Gerald Goode

Gerald Goode Talks Inspiration, Underwear, Olivia Newton-John and "SuperDry" with Adam Rothenberg

2012-01-18T20:34:00.000-05:00

I was first introduced to rising singer/songwriter Gerald Goode in the summer of 2011 while on vacation in Provincetown when Gerald performed "Hell" on Ryan Landry's "Showgirls." From the moment Gerald took the stage, I was instantly captivated by the whole package (his voice, music, and looks). The icing on the cake came when I met Gerald after the show and was introduced to his kind, calm, and soothing personality. I then immediately purchased his debut CD "For Those Who Have," and could not stop listening to it. His music is profound, heartfelt, and most of all honest.

On a recent trip to NY, Gerald took the time to sit down with me to discuss his music, his influences, his upcoming sophomore album "SuperDry," and working with/for Suzanne Palmer, Junior Vasquez, and Peter Rauhofer.

Photo Credit: Laura LandauGerald Goode is a New York Metropolitan Area-based musician known for his incredible voice, dynamic production work, Billboard-chart-topping remixes and his long-time tenure as the lead singer of the rock band Simple Jim. With just one listen to his self-produced debut solo CD, “For Those Who Have,” it is evident that his passion for music is strong and his artistic vision - bold. Released September 2008 on Gerald’s own imprint Vessel Music, with veteran producer Scott White on mixing detail and Grammy Award winning engineer Phil Magnotti in charge of mastering, the outcome is a collection of songs that are well-executed, insightful and unforgettably melodic, taking the listener over an emotional arc from start to finish. Throughout the 14 self-penned tracks on “For Those Who Have,” Gerald puts his heart out on the line as he sings about failed relationships, addiction, self-respect, the ins & outs of love and the loss of innocence.

Gerald began his musical within a family of skilled amateur musicians. In 1995, during the latter half of his senior year, older brother Jon cast Gerald as the lead singer in his college band Simple Jim, and not long after, Gerald's star began to shine. Everyone was talking about the group and the ‘crazy kid’ they had as their frontman. The band's popularity in Southern Connecticut swelled on account of Gerald’s raw performance style. His onstage antics set a new standard of performance and entertainment for cover bands throughout the region.

Photo Credit: Ric IdeNot long after forming, Simple Jim began to turn their attentions to writing original music. With Gerald as chief lyricist, he would often demo songs in his home studio, and then bring them to the band to be picked apart and adapted for live performance. By 1999, Simple Jim had released two albums of original material through their own label, and the band sold several thousand copies in the tri-state area. The band continued to draw their legion of rabid fans to such legendary venues as Toad’s Place, CBGBs, and The Elbow Room. Their song, ‘Laqueeda,’ about a gender-bending club kid, garnered the band airplay on Connecticut’s #1 Contemporary Hit Radio Station KC 101 (WKCI-CT). It was only a matter of time before Gerald began to expand his musical horizons. He began to frequent the NYC underground club scene, spending weekend nights at the Sound Factory, Tunnel, Roxy and Limelight, and fell in love with the energy of house music.

In 2001, armed with a fierce desire to have his production skills recognized, Gerald began remixing under the professional moniker ‘Blue Room’ and went on to become a presence on the Billboard Dance Charts with his remixes for RuPaul, Lisa Hunt, and Amuka. His productions and bootleg re-workings of songs by Mariah Carey, Madonna and Mary J. Blige, were frequently incorporated into Celebrity DJ Junior Vasquez’s sets. In 2005, Vasquez commissioned Blue Room to remix “Set It Free,” a song from house artist Jason Walker’s debut record, which found a place among Billboard’s Top 20 regular players in 2005. Grammy Award winning producer Peter Rauhofer also enlisted Gerald to write and produce a track for Star69 Records artist Suzanne Palmer’s full-length album, “Home." He simultaneously became a resident DJ at clubs in both New York and Connecticut.

Now, Gerald is writing and recording his sophomore album “SuperDry” in Provincetown.

1. Who or what inspired you to become a singer/songwriter? There was a lot that influenced me, I don't know if it was anything in particular. I know from the time I was four years old, I was always performing, holding my family a captive audience as I performed on our front steps. I would perform songs from "Evita," yes I was a total showtunes queen when I was a kid. I just came from a family where music was always a big part of our home life. My dad and brother are guitarists and they listened to The Beatles and Eric Clapton. I always felt an inclination towards music.

My first musical love was Olivia Newton-John. I was totally, totally into her. I remember seeing her concert when I was a kid at six years old. It was the most elaborate stage show I had ever seen at that time. Later on, Madonna definitely influenced me from a performance standpoint. Sheryl Crow was a huge influence on me from the depths of her lyrics and the way that she phrases things. There was a melancholy tone to her music. Sarah McLachlan also influenced me. "Surfacing" was my coming out album.

