Jordan O'Connor releases a new recording, "Lebreton", a solo bass album."Last February I decided to record another Cash Cow CD. This desire was spurred on by Rob, from Candyrat Records who took the earlier Cash Cow CD “When We Were Little Girls” as well as “Fragments vol. one” into the Candayrat catalogue - his new online label. As a player I was out of shape and felt largely lost as a musician. I didn’t feel I was “a part” of any music scene, and outside of occasional gigs with guitarist Don Ross (which was how I made the Candyrat connection) and some subbing work here and there I felt like an alien in Toronto. So with Rob’s I decided to record again; yet, as I said, I was out of shape."Read the rest of the writing here >>>
Jordan O'Connor releases "Falling Forward" Back in January 2002 Justin (Haynes) Nick (Fraser) and myself (Jordan O’Connor) spent 4 nights recording at a studio space in Toronto Canada – Ratspace. We recorded around 12 hours of music and as I listen to it now, what strikes me as interesting is just how much music this trio has made, and how deep it runs within me. Furthermore, how some of the music was too close to me to understand or even hear at the time, yet now it seems obvious - but I am sure that too will shift with time. Read the rest of the writing here >>>
Recent News Items
Falling Forward: The new record from Jordan O'Connor is finally getting the Breath release treatment. We got some video clips, interviews, making of footage, and some details about the CD release party, September 13th, 2006. Details here >>>
Score Composition:currently working with writer, director, and producer Ilan Saragosti, on his documentary “Sit-Up King” completing the scoring, sound design/mix for the film. More on scores and soundtracks here >>>
Cash Cow was in the studio to record their sophomore record in February 2006. Take a look at some video, photos, sounds, and charts from the session. View everything here >>>
A Jordan O'Connor Podcast Recently Jordan made a podcast examing his work and methodology as a composer of music film scores and the like. An interesting and illuminating listen. Download it out here (ZIP file) >>>
Jordan O'Connor's music is now sold on-line and distributed by CandyRat Records, the ultimate site for acoustic music. They offer streaming radio, videos, music forums, and music clips of every track. Purchased CD's can be delivered to your door worldwide or downloaded in MP3 format. Payments are processed through PayPal's secure payment system. Visit their site to enjoy Jordan's music, Don Ross, Corey Harris, Jaco Pastorious, and Runcible Spoon, among many others. Find out more here >>>
