One of the themes of my upcoming album with Luke Conard, Erase This, is communication. This is personified by the constant references to radios within the album’s lyrics. To take this one step farther, I thought it would be fun to include a radio DJ in between a handful of songs on the album. The DJ would introduce the upcoming song and fill in the gaps of the storyline a little as the songs progress.
But I needed a voice for this radio DJ. And I wanted it to be recognizable, but I didn’t want it to be a YouTuber.
So, I sent an email to Hollywood film star Kevin Pollak‘s people and pitched the idea.
I told them Kevin would be playing the voice of a late-night rock station DJ named “Killswitch Kevin”. They took the idea to him, and he agreed. I just received his recordings a few hours ago.
Kevin has been in some huge films, including co-starring with Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects, he starred in Casino, That Thing You Do, A Few Good Men, She’s All That and the TV show Entourage (just to name a few). I grew up watching his movies, and now he’s the radio DJ on my debut full-length album.
I’m pretty excited.
Erase This will be out in the second half of May as a Deluxe Edition CD and DVD 2-disc set. I’ll post more details here when I have them for you.
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wow, thats so so awesome!! Now I’m more exited for the album!!
That’s awesome, Alan! Erase This seems to be shaping up into something amazing.
Crap, now I have to buy it. You’re the reason I don’t have any money Alan.
Wow, this is so excellent, congratulations, Alan! I’m really excited for this release, hopefully I can afford it when it does come out in May. <3
I am thrilled! That is such exciting news. I can’t wait for Erase This. I’ll definitely be getting it.
Thats really awesome Alan! I can’t wait for the album!!!
That’s fantastic! Huge accomplishment. Can’t wait for the release.