1a. Since I'm a huge Olivia Newton-John fan. What was your favorite Olivia Newton-John song? As a kid I loved "Physical," but I just recently found her Greatest Hits CD and popped it in and I think "Magic" is an incredibly written song. I always loved "A Little More Love" because of the song structure and how it changes up and how it totally takes a left turn at one point. I always thought it was a great song.

2. If you could perform alongside anyone or work with anyone in the music industry, who would you like to? I think musically I would love to work with Linda Perry (of 4 Non Blondes and she wrote "Beautiful" for Christina Aguilera, she actually wrote that whole album, "Dirty" with Christina, she produced P!nk's "Get The Party Started," specifically "M!ssundaztood"). Her CD "In Flight," which was post 4 Non Blondes, was incredible to me. She worked with the same producers who did Sheryl Crow's "Tuesday Night Music Club." I think the album was critically acclaimed, but it didn't get the public's interest. I loved it. It was dark, moody, and had a little bit of Led Zeplinesque influence in there. That was another huge CD for me in my coming out. I just started to follow her career after that. She actually wrote "Beautiful" for herself and if you go on YouTube, there's actually footage of her performing that live. For me, she's an inspiration, even though her solo recording career wasn't a big success, she was able to parlay everything. She's an amazing writer. If you look her up and see the list of songs and people she's worked with, it's unbelievable. I would love, love, love to work with her.

3. How did you come up with the title and concept for your debut album "For Those Who Have"? For me, it meant for those who have loved before or experience being in love and maybe experiencing the darker side of what it's like to be in love. Somehow I always have a little bit of Catholicism throughout. I remember when the title came to me when I was in Church for some strange reason, but there is this part during Mass where the Priest says, "For Those Who Have Gone Before Us," and it was something about that phrase, "For Those Who Have," those four words just jumped out at me and I took it in a different direction. It really is left open to interpretation.

4. What do you hope listeners come away with after hearing it? As an artist I just hope people can connect with it on whatever level they can. I would hope listeners also come away with an appreciation for the work that it took for it to be what it was. It was like a five year recording process off and on.

5. What's your favorite part of the creative process in putting an album together? I usually write a lot of lyrics first. I don't have any particular structure with them or idea melodically with them as to what's going to happen. It's awesome when I actually sit down at the piano and start to take lyrics I've written and make them into a more tangible song. When you have that moment when you feel it's becoming something, that's really cool. Another thing I love is when I get my first groove down rythmically and really start to get into it. There is something about recording vocals that I can't stand and that's really weird being a singer. Doing stuff on my own is a little bit difficult because all these technical things get in the way, so it's hard for me sometimes to be emotive about it. I feel like some of the emotion got lost in my first CD because it got over produced. But, I've learned from that experience and this time around I'm going to make recording vocals more enjoyable because I won't be as micro managing about that. So I'm really looking forward to starting work on my new CD.

6. Where is your favorite place to write music and practice on your own? A lot of my lyric writing happens in the car, when I'm driving. Then I have to pull off the road and get it down onto my phone. There's just something about going that makes my mind start thinking about things.

Anytime that I can come across working on an actual piano is great. There's something about the feeling about playing on the piano that make more musically productive rather than working on a keyboard. It's usually in my own studio that I'm forced to use a keyboard. A lot of the songs on my first album, like "Beautiful" and "You and Your Device" were written on this piano I was babysitting. It just made such a big difference because there is something more emotive about playing a piano.

7. What have you learned about yourself from being a singer/songwriter? That I have to remain active with it or else I start to go crazy. Anytime I think that I can walk away from music because trying to earn a living from it gets difficult. In the past couple of years, when I don't do anything with my music, it builds up inside of me, it gets to a point where I have to do something to keep it alive because it's not going away. I feel like I have a responsibility to it. It's something that I've been given as a gift. To fill my life up with things that aren't worth my time, it's not honoring the fact that I have this gift of songwriting and singing. It's almost like having a kid and I have to take care of it in a sense and when I haven't, I've become really unhappy. I've also learned the more and more I make it about trying to be successful with it, that's when I get myself into trouble and the whole idea of music becomes unenjoyable. But when I do it and try to stay true to myself that I found the most happiness and comfort in it, especially over the past year. I did walk away from it for a while and focused more on remixing.

After my CD came out, I was pushing it hardcore, and it just got to be too expensive to pay musicians to promote it and I wasn't entirely comfortable doing solo shows yet and started to get performance anxiety. Me: How did you get over that? Gerald: I took a year off from it and rewired myself. I really learned that I have to do it for me and that it has to come from a real, true place.

8. What's the best advice you've ever received? To try to do something I'm afraid to do as often as possible.

9. If you could dream about anyone while you sleep, who would it be? I would say my grandmother because she passed away in 1999. It would have been cool to know her as an adult. That was right around the time I was coming out. I was out, but only to the immediate members of my family, but not to the grandparents. I think she would have been okay with it because she was the more accepting one of the bunch. It would be cool to see what she would have been up to.

