VHF is a band I put together with Joel Hoekstra (Night Ranger, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Rock of Ages Broadway) on guitar and The Fretless Monster, Tony Franklin (The Firm, Blue Murder, Kenny Wayne Sheppard) on bass.

I would like to talk about how our debut song/video "Whispers of the Soul" came to be. When I decided to put this band together my vision was that the music would be based on the groove and built from the drums up. I was going for the style of music that I grew up on�.Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, especially their "Animals" album. It is all about the groove; add a little improvisation and creativity on each musician's part and you get a final piece. I equate it to painting a picture�. you start with a blank canvas� then I add a few brush strokes, and set the underlying foundation with the drum groove and arrangement. Next comes Tony on bass where he adds a few more layers and brush strokes with the chord progression and underlying tone. Finally, Joel on guitar to pulls it all together� The video really makes my vision come to life, especially the visual effects and color treatments demonstrate the "painting a picture" metaphor �. Remember we never jammed together in the studio or during the recording process, we created independent parts to make each song whole.

Once all of the songs were recorded by each of us, Engineer/Producer Joe Floyd and I added the basic effects, panning, echoes etc. When we had a 90% sound, we brought it to Tommy Kessler of Blondie to help with the separation of frequencies and to add ear candy. We did not want to release a typical instrumental CD, our approach was to allow the engineers to have freedom to experiment sonically. So while the songs may follow ababcab structures, the song can vary with each pass through the "a" section. We were lucky to have engineers like Joe Floyd and Tommy on board and willing to push the envelope. I wanted to make sure the music is headphone friendly�.. Hope you enjoy!