The new EP by Jim Stanard featuring Jon Skibic & Ryan Joseph
Jim went into Nashville's Soultrain Studios in June of 2021 to shoot performance video of some songs from his Color Outside The Lines album. After shooting wrapped, Jim and his guitarist Jon Skibic (The Afghan Whigs) and fiddler Ryan Joseph (Alan Jackson) stayed behind in the studio and jammed on songs that had influenced Jim's journey.
They let the tape roll, so to speak, and were pleased to discover that they'd captured lightning in a bottle with their improvised arrangements and loose, end-of-the-day approach.
It would be fair to say that musically, Jim Stanard is something of a late bloomer, embracing a life in music at a point where many in his shoes surrender to the urge to take things easy. During a successful career in the business world, he made a point of seeking out new challenges, and he's applied that attitude to his work as a creative artist.
Stanard has always had a profound relationship with music and accrued plenty of performing experience early in life. Music meant so much to him that, as a teenager, he sold his childhood coin collection to buy his first guitar, a Martin D-28 that he still plays. As a young man, Stanard was profoundly affected by the singer-songwriter explosion of the 1960s.
"I played a lot of music in the '60s and early '70s, playing solo in college coffeehouses for about fifteen years", Stanard recalls. "Then I got busy with other stuff and stopped playing, but I always carried the music with me. Even after I'd quit playing, I was always listening and absorbing and accumulating a lot of musical knowledge, so when it comes to writing songs I'm endlessly inspired."
It would be fair to say that musically, Jim Stanard is something of a late bloomer, embracing a life in music at a point where many in his shoes surrender to the urge to take things easy. During a successful career in the business world, he made a point of seeking out new challenges, and he's applied that attitude to his work as a creative artist.
Stanard has always had a profound relationship with music and accrued plenty of performing experience early in life. Music meant so much to him that, as a teenager, he sold his childhood coin collection to buy his first guitar, a Martin D-28 that he still plays. As a young man, Stanard was profoundly affected by the singer-songwriter explosion of the 1960s.
"I played a lot of music in the '60s and early '70s, playing solo in college coffeehouses for about fifteen years", Stanard recalls. "Then I got busy with other stuff and stopped playing, but I always carried the music with me. Even after I'd quit playing, I was always listening and absorbing and accumulating a lot of musical knowledge, so when it comes to writing songs I'm endlessly inspired."
Pre-order the new album COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES and get a chance to win a Taylor guitar signed by Jim Stanard, Peter Yarrow, Bethany Yarrow and Kip Winger!
Rules & Requirements
Send your proof of purchase of the album to raffle@jimstanardmusic.com. Please include a screenshot or scan of your purchase receipt, your name and phone number.
All entries must be received on or before 10/22/2020 11:59 PM ET to be eligible. Date of drawing and winner announcement to be determined shortly.