10. What was the best part about working with Junior Vasquez, Peter Rauhofer, and Suzanne Palmer? I can say because I personally worked with Suzanne, I will never forget that session. I never had an opportunity to be in a studio with somebody who's voice could make the hair on every single part of my body stand-up. Her voice is so powerful. To work with somebody who can nail it in two takes was awesome. Her vocal ability is unreal. I never worked personally, side by side, with Junior Vasquez or Peter Rauhofer, but I did work for them and just to be recognized by them was awesome. It was a great boost of confidence because it made me feel like I had good production skills.

11. What do you hope to do with your upcoming album that you didn't do with your first album? I really want to stay true to what I'm feeling in the moment. Vocally, I've definitely have grown more into my voice since recording my first album because I've had voice lessons. I want it to be a lot cleaner and simpler. I think it might be more electronic based. I'll still probably will keep up with more orchestral sounds in the background, but I want to keep my beats more electronic. It's going to be more beat driven. I felt like everything was literal on my first album. I think my lyric writing has gotten more vague and I realized after listening to other people's music, I don't have to be so literal and everything doesn't have to make perfect sense. I do want to take it into a more poetic territory lyrically.

BONUS QUESTIONS:

12. Favorite way to spend your day off? Spending the day in bed watching any TV series from start to finish like "Ab Fab" or "Desperate Housewives."

13. Favorite way to stay in shape? Gym, biking.

14. Boxers or Briefs? Definitely briefs. Boxers to sleep in.

15. Favorite website? Soundcloud. Facebook is more an obsession.

16. Superman or Wonder Woman? Superman.

For more on Gerald be sure to visit http://www.geraldgoode.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter!

Download his debut CD "For Those Who Have" here!

Anywhere I Look

2012-01-18T20:23:00.000-05:00

Anywhere I look, I come to find you
As I've been searching for you my whole life
Truth is just a doorway to the answer
Freedom from the trappings of my mind

Give me the strength to let it go
The more I hold, the less I know
So I must move on
I'll let you go, but I still pray
That you'll come back to me someday
But for now I must move on

Hard as I may try I can't escape you
My feet just feel so weighted in these sands
Put you down, and finally I run faster
We were never floating at my hand

Give me the strength to let it go

The more I hold, the less I know

So I must move on

I'll let you go, but I still pray

That you'll come back to me someday

But for now I must move on

Huntington Street Cafe - Friday January 13th

2012-01-07T10:54:00.000-05:00

'Hell' Live @ Ryan Landry's SHOWGIRLS 9/6/2011

2011-09-07T00:28:00.000-04:00

Other Side

2011-08-23T09:01:00.000-04:00

Built a wall - going nowhere
Destination: loneliness
Talking shit, touching no one
That's the feeling that I miss

Well they set me up the river
They threw me underneath that bus
Yeah - I heard you, but I'm not listening
Cuz there's no one left to trust

When it gets too hard to climb
Life will smack you down,
Chew you up,
Spit you out in pieces on the other side
And when you play life like a game
You're bound to lose sometimes
No, it don't rhyme,
But it reads like poetry on the other side

Knock me down at my weakest
And you wonder why I'm off
I lost the gift I had for speaking
As, in silence, I trail off

Then they found me on the mountain
With my testicles in hand
All my ghosts just stood there laughing
Only cuz they can

When it gets too hard to climb

Life will smack you down,

Chew you up,

Spit you out in pieces on the other side

And when you play life like a game

You're bound to lose sometimes

No, it don't rhyme,

But it reads like poetry on the other side

Where all the words and phrases

Always come out right

Where you see everything

In just the perfect light

Well they found me on the mountain

With my rhetoric in hand

And The Truth just stood there laughing, screaming

"Catch me if you dare!"

When it gets too hard to climb

Life will smack you down,

Chew you up,

Spit you out in pieces on the other side

And when you play life like a game

You're bound to lose sometimes

No, it don't rhyme,

But it reads like poetry on the other side

Is That What You Want?

2011-08-23T08:46:00.000-04:00

Memories stored in the slightest space in my head
Replay the film, freeze the frame to dissect what we said
Doin' just fine on this island out on the stretch
And I'm thinking that I might never see you again
And I'm thinking that I might never see you again

Is that what you want my friend?
Forever? Until the end?
Cuz I will not rest again
I'll just stand still
Is the what you want my friend?
To kill like I did you then,
So I cannot move again?
I just stand still

Twisted my arm straightened out, made me doubt what I know
That someone like me can't be loved or trusted to grow up
Take what you want; for the rest, I'll be travelling light
Wrestle your chains from my heart - they hold me inside
Just wrestle your chains from my heart - they hold me inside

Is that what you want my friend?

Forever? Until the end?

Cuz I will not rest again

I'll just stand still

Is the what you want my friend?

To kill like I did you then,

So I cannot move again?

