John Austin

John Austin is a longtime friend and incredible singer/songwriter. He has put out 5 records. In 1996 he recorded Byzantium at Nickel & Dime Studios where I was studio manager and assistant engineer. Byzantium is an amzaing full production record, but at the time I told John he should really do a stripped down acoustic record with me in the future. That record was not recorded, but was affectionitely referred to as Strummy, Strummy, Strum Strum for the next 6 years. John moved around a lot, and we would always talk about actually recording Strummy, but never did. He made two more amazing records during that time, If I Was A Latin King and Busted At The Pearly Gates. Finally, in September 2003, one month before he moved out of Atlanta (again) we recorded Strummy. Realizing Strummy was a stupid name for a CD, John renamed it AustinEcho, and it became a collaboration with his wife Erin. Stripped down & intimate, AustinEcho is a CD of amazing songs. AustinEcho will be released on PASTE RECORDS in January 2004. Please check it out.