Rob and I met when our bands were playing the same gig one night. I think it may have been Beajolies in Reading Pa - they opened for us, or vice versa , or we mutually teamed up to "convince " the bar owner into paying us what he agreed upon when he booked the show. I thought Rob had a really unique voice and put on a heck of a show! This was about the time when my band, Earth To Bob, was winding down. So, it was a case of perfect timing for me when Rob later approached me about recording on his album, "In Absence Of Reason".

 

 

This is a tough one to answer. I really like "Remember The Way"- it came out of nowhere when we were recording up in Cape Cod. We wrapped up early one afternoon and had some time to kill. So, I played Rob some song idea snippets I was working on. One of those caught his attention and he wrote a beautiful , moving lyric for it that touched a nerve with both of us. I also love the gorgeous, lush string arrangement that Chris Carmichael worked up for that song. I was like a kid on Christmas  listening back to it the first time.

 

 What was the most challenging part of recording the album?

 

Logistics were pretty tough on this project. We were after an organic sound and I didn`t want to "outsource" any of the production. So, we obviously needed to be together to record Rob`s tracks. Rob lives in Maine and I`m in New Jersey. So, this presented a bit of a challenge. Once we got our schedules to align and captured Rob`s tracks, we were able to record remotely- passing files back and forth over email and dropbox. 

 

 What does 2015 hold for Bishop/Reilly?

 

We`re very excited about several projects lined up for us as writer/producer team with other artists and are planning to release them on our label, Eastern Records. We`re also just getting started writing material for a new Bishop/Reilly album and are planning dates in Cape Cod to go heads-down on writing and recording them. We don`t yet have any firm timelines to share though. Stay tuned!

 Hope you enjoyed our first featured band! For more info on Bishop/Reilly go to http://www.eastern-records.com/ 
 Till next month!...