I just stand still

Hell

2011-08-23T08:35:00.000-04:00

I didn't really hear a word you said
I knew the deal, so I just turned and ran
Left without a sound
The screaming all abound
In my head

Found out you found another friend indeed
And here I've lost my mind
Meanwhile back at the ranch
I'm sitting in your hand
Near dead

So if you said I got a second chance
I'd choose cold
Because I know too well
That loving you is hell
And if you begged me I would not relent
The hurting was
Enough to break the spell
When loving you is hell

You tried to let me down so easily
From your barbed-wire fence
But you can't have it all
The drop is mine to fall
At your peace of mind's expense, darling

So if you said I got a second chance

I'd choose cold

Because I know too well

That loving you is hell

And if you begged me I would not relent

The hurting was

Enough to break the spell

When loving you is hell

No I can't recall

Any kind word that you've said at all

And I've got to trust my sense

To choke me til I'm blue

Is the same as coming back to you

Or to love without defense

And in you I think I've lost my mind

Am I making any sense?

So if you said I got a second chance

I'd choose cold

Because I know too well

That loving you is hell

And if you begged me I would not relent

The hurting was

Enough to break your spell

When loving you is hell

While you sleep at night

I dream of words to write

To make some sense of this

Ignorance is bliss...

Everywhere You Go, There You Are

2011-06-18T02:51:00.000-04:00

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” — Marcus Aurelius

New Dates on The Island

2011-06-17T08:18:00.000-04:00

Everybody knows when it rains it pours.

2011-05-27T07:03:00.002-04:00

My two new singles. From Sunny PTown. More deets to come...

Gerald Goode feat RJHoliday - Boyfriend (NOT SUITABLE FOR WORK! CLICK HERE

Gerald Goode feat Suzanne Vick - Bassman (Gerald's Universal Radio Mix) CLICK HERE

Gerald Goode and Friends - Live @ Huntington Street Cafe Saturday March 12 2011 8pm-11pm

2011-03-07T23:52:00.000-05:00

Live acoustic music from my extensive, internationally ignored days as the song stylist barely standing before you! Simple Jim tunes, "For Those Who Have" cuts, some choice covers, a new song or two - all with a little help from my friends. Guests to include Jon Goode (we're sorta related) on guitar, Lisa Heile, Suzanne Vick, Meat Loaf...maybe a few more rockstars.
Get there 6:30ish to get a table, a glass of wine or beer, maybe some food if you aren't feeling bloated and you know you look hot so you're gonna score regardless.
The show will start at 8:05, and I would appreciate it if you would be really quiet when I do the softer songs, because if I hear your voice better than I can hear my own through a microphone and two loudspeaker, my brain will rattle, I will mess up and I will have to cut you.

New Projects and Upcoming Releases

2010-08-02T23:00:00.000-04:00

The past few months have been a whirlwind, and although I've been hard at work in the studio, I've had little time to focus on keeping up my web presence (i.e. website/blog updates.) So here are some suns that have already set, as well as what's on the horizon for me:

Tattered Tops the Masterbeat Charts:

Tattered, My collaboration with Suzanne Vick held court in the Top 10 of Masterbeat.com Sales Chart for the month of May, thanks to remixes by Ronnie Maze. DJ Brett Henrichsen, a prominent DJ on the circuit party scene, gave Tattered the number one spot on his Memorial Day weekend chart. The remix EP of Tattered is currently available on Masterbeat.com from Full Throttle Records.

The Ronnie Maze Remix of Tattered can be found on Ronnie Maze Remixes, a mix compilation on Nuerotic Groove Records. Also found on Masterbeat.com.

I am currently in production on Bassman, the followup single from Suzanne Vick to Tattered; circuit DJ Scott Mann has contributed a remix of the song, and Fall 2010 release is anticipated..

Better Than Myself Part 2 Available

Masterbeat Exclusive

Part 2 of Better Than Myself EXCLUSIVELY on Masterbeat.com. This release will contain the Ronnie Maze remix, as well as an Orchestral Mix of the song. The original version of Better Than Myself is available on my debut LP For Those Who Have, available on iTunes.

You Oughta Know Universal Club Mix

My club mix of Alanis's You Oughta Know is now available at RatedH. Click on the link to check it out!

New Remixes/Productions Coming Soon...

Here is a partial list of projects to be released in the second half of 2010:

Gerald Goode feat Suzanne Vick - Tattered (Part 2)
Inaya Day Presents Nick Jay feat Toni Sea - Don't Wanna
Gerald Goode feat Robo - Boyfriend
DJ Scott Mann feat Jennifer Carbonell - Love Hate
Gerald Goode - Free In Your Arms (Part 2)
Gerald Goode feat Lisa Heile - Behind
Gerald Goode - Hell

Surface Noise April 2010, New Single Announced

2010-04-28T17:20:00.001-04:00

Late late late I am with this month’s Surface Noise. It has been a lil crazy trying to juggle 8 careers, but better late than never, right? The new episode should be available on iTunes within the next few days. Here is the track listing below.

