Gian Stone

Dear Fans,

This past Thursday marked an important day for me. I began recording drums for my second album: a compilation of songs about love, travel, loss, celebration, learning, and living. This album covers the past year of my life since the recording of my debut album "Diggin'".

All of the drums tracks were recorded in less than two days at Ben Rice's Newkirk Studios in Brooklyn, New York. The remainder of the album will be recorded in the comforts of my home. Good friend and fellow musician, Emiliano Ortiz, will be co-producing the album, helping with arrangements,doing some guitar work, and backing vocals. The album should be completed by summertime.

In the meantime, various trailers of the video will be released along with at least one music video, a single, and most likely a new website. Please keep checking back for more information. Thank you for your support and love! This is going to be a good year.

Thank You
-Gian

On Sunday, February 14, 2010 from 6pm-10pm; Kenny's Castaways and good friend Jason Rosen will host a benefit concert in support of the earthquake victims of Haiti. All proceeds will be donated to The American Red Cross for the benefit of Haiti.

The event will take place at Kenny's Castaways, 157 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, NYC. There will be no cover charge, donations only! We expect people to give what they can.

The event will be hosted by Jason Rosen and feature many Luminaries on the Village music scene. I will be performing at 6pm for about 25 minutes, followed by an All-Star jam session until 2am. The featured acts will be posted shortly.

This is an opportunity for local musicians to show their support of the Haitian people in spirit, song, & financial aid. We welcome your participation.

If you are around next Friday, February 5th at 9pm, join me at Gavin Degraw's "Villange Underground." I will be playing an acoustic set with good friends Emiliano Ortiz and Jafe Paulino of Viva Mayday. It's intimate setting, and I will be performing songs off my debut album "Diggin'" along with some new songs.

The "Village Underground" is located on at 130 West 3rd Street in downtown New York City. Tickets are only $10 and its a 21+ show. Hope to see you all there.

A new single by Viva Mayday was just released entitled "Bay of Pigs". The track was recorded by Matthew Broadfoot at Queensborough College, mixed by me at my home studio, and then mastered by good friend Chris Medina. Check out the Music section, or visit Viva Maydays website at www.vivamayday.com for a free download of the single.

A new compilation album was just released containing tracks by 10 New York City bands. "Villanueva" by Viva Mayday is one of the tracks on the album, and will also be on our full-length LP which is currently being recorded.

Go check it out now, and for more information, visit myspace.com/blastradiusnyc

I just added a live Twitter feed to the right side of this page... now you can see exactly how I take up my time. Also, there will be more updates to this site later this week, including a new album to the Music section, and pictures for the blog. Stay tuned, and come by Pianos this Thursday night to check out a performance by Emiliano Ortiz. The show starts at 10pm, and I'll be backing him on drums.

Peace

So the past few weeks I have been really busy finishing up other projects, writing new songs, promoting my album, and working. I have given my website a bit of a facelift, adding a "Tour" section and moving some things around. There are no shows as of now, but will be shortly. Also, I have been updating my "Blog", so check that out as well.

Peace and Love

Dear Friends and Family,
 
I have been working on my debut album entitled ‘Diggin'’ for the past year or so and it is finally complete!
 
Diggin’ is available on Newkirk Records, a label founded by Ben Rice. Ben really helped make this record possible as a result of his musicianship, engineering and as co-producer. I also wish to thank the musicians on the album… Emiliano Ortiz, Jeff Franzel, Brian Letiecq, and Shana Bush.
 
The album is organic and touches upon multiple genres such as rock, pop, soul, and R&B. Please feel free to check out some of the songs on my MySpace (myspace.com/gianstone) or on my Facebook Fan Page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gian-Stone/103722244156?ref=ts). 
 
Diggin' is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon. Please spread the word!

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy. 

My website is finally done! Here you can check out all my music and other projects I have been working on. Also, I will try to update my blog as often as possible with photos, videos, people, and other interesting things that come my way. Enjoy.