Secret Aging Men began in 2003 as a "fun with spontaneous instrumental jam-fusion music" project for guitarist, Rick Meyer. In 2000, after finishing a 10 year run as owner/operator of a major recording studio in Atlanta, Rick set out to get some musician friends together to join his project . . . and just play music which focused on completely "instant" creativity.

The first CD, "Formations", released in 2004, had some lovely and creative tracks on it, and the musical project began to bear fruit . . . but was still not improvisational enough for where the project was intended to head. 2006 saw the release of "Fully Functional", and offered "live in the studio" jams on all cuts except for two, and was many steps closer towards the SAM project's intent. In 2008 "Night Mowing" was released, and again all but two cuts were absolutely "live in the studio" jams . . . but this time the audio qualities of the recordings were much fuller and richer than the first two endeavors.

Each CD has shown a progression of material quality and sound quality, and now in 2012 SAM is releasing it's first CD in 4 years, "modal overdrive". Staying true to the original path of spontaneous creativity, "modal overdrive" exhibits the pinnacle of spontaneous musical creativity for the Secret Aging Men project. The entire 48 minute CD, divided into 7 distinct tracks, are all superior jams and were recorded live-on-the-fly direct to Alesis HD-24, through a 32 channel Soundcraft Ghost, in the secret SAM studio. "modal overdrive" was engineered and produced by Sal Caltabiano, who played drums on two of the previous projects, "Fully Functional" and "Night Mowing". The lineup for the "modal overdrive CD" has Martin Abbott on the drums, Dana McCarthy on bass, Ed Mcadory on keyboards, and Rick Meyer on guitar and synth-guitar. SAM urges everyone interested in great, ultra-creative, musical spontenaity, to get "modal overderive".

Note: Secret Aging Men is a totally independent project and has no label affiliations. All CD's are available at CD Baby. "modal overdrive" will be available on or around February 1, 2012.

Meanwhile for those interested in other current SAM news, a new iteration of Secret Aging Men is already plotting the next CD, working on new material, and plans to perform live. The newest lineup welcomes a new keyboardist, Jonathan "JB" Bonds. . . and so it's 2012 and . . . Secret Aging Men continue to evolve.

Secret Aging Men plans to be available for concerts, shows, and club dates. Please contact us through this site if interested in live appearances..

SECRET AGING MEN - CONTACT INFORMATION: 13800 Hwy 9 , Suite D-308 <> Alpharetta, GA 30004 USA By phone: 770-851-9565

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