1. Alone – Tom Sawyer ft. Ana Herrero – Benny Royal Mix

2. Make My Heart – Toni Braxton – Kim Fai Remix

3. I Rock I Sweat I Dance - Morris Corti & Eugenio LaMedica - Marcel Remix

4. Open Up Your Heart – Andrea Carnell – Danny Verde Mix

5. Zul – Dario Nunez – Original Mix

6. Kelis – Acapella – Dave Aude Extended Mix

7. Trixie vs Sweet Disposition – Lex Da Funk, Dirty South & Axwell (AlterMood Mix)

8. Cancion Del Mariachi – D Rashid & Roberto Da Costa ft. Anita Doth – (Kid Kaido Remix)

9. Carmen and Camille – Shine 4 U – Gerald Goode Club Mix

10. Are You Horny – Black Traxx – Original Mix

11. Gerald Goode – Free In Your Arms – Universal Club Anthem

12. Restlessness – Bastial Laval ft Layla – Extended Mix

New Single, "This Is Life," Available June 2010

My new single, This Is Life, will be available on iTunes in late June 2010. No remixes have been scheduled to date, but the single will include an acoustic version of Here, one of the tracks off of For Those Who Have. Thanks to Kelly Richardson, who did the photography for the single cover.

You can stream the single below...

This Is Life by GeraldGoode

New Music From Gerald Goode

2010-03-25T12:34:00.001-04:00

Tattered is the new single from Gerald Goode featuring Suzanne Vick, and it has a scheduled release date of April 1 2010 on Full Throttle Records. Following in the footsteps of Gerald's last release on FTR, the EP will inititally released as an exclusive through digital electronic music retail giant, Masterbeat.com. Part one of a two-part remix EP, the single is comprised of all of Gerald's mixes, which will appeal to Mainstream Club, Dance Radio, Lounge/Chill-Out and Rythym Club Markets. As an exclusive, Free In Your Arms is available a full month on Masterbeat before it is released on any of the other major commercial dance music retail sites, including Beatport, iTunes and DJDownload.com. Masterbeat will be promoting the single with extensive banner ads throughout the site and email campaigns.

The track list is as follows:

1. Vessel Club Anthem
2. Vessel Radio Edit
3. Vessel Dub
4. Single Mix
5. Extended Mix
6. Radio Mix

Part Two will include mixes from FTR Label Head Ronnie Maze and DJ McG.

Tattered originally appeared on Suzanne's debut solo effort, The Brightness of Orchids. For more information about Suzanne, click here.

Surface Noise, Gerald's mixshow/podcast is now in its' third month on iTunes. Each episode, which can be downloaded every month at no cost, is a continuous mix of the latest in vocal, progressive and tribal house narrated by Gerald, and includes exclusive unreleased mixes produced by Gerald. March's podcast includes the aforementioned Vessel Club Anthem mix of Tattered, as well as Gerald's new re-works of Telephone by Lady Gaga ft Beyonce, and Dirty by Christina Aguilera. Also featured this month on Surface Noise: new music from the Bingo Players, Dennis Ferrer, TYNY and Lisa Pure. You can subscribe to the Surface Noise Podcast by clicking here.

Also available from Gerald Goode:

Gerald Goode Free In Your Arms
The new single from Gerald on Full Throttle,FIYA is the follow-up to Better Than Myself, Gerald’s first release on Full Throttle. Part 2 will contain an original mix and additional remixes from Gerald himself. With an infectious groove from Maze and Goode’s honest vocals and poignant lyrics about the promise of an imaginary love interest, Free is an instant classic with an anthemic hook (“I feel free in your arms…”) - mysterious and universal all at once. Get it on Masterbeat.

Gerald Goode Live In New York City

A five song EP taken from a live recording at The Bitter End in the East Village. It contains three live versions of song from Gerald’s debut LP, For Those Who Have, as well as two previously unreleased tracks: Bigger Than God and Something’s Gonna Come My Way. Click the Album Cover to preview on iTunes.

Gerald Goode Better Than Myself Remix EP
Remixes of the lead-off single from Gerald's debut For Those Who Have, contributed by Gerald, Nick Saya, Manny Lehman and Alix Alvarez and DJ Nomad NYC. Click the Album Cover to preview on iTunes.

Gerald Goode For Those Who Have
The debut self-produced CD from Gerald in full-on singer/songwriter mode. A concept album about life, love, addiction and the loss of innocence, pop culture journalist Jed Ryan called it "...an expertly produced, self-styled hybrid of soul, pop, rock and electronica. His lyrics cover the whole range of human emotions - the good, the bad, the beautiful and the not-so-beautiful." Get it on iTunes here.

PRESS RELEASE - Gerald Goode Scores A Masterbeat Exclusive With New Single

2010-02-02T12:11:00.000-05:00

Free In Your Arms, the latest musical offering from Producer and DJ Gerald Goode, has been released February 1 2010 on Full Throttle Records as an exclusive through digital electronic music retail giant, Masterbeat.com. Part one of a two-part remix EP, the single is comprised of mixes by Full Throttle label owner and Producer Ronnie Maze. As an exclusive, Free In Your Arms is available a full month on Masterbeat before it is released on any of the other major commercial dance music retail sites, including Beatport, iTunes and DJDownload.com. Masterbeat will be promoting the single with extensive banner ads throughout the site and email campaigns.

