I can't keep up with multiple blogs, so I'm shifting over to myspace!

Here's a link to my myspace blog
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=56893170

In the meantime, you can get a digital version of my album below by either paying what you can or referring me to 5 friends. Not a bad deal.

So Much to Say- Kerrville, New Album, New Videos, etc

So many things, so buckle down

The new album is off and running. May and June have really just been a couple of wonderful months. The new Paste came out with "Late Last Night" as lucky number 13 on the sampler (Scarlett Johansson is on the cover), and there was even an article about Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the magazine, which is where in high school we used to go to do a lot of underage drinking, where I totally blew it with a really hot girl, and where I once bought a huge knife that we called the "bear knife." It was black and beautiful, and it was taken from me by an older person in authority. That's right Cory, I don't forget

I went to the Kerrville Folk Festival at the end of May, where I was in the New Folk Songwriting Competitiion, and I won! I'm so honored to be included in that company, it was such an amazing experience. Also, it turns out that it now costs approximately $150 one way to get from Nashville to southern Texas in my piece of crap Jetta, so a good majority of the prize money was well spent on supporting the oil industry. What a strange contrast driving to distant folk festivals has become. Annie and I detoured through New Orleans on the way back and has beignets on the second morning of the return trip.. totally worth the 3 extra hours of travel. Despite everything, it's still the most beautiful city in the country.

I also just found out last week that I've been selected to play in the Emerging Artist Showcase at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in the Berkshires, which is another great honor for a relatively green folk singer/songwriter. Can't wait to get up there next month.

I got my hands on some new tools for booking, and I'm working on booking some extensive touring starting in September where I'll be driving out to the East Coast for about 3 weeks. If you know of a venue where you think i would fit, let me know. So far I've booked shows in West Virginia, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, and Maryland, and I'm working on filling in others as well. You can see the full schedule on my main page (don't forget to scroll down).

I've got some new videos up from Kerrville of both myself and some of the other performers. You can always find the things I put on youtube on the channels youtube.com/robbyhecht and youtube.com/robbyhechtvideos, the first is general videos that I've posted and of other performers, and the latter is videos of me. I've put up performances from the festival by Devon Sproule, Hans York, and Bob Sima, as well as a couple of mine. Here's one that I did of a brand new song that I decided to play about 3 minutes before I went on. This was the first time I'd ever played it in public

Thank so so much to everyone who's purchased the new record, it means so much to me. I hope you love it as much as I do. Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Robby

So the CD is out! If you missed it, we had the release show on Thursday. The 6 openers were all so good, and I fell into some sort of surreal luck when Jeff Coffin asked to play the day before the show. I ended up having a damn good band with Jeff and Megan McCormick trading sax and les paul solos through all the breaks. We had a nice turnout, and I think everyone had a great time. Part of me feels relieved that it's over, and the rest of me knows that a release is really just the start.

LATE LAST NIGHT HAS BEEN RELEASED UPON THE WORLD

Today is the day, and the new album is yours to have and to hold.

If you live in the Nashville area, please come out Thursday night to my CD Release show. We've got a great lineup for you including Sarah Siskind, Peter Bradley Adams, The Bittersweets, Elizabeth Foster, Jordan Caress, and Tom Mitchell.

The Bittersweets and Tom have both made records with my producer Lex Price, and Sarah, Peter, and Jordan all appear on the record. Elizabeth did all of the beautiful sketches that you can see on the record.

I'll be playing with a full band, so come have a drink or few, and hear some great music.

Details =

The Mercy Lounge (mercylounge.com)
Thursday, May 8
8pm
18+
$8

See you there!

robby

The Website is Officially Up!

Well, it's official. I finally have a real life website. Finally the days of direct linking robbyhecht.com to my myspace page are over.

There are still some kinks to be worked out, but it's looking mighty fine.

Please note that the site was designed by graphic genius and futurist Jay Jasch of Rarity Music Arts, and built by tech wizard Daryl Turicek, whose travel website cheesedeluxe.com provides some of the best food tips, state facts, and photographs of this fine country of ours that the internet has to offer.

See you soon!
Robby

The Internet, wow

Wow, this whole "internet" thing is so interactive. I must say, I've never really blogged before in the true sense of the word, with html and all that jazz. Not bad. So I guess you can just hit play down there to hear a few songs from my upcoming record Late Last Night. I'm so proud of this album; I can't wait to share it with everyone. More ramblings to come, reader. Meanwhile, kick back and take a listen.