In the spring of 2007, I went to LA to record a demo with Don Boyette and Scooter Weintraub. I was amazed by the first two tracks Don sent and we immediately decided to make a full record.

In my teens I led an ambitious and naïve rock band called Aphonic

that played a brand of progressive yet song oriented psychedelic guitar rock. The group went through a lot of transformations and almost won a record deal before crumbling in late 2006.

Lacking the energy to rebuild the band, I began 2007 as an introverted songwriter. For months I wrote songs in a warehouse rehearsal space, while also further exploring my love affair with the electric guitar. I also spent a lot of time with literature and music, namely the work of: Pink Floyd, Radiohead, George Harrison, the Edge, Robert Johnson, JJ Cale, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tim Buckley, Neil Young, and Tom Petty; writers William Faulkner, Edgar Allen Poe, Jim Daniels, Breece D’J Pancake, Italo Calvino and Milan Kundera.

Working with Don and Scooter on Where it Began has been an incredible experience. We have been able to give each song plenty of time and attention without any aesthetic sacrifice. We worked to maintain the integrity and intimacy of my songs as colored by the sonics of the guitar and the sexuality of the groove. This means quite a lot to me given that the majority of promoted music lacks substance and relevance. It is critical for me to steer away from the inconsequential safety that modern music has come to rely on: the testosterone-free pseudo-spiritual prerequisite.

Where it Began is a darker record than most as the songs are reflections of reality. Because life isn’t like TV. The record is directed at the heart and bones without the sales-pitch frills that the obsolete gatekeepers of the music industry have required for too many years.

Loving music, living it, breathing it and making it is a wonderful process. We are now faced with a changing industry and world whose rules and avenues morph daily. That is the next challenge to undertake…I hope that a handful of you will hear this and that it will resonate with you.

Where it Began is available on iTunes. Physical copies are coming soon. In the next few months I will take the record out on tour.

Yours,

Patrick Davy