Free In Your Arms is the follow-up to Better Than Myself, Gerald’s first release on Full Throttle. Part 2 will contain an original mix and additional remixes from Gerald himself. With an infectious groove from Maze and Goode’s honest vocals and poignant lyrics about the promise of an imaginary love interest, Free is an instant classic with an anthemic hook (“I feel free in your arms…”) - mysterious and universal all at once.

The release of Free coincides with that of Gerald Goode – Live In New York City, a five song EP of a live recording at The Bitter End. It contains three live versions of song from Gerald’s debut LP, For Those Who Have, as well as two previously unreleased tracks: Bigger Than God and Something’s Gonna Come My Way. The EP is now available on iTunes and all other major digital retailers.

Shakira - Anything You Want (Gerald Goode Vessel Club Mix) by GeraldGoode

2010-01-08T08:54:00.001-05:00

Shakira - Anything You Want (Gerald Goode Vessel Club Mix) by GeraldGoode

New Releases for 2010

2010-01-03T23:51:00.002-05:00

Happy New Year!

The beginning of 2010 is an exciting time for me in terms of new releases. Aside from my new EP, "Live In New York City," due out in January, I am also pleased to announce the following tracks:

Free In Your Arms
Full Throttle Recordings
Available February 2010 EXCLUSIVELY through Masterbeat.com

Lady Gaga " Bad Romance"
Gerald Goode Vessel Club Mix and Vessel Dub
Available NOW EXCLUSIVELY through RatedH.net

New EP Announced for 2010

2009-12-03T18:26:00.003-05:00

I am happy to announce the release of "Gerald Goode - Live In New York City," an EP of live performances to promote "For Those Who Have." This collection of songs will be released on iTunes and all other major digital retailers on Tuesday, January 12.

The tracks listing is as follows:

1. Bigger Than God
2. Beautiful
3. Something's Gonna Come My Way
4. Better Than Myself
5. When I Was Younger/Lament

The Band:
GERALD GOODE: Vocals, Keyboards and Harmonica
LYRIS HUNG : Violin
JON GOODE: Guitar
DREW McKEON: Drums
TREVOR COEN: Bass

Produced and Mixed by Gerald Goode

More details to follow...

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-18T17:37:00.003-04:00

Here's a glance at all of the things going on for the fall in my world:

- Suzanne Vick released her debut CD, The Brightness of Orchids, in September. Some of you may know Suzanne through her work with Electric Mayhem. I produced and sang backup vocals on one of the tracks from the CD, "Tattered," and I will also be remixing the track in the coming weeks for the dance radio and club markets. The CD is currently available on Digstation.com, and will also be on iTunes. For more info on Suzanne, please visit her website.

- Vinnie Pagano's instant comedy classic, "Tammy," was released on iTunes as a single in September. The song is a 5 minute drunken rant from the self-proclaimed "...hottest girl in Poughkeepsie" about her college social life, her boyfriend Rick's "colossal" member, drinking before church, her "slampig" of a mother, and Polygamy. I made some contributions to the writing of the song, and did all of the production work. You can check it out by clicking here. Be prepared to wet yourself. "Hellyeah, fuckyeah!"

- I recently completed a remix of a certain classic song by a certain female recording artist who has been in the business for close to 30 years now, and has sold over 200 million records. Download the track FREE by clicking HERE.

That's it for now. I am in the middle of mixing some live tracks from my performances at The Bitter End, and I've gotta get back into it...Talk soon.

"For Those Who Have" Reviewed on DishMiss.com

2009-09-05T19:16:00.001-04:00

Music For Those Who Have

GERALD GOODE “For Those Who Have“ CD/Music Review-Dish by Jed Ryan. With a background of house, acoustic rock, and even punk, Gerald Goode delivers an impressive solo debut with his CD “For Those Who Have”. The 32-year old singer and former DJ excels at creating the perfect synergy of mid-tempo electronica and pop with standout tracks like “Better than Myself” and “The Letter”. Think of it as the coolest club-flavored lounge music you’re likely to hear. Goode’s multi-dimensional sound can perhaps best be described as “urban exotic”: it’s street smart yet uniquely experimental too. The music is expertly arranged, and Goode is definitely not afraid to dabble in lots of high-tech aural indulgences. But there’s more than that. You’ll soon discover that this guy can really sing– particularly with songs like the quietly beautiful “True” and “You and Your Device”. Goode’s voice is soulful yet strong and edgy, with a streak of vulnerability running through. Yet his vocals and his music never compete with each other; there’s seemingly perfect chemistry.

