Sing is the second official studio album released by recording artist

Jim Bianco Jim Bianco (born March 25, 1976) is an independent musician, singer, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, California. Biography Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 25, 1976, Bianco is the youngest child of James Bianco, Jr ...

and the first album to be released on the Hotel Cafe Records label. Bianco has said that most of the songs on this album were composed on the piano at the

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after regular club hours.
In 2008, "I Got A Thing For You (Remix)" was featured in the national television ad campaign for "Chickdowntown.com" and "To Hell With the Devil" was featured during an episode of '' Moonlight'' on CBS. Also in 2008, Bianco performed "I Got A Thing For You" on ''

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'', which aired in October. In 2010, four songs from this album were featured in the film '' Ca$h''. In 2012, "I Got A Thing For You" was featured in an episode of

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's series '' The Firm''.

Track listing

All songs were written by Jim Bianco. #“I Got A Thing For You”–3:32 # “Sing”–3:36 # “Somebody’s Gonna Get Hurt”–3:41 # “Painkiller”–3:16 # “Never Again”–2:40 # “If Your Mama Knew”–3:38 # “Wrecking Ball”–3:02 # “Belong”–3:11 # “Get On”–3:45 # “To Hell With The Devil”–2:34 # “I Got A Thing For You” (Remix)–3:39

Personnel

–vocals, guitar, piano on 2, 3, 4, 8, electric piano on 9 and 11 *Brad Gordon–guitar, piano, electric piano, clarinet, accordion, percussion, background vocals, organ *Josef Zimmerman–contrabass *

Kenny Lyon Kenny Lyon (born April 22, 1956) is an American guitarist, bassist, music producer, and author. He has performed and recorded with artists such as the Lemonheads, Jann Arden, NOFX, Mark Curry, Los Super Elegantes, Joel Virgel, Jim Bianco, and ...

–electric guitar on 1, 3, 5, and 7 *Matt DeMerritt–saxophone, electric pianco on 7 *Jason Pipkin–percussion *

Gary Jules Gary Jules Aguirre Jr. (born March 19, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, known primarily for his cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with his friend Michael Andrews for the film ''Donnie Darko''. It ...

–guest background vocals on 2 and 6 * Cary Brothers–guest background vocals on 2 and 6 *David Ralicke– trombone, background vocals

Additional production information

*Produced by Brad Gordon and Jim Bianco *Mixed by Brad Gordon *Engineered by Brad Gordon and Sheldon Gomberg *Mastered by Evren Goknar at Capitol Mastering *All photography shot by Bethany Dwyer at Fonogenic Studios *Art direction by Jim Bianco *Art production by Tammy Bumann

Studio information

This record was recorded at Magic Carpet Studios and The Carriage House.
Basic tracks to “Get On” recorded at The Schtude with Will Golden.

Videos

Bianco produced and released three videos in association with songs on this album.
I Got a Thing For YouPainkiller: Live from my kitchenSing: A Virtual Tour Through the Album

External links

Official websiteJim Bianco on MySpaceJim Bianco on FacebookJim Bianco on TwitterJim Bianco's Youtube Channel
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