The Sun The Moon The Stars (newgrass mix)

Phase One of the Newgrass Project Completed!

Those who know me, know that my musical expressions are very diverse, ranging from pop and alternative to new age and chill out. What you may not know is that I grew up on country music! Hank, Willie, Dolly, George, Reba, Travis, Garth, all of em! In Texas, country music is EVERYWHERE! As a child, I often went to this place called the Blue Barn where bluegrass pickers would gather and play live! Those sounds have always been close to my heart.

Early in 2008, my team and I began discussing a newgrass project. For those who may not know, newgrass is basically bluegrass with a fresh twist. After much planning, we rounded up some of the best players in Nashville and on August 12th, we went into the studio to record the first set of songs for the new album (not yet titled).
Two of the guys are part of band of the infamous bluegrass artist, Ricky Skaggs. Andy Leftwich, who plays fiddle for Ricky, and Cody Kilby who plays guitar. Also joining us in the studio was Rob Ickes on dobro, Jerry House on bass and my step brother Gabriel Cantrell on percussion. A studio filled with fine players was sure to lead to an amazing day of music and boy oh boy did it ever!

We tracked the first 3 songs of the album and part of a 4th. Im excited to tell you that my management company has allowed me the freedom to share our progress with all of you so Ive posted three tracks in the streaming player at my homepage http://nikoonline.com/media-player and also at my myspace page www.myspace.com/nikoonline

The tracks are The Sun The Moon The Stars and two version of The Special One (slow and fast). If you are one of the many people around the world who fell in love with the pop version of The Sun The Moon The Stars then you are in for a pleasant surprise! If youve never heard The Sun The Moon The Stars then you are still in for a pleasant surprise! : )

We documented the day in the studio so all of you could see these songs coming to life! Heres a glimpse at what the day was like while we worked on The Sun The Moon The Stars. Enjoy!

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[angadelrie1]

i love this song!!! it makes my heart melt!!!!!

[wsiklogfh]

great song! props to all of you.

[harry2sing4u]

♡u♡u♡u! I'll put this on your page in my site!

[WishingOnSunflowers]

y'know, it reminds me of this guy I once knew. He was all into bluegrass and newgrass, and he would play the mandolin and all of that... BUT his voice wasn't country at all. It was purdy (pretty), but there was none of that country-ish twang to it. It was as clear as a bell. So, you had the bluegrass instrumentals with the contemporary voice, like this stuff you have going on here. Awesome.

[WishingOnSunflowers]

aahhhhhh!!!!!!!!! :-)

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It kind of reminds me of like, John Mayer's voice with bluegrass instrumentals. I don't know, that's just what it reminds me of! Oh my gosh!!! It's all so pretty!!!! KEEP THE NEWGRASS ALIVE!!! I'M YOUR NEWEST FAN!!!!!!!!!

[nichtdaemlich]

Einfach nur genial!

Simply only ingeniously!

L.g. Tina

[horaciovf]

Beautiful music.

 Thanks.

[lbouwmans]

Fell in love with this song since the first time I heard it. This version is awesome.

Thanks for sharing this.

[FlyingDutchRockstar]

never thought i'd ever listen to newgrass, but this song is amazing, and i love it :)

[capitalresults]

Great video! Love to here some more!