“Better than Myself”, the album’s opener, is a great example of Goode’s voice and the music coming together so well. The song features a smooth yet stimulating and invigorating rhythm. “Better than Myself” is a mini-masterpiece; Goode reinvents the love song for 2009 and beyond. “The Letter”, the next track, also features an amazing rhythm. Next up is “Beautiful”, but don’t expect a remake of the song of the same name by Ms. Aguilera or “You’re Beautiful” by Mr. Blunt; Goode’s song is cooler and edgier than either of those two overplayed hits.

Not all the songs on “For Those Who Have” are in designed for chilling out with a cosmo in hand, however. “My Life” and “Mad” (in which Goode’s voice evokes a young, unblemished Jon Bon Jovi) are more rock-flavored. “My Life” is in the tradition of the timeless power ballad, complete with rock guitar interludes and a general vibe of youthful abandon. Goode’s voice is pushed up to the forefront. “True” keeps the arrangement sparse, with minimal instrumentation, to again showcase his voice. In both these tracks, Goode never sounds more soulful or produces more of an impressive range. “When I Was Younger” is another standout; it features some genuinely thoughtful, provocative lyrics, and becomes more anthemic and bold as it progresses.

“For Those Who Have” is largely a one-man show. Goode wrote or co-wrote all the songs on “For Those Who Have”, and also plays keyboard throughout. The result is an expertly produced, truly self-styled hybrid of soul, pop, rock, and electronica. His lyrics and voice cover the whole range of human emotions: the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the not-so-beautiful…but even when Goode sings about such themes as heartbreak, he makes it sound lush. - Jed Ryan

Check out www.GeraldGoode.com and www.MySpace.com/GeraldGoode.

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RatedH.net

2009-09-05T11:20:00.003-04:00

So RatedH.net is this awesome website that offers unreleased mixes of recent and past hits (as well as some killer original content) that DJs can use to enhance their live sets. My mixes are currently available, including my top-selling mix of "Calle Ocho" by Pitbull and "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas.

This is good for me, because it means that my hours in the studio spent remixing actually pays off.

Check it out...

New Video Posted To You Tube

2009-08-12T21:44:00.005-04:00

Click on the link to see the live version of "Beautiful" @ The Bitter End in Manhattan. Comment. Rate. Share. It'll make me wet.

Facebook Social Experiment Part 2

2009-04-24T12:22:00.004-04:00

An FB friend of mind shared a quote with me that just completely reinforced my feelings surrounding the little FB Social Experiment I conducted. Does it make my work less meaningful if I use something negative to lure the population towards more positive and worthwhile thought processes?

From Ursula K. LeGuin's short story: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." She writes, "The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrble boredom of pain. If you can't lick 'em, join 'em. If it hurts, repeat it. But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to lose hold of everything else. We have almost lost hold; we can no longer describe a happy man, nor make any celebration of joy."

Big Hearts, Little Chairs

2009-04-23T16:45:00.007-04:00

So Michael Buckley (aka What The Buck) has been blowing up my spot on YouTube. I feel a little bit like a second rate ho, and he is my ghetto-fab pimp papa. It's only a matter of time before he starts smackin his bitch up. Ummm yeah. Still, this excites me. It's good to know that all of my hard work does not go unnoticed.

Anyways - the video clip no one has been waiting for, not even my mama..."Big Hearts, Little Chairs." If you like it, SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, BUY A CD, FACEBOOK ME, MYSPACE ME, BECOME A FRIEND, TELL YOUR STEPMOM AND YOUR DOG. If you HATE it, COMMENT, TALK SOME SMACK...I DON'T CARE :) As long as you are talking.

And don't forget to stop by What The Buck's YouTube channel...he knows Jesus really well.

A Question For Ann Coulter

2009-04-18T00:41:00.002-04:00

Dear Hate Monger -

I am fully aware of your self appointed social status as the holiest of all, best of humanity, ultra Conservative gift of God himself to the world at large. It is clear to anyone who has ever heard you speak in public that you have never done anything un-Christian in your life.

That being said...

Not that I think any man (or woman) in their right mind would ever be anything close to attracted enough to you to go within 10 feet of your bear-trap of a VaJJ, but HAVE you ever had sex before?

If the answer to that is "Yes," then you are a fucking hypocrite and you need to just die, even sooner and violently than I had initially hoped for.

If the answer is "No," I'm wondering if that may aid you in anyway with your apparent frustration and discontentment with life and the world at large.

Oh never mind.

You still need to meet some sort of terrible end.

XOXO
Gerald

Hard Work is...

2008-11-20T23:59:00.000-05:00

Hard work is the key to success, so work diligently on any project you undertake. If you truly want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work past 5 PM and on weekends. Also, have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow other people to discourage you from pursuing it. - James Lazarus

News and Updates

2008-11-04T17:48:00.001-05:00

Tonight is my CD Release Party @ Daniel Street, so I'm pulling a Celine Dion - staying away from air conditioning and mindless chit chat today. Oh, and no dairy. And no singing along with Anne Murray cassettes, either. Bitch.

My Website has been officially re-launched...check it out.

A look at the weeks ahead...

