Tom Springer Band Live @ Electric Andyland is out today! You’ll find it on all major streaming services, YouTube and here on my website.

The record showcases the band's interpretations of five previously released songs, performed live at Andy Plaisted's…

The 2024 remix of “My Fellow Americans” is out today! You’ll find it on all major streaming services, YouTube and here on my website.

Why a remix? The message of the song remains relevant, since Donald Trump is on the…

The Tom Springer Band is in the middle of a summer break. Drummer David Morse and spouse have just returned from a month in Africa. We’re excited to see pictures and hear stories! Lead guitarist Joe Charnock and family are…

Get ready for some new music! “The Favor” is coming out tomorrow.

The song was inspired by ends and beginnings, hope and happiness arising out of betrayal and bitterness. Snap your fingers – a wrong can become right!

The Tom…

We didn’t get many responses to our initial barrage of emails to venue bookers. Turns out they get a lot of emails! Complete unknowns like us tend to fall to the bottom of the pile, unless there’s something in the…

The Tom Springer Band is ready to play out! See our marketing material here: /band-epk. We’re sharing it with bookers around Boston, in search of our first gig.

We’ve come a long way since our first jam session eight…

Big news! “18 Going On 55” is coming out next Friday, January 27th. It’s been almost two years in the making. I’m excited to release it into the world. 

The song was inspired by the experience of my three children…

I appeared at my first open mic last Tuesday November 22nd at Club Passim in Harvard Square. I was the sixth of thirteen performers. I played two songs: “Make The Sun Come Out” (from my first EP Sun Come Out…

The Tom Springer Band is beginning to take shape. The band has four members: yours truly on vocals and rhythm guitar, David Morse on drums, Gary Multer on bass, and Joe Charnock on lead guitar. We’re in the opening stages…

As the Tom Springer Band starts coming together, I’m starting to think about venues in and around Boston we should target for performance. 

Here’s a list that seems promising, based on an initial scan of the current scene: 

Somerville 

• Sally…

One of my goals in the next several months is to begin performing at local open mics, either solo or with a few band mates. 

I haven’t attended many open mics in the past. I’ve never played at one. So…

The studio did double duty as my sick room until a few days ago. 

I got COVID at a work event in mid-May. I tested positive a few days after returning home, as I was preparing to attend the second…

This should not be a difficult question to answer. I spend more time listening to my music than anyone else on the planet. I should be able to write the elevator pitch, right? 

Well, I have to, since I’m…

One of my goals for 2022 is to begin creating my band, as you may recall from my last post. Let me ask and answer a few basic questions about the band below, as a way of helping prospective members…

My plan for 2022 is simple: keep going! The five objectives I set in 2021 remain relevant, with some minor updates. I plan to 

1. Continue creating new music 
2. Continue improving my guitar and vocal skills 
3. Refine my live performance repertoire 
4. …

“This Is My Day” was released on New Year’s Eve, as many of you know. If you haven’t given it a spin, then please do! If you have, then let me know your reactions. 

Amanda and I celebrated New Year’s…

I have some exciting news! “This Is My Day” will be released on December 31st. Make a note to give it a spin on New Year’s Eve. I hope it will put you in the mood to seize your moment…

I’m guessing most of you missed the premiere of the Tom Springer Music happy half hour on my YouTube channel, on September 30th. And the second installment on October 15th. 

That was by design -- I wanted to make…

Today my friend Dave Greenbaum joined me in the studio for a jam session. Dave is a better guitar player than I am (for now!), but we’re close enough in ability to enjoy working together on blues jams, cover songs…

I received a new phaser pedal for my birthday yesterday, the Lillian phaser from Walrus Audio (see picture below).

I asked for the Lillian for three reasons: 

1. I was not happy with the TC Electronic Helix phaser…

Theodore the cat was in charge of the Wilson Street studio over the past few weeks, while we were out visiting with family and friends in New York state and the Pacific Northwest. 

The studio was quiet, but the…

How to find compelling new music, in a world where 60,000+ songs are released every day on Spotify and Apple Music (source: Music Business Worldwide)? Where are the songs I want to hear again and again? 

Increasingly, I find…

Yes, it’s the title of a well-known song by the Village People. Less widely known, but more important to my story: the YMCA in Princeton, New Jersey was the venue for my stage debut. 

The Princeton Y hosted high school…

Work continues on “This Is My Day”. I’m happy to report the rhythm guitar tracks are done! 

The tracks are two different takes of the same part, played with different chord fingerings, guitars, and rigs (i.e., pedal and amplifier settings…