"Heavy Kind Of Hoping" - 2026  

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This project was three years in the making and without the partnership of talented session musicians, it would never have happened.

 

I want to acknowledge the following extraordinary musicians and arrangers.

 

FIVERR: 

 

Marc Noel - bass

Marcus Halle - acoustic guitar 

Dan Cruz - acoustic guitar , pedal steel

Matt Laurence - acoustic guitar, bass, uklele and arrangements

Nina Joy - cello and string arrangments, backing vocals

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SOUNDBETTER:

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Clay Kraisner -bass, backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Ben Dormen - bass 

Hector Runo - blues harmonica

 

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Doug Phillips (aka d.c.phillips) - lyrics, vocals, drum programming, "scratch guitars", keyboards, sampling, composing, arranging, engineering and producing.

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​​​​Recorded, engineered, produced and mastered at Dane Studios / copyright 2026 

Mastering for " Right Between The Lies", "Carousel", "Superior Man", "Broken Hearts" at LANDR 

Pre-production - AI assisted

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