred (Manager 13YTV)
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-Ken Lewis