On Saturday, November 15 2008, I will be performing songs from my new album at the Benefit For The Creative Arts Workshop for Kids. CAW is a nonprofit organization that utilizes the visual and performance arts to teach life skills to children and teens while enriching communities. CAW develops art programs that empower youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to improve their leadership and public speaking skills, build self-confidence and deepen the relationship between art and community.

Although this is a private invitation-only fundraising event, and is not open to the public, you can still get involved by donating or volunteering your time. Check out CAW on the Web. I also have some invitations available for 10 of my guests willing to donate $50 to the cause. Email me if you'd like to come.

I will be sitting in on The Singers Circle for a live acoustic performance on 89.5FM WPKN on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 2pm. The Singers Circle is a weekly radio show highlighting local musical talent from CT, and it is hosted by fellow singer/songwritersSuzanne Vick and Melissa Mulligan. For more info about the show, check out their Myspace page. Be sure to tune in and listen !

And Speaking of Suzanne Vick, I am happy to be working in the studio with Suzanne right now, alongside of 
producer/engineer Scott White. The two have decided to put my experience in dance and
electronic music production to good use, and I am lending a creative hand on a couple of tracks 
from her upcoming debut CD. Suzanne is an incredibly talented singer based in 
Connecticut who has graced the live stage as frontwoman for the high energy funk band 
Electric Mayhem. She has a distinct, soulful voice that'll blow you away, and her song 
"Tattered" (one of the tunes I'm working on) is beautifully haunting and poetic. (Lord 
knows no one can appreciate a song about an ex the way I can.) Check out Electric
Mayhem on Myspace. Be sure to also stop by Suzanne's website.

And They Thought I Was Crazy

2008-10-29T01:56:00.006-04:00

It's late and I'm completely wound up right now. I have to go to bed, but I have to write myself to sleep. I am just blown away by the talent I was fortunate enough to be in the company of tonight. All of the guys/girls playing in my band for the CD Release Party on November 6th @ Daniel Street are the real fuckin' deal.

*Shaking my head from side to side...*

We were able to get through practically an entire album of material. IN 3 HOURS!!! WHAT?!?!?!?

My God, the heavens have shineth down upon me. I can come down from this cross now. Besides - the world's on fire, and we need more wood.

PRESS RELEASE

2008-10-26T19:17:00.005-04:00

GERALD GOODE GETS PERSONAL ON SELF-PRODUCED DEBUT RECORD

October 14, 2008 (Connecticut) -- Singer, Songwriter and Producer Gerald Goode, a veteran of the Southern Connecticut music scene at age 30, has independently released his debut solo effort "For Those Who Have" on his own imprint, Vessel Music. The CD is being distributed through online independent music giant CD Baby, and is currently available for download on most major online digital retailers, including iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and Amazon.com. Gerald served as the Executive Producer on the recording, which also features collaborations with industry heavy hitters Matt Martone (3 Doors Down, Our Lady Peace) & two-time Grammy Award winning engineer Phil Magnotti. He will consummate the release of "For Those Who Have" with a CD Release Party at Daniel Street Club in Milford, Connecticut, on Thursday November 6, 2008 at 8:30pm. The party will feature an opening performance by Lisa Heile and special guest Christopher Robin before Gerald takes the stage with his band to perform not only the CD in its entirety, but also tunes from the catalog of his former band, Simple Jim. All partygoers will receive a copy of "For Those Who Have," included with the $10 admission.

Gerald wrote and recorded the 14 track album in his studio over the course of the past five years. His lyrics deal with the topics he is most familiar with: failed attempts at relationships, addiction, the loss of innocence and death. "There were too many stops and starts during the recording of this CD," says Gerald. "I was distracted by a lot of personal demons during my twenties; I spent a lot of time with all of the wrong people, and came to learn a lot of lessons I would much rather have avoided, all the while trying to figure out who I was and what I thought life was supposed to be about. But coming out at the other end of the tunnel with this collection of songs made it all worth the while."

Gerald's voice evokes comparisons to Chris Martin of Coldplay, Darren Hayes and Sarah Mclachlan; his slick production can be lined up alongside the music industry's most sought after names without discernment. Throughout the record, Gerald takes on many different roles as narrator, from the jilted ex-boyfriend ('Mad') to the hopeless romantic ('However I'm Able' & 'Beautiful'); from the sympathetic companion ('True') to the insightful traveler at the end of his days ('When I Was Younger/Lament'). But while his lyrics often tend to lead his listeners through a reflective and dark spectrum of emotions, there is no denying that Gerald's expertly crafted melodies are simply sweet and unforgettable.

- Scott Gantkin

Daniel Street is located at 21 Daniel Street in Milford, CT 06460.

For additional information about Gerald, or to obtain a digital or physical copy of 'For Those Who Have' for review, contact Scott Gantkin: scott.gantkin@me.com.

Gerald Goode's Electronic Press Kit can be viewed at http://www.sonicbids.com/geraldgoode.