Word Of Mouth CD - Import

The album was written, recorded, and produced by John Bishoff, a lifetime RAMI (Rockford Area Music Industry) award winning musician. The album features gorgeous, orchestral production reminiscent of the Beatles and the Beach Boys late period work. With violins, cellos, French horns, trombones, trumpets, oboes, flutes, clarinet, tympani, harp, saxophones, pianos, classical guitar, Latin percussion, vibes and more, the lush production is a wall of gorgeous beauty swirling around the touching sadness of many of the songs.

Having finished his degree and having found himself more involved in the live music scene than anything else, Tristan saw a need for a more unified community in South Africa 's diverse music industry. He formed 'Overtone', a company dedicated to building up the music industry of South Africa.

Overtone provides every South African band and artist with access to its rapidly expanding online community with easy access to the music industry via its directories. For fans and the industry, it offers a monthly gig guide and newsletter, as well as access to information on different sectors of the industry in South Africa - from bands themselves to live venues, stores, labels and industry news. As a resource for artists, Overtone is to offer all the facilities that they would normally have to source from multiple individual companies. It also offers facilities and help for musicians to record and produce their own albums.

This brings us back to the new album 'Hay Day'. It's taken a considerable amount of effort, time and coordination - a testing of the Overtone system - to arrive at the finished article, and here is Tristan's (and Overtone's) seamless debut album.