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Tonight, I was on the bill for the annual President's Cup golf tournament and fundraiser for Otter Athletics at Corral de Tierra Country Club. Also along for the experience was Steven Mann, who played keyboards and is producting…

It was an outstanding week for the benefit CD!

We had a "card" on the home page of CSUMB.EDU, featuring Kevin Garcia's graphic with Dylan Jackson's scorecard.

We had purchases by Monterey County Weekly writer Mark Anderson and KPIG…

Tonight at 7:47 p.m., Rod and Sharon Mills became the first fans to pre-order a copy of the "Birdie in the Hole" benefit CD from the Otter Athletics store at Cal State Monterey Bay. In return, we'll add them…

CSUMB Athletic Director Vince Otoupal made reference to the world premier of "Birdie in the Hole" in his weekly online newsletter, Inside Otter Athletics (August 23, 2011).

"One of the highlights of the day was when the National Champion Otter…

Today we officially launched the project publically!

After the Men's Golf team was lauded by President Dianne Harrison for their National Championship and Athletic Director Vince Otoupal kicked off the fundraiser, we had the DJ spin a CD of the…

Tonight we recorded the backing vocals of the lovely Christina Bailey from Honeymoon. We were in and out in about an hour and already began to mix down a basic song with all the ingredients of the song finally…

Tonight producer Steven Mann worked with Marvin Panganiban on drums to lay down an epic sound with a lazy beat and dramatic transitions.

Next up: Christina Bailey of Honeymoon on backing vocals!

We want to find a way to include the sound of a golf ball dropping into the cup, so I took advantage of Steven Mann getting in a round of golf to do some field recording.

We were on the…

Tonight we gathered tracks for lap steel guitar (Charlie Wallace) and lead vocals (Greg Pool). Once that was done, we played it back and Steven Mann of Boomdaddy began to fiddle with the keyboards to the…

In the chorus of the song "Dylan" is sophomore Dylan Jackson, who saved his team from defeat by draining that 30 foot putt and putting them back in contention for the title. On the last hole ... of the…

Producer Steven Mann invited us over to begin capturing individual tracks for the upcoming production of "Birdie In The Hole," a benefit CD for athletic scholarships at Cal State Monterey Bay.

I came by with my vocal and rhythm guitar…

At our regular gig in Gene's Barber Shop in Pacific Grove, I threw in "Birdie in the Hole" and got a favorable reaction.

[photo: (l-f) Gordy Allen, Greg Pool, Gene Allen and Charile Wallace]

Charlie Wallace (r) and I head…