Hi and Welcome!

July 2008

Those of you who visit my website occasionally will notice that things are looking a little different. At the beginning of 2008 I joined forces with Frontside Group (Vancouver & New York) and brought my management clients with me.

The team at Frontside is highly motivated and highly capable, and have welcomed me with open arms. With their help I am moving forward with a great number of plans for Spirit of the West's 25^th Anniversary, for multiple EP releases by Quinzy, and for the touring plans, in support of their CD "East of West," for House of Doc.

In addition to having a staff of fellow managers and skilled music administrators surrounding me, I now also have a crack publicist and one of the great status symbols that anyone in the music business can bandy about: An office in Manhattan.

While Geoff Goddard steers Frontside from Vancouver, his cohort Gary McDonald takes care of New York and braces the inhabitants of that city for my occasional visits – Mark Kesten oversees the greater world of management strategies and Jen Fritz does a massive whack-load of press & publicity. I am able to concentrate on my clients and if need be, call out silly questions at any time. The response is often a grunt or a quizzical silence (freighted with the unspoken question "how in the hell can he have been doing this for so long and not know the answer to that?") but it seems to have a soothing effect on me all the same.

At any rate the system appears to be working, because the quantity of stuff flying across my desk is getting to be pretty remarkable.

I have also stayed quietly on course in my quest to produce music – My most recent project worth talking about were two new songs for inclusion in Quinzy's 2008 multiple EP releases; titled "Even You" and "Fell in Love with the Enemy", the songs were recorded in Vancouver in April 2008, engineered & mixed by my old friend and colleague Richard Sera, and they turned out very well indeed.

"Even You" is track #1 on the new Quinzy EP "One Boy's Guide to the Moon" and the careful listeners amongst you will hear a cameo appearance by master cowbellist Kim Mackay, famous for her countless cowbell tracks on albums by Sinatra, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Coldplay, Gwen Stefani, Buck Owens. OK, I am completely lying about this... Kim is my Personal Assistant and had never before held a cowbell in her hands until I dragged her in front of the microphone. But I have to say she nailed it, first take, and looked mighty damn stylish while doing so. Those of you wishing to send glowing fan-mail to 'Cowbella, the Percussion Goddess' may click here: info@vinsynch.com

I invite you to explore my website and learn about my recent activities, productions, and my management clients.

Thanks for visiting.

Vince