blueyedog.com was launched 1996 and serves solely as a contact point for Jim Welch. Jim provides creative & new media consulting services for entertainment industry clientele. Featured clients on this site are Steve Miller Band, Journey & PRG Nocturne Productions, Inc.
Starting in 2011 I have been helping a new recording and performing group called the ZEN ROAD PILOTS. In addition to design and art direction (Examples of some of the work I have created for them is located in "Art Direction 2") i also provide pre-production mechanical services and product management for manufacturing of CD's and upper garment soft goods through my network of service providers.
Pictured below: Zen Road Pilots (L-R) Ira Walker, Monty Byrom and Tom "Fee" Falletti. Follow them on facebook
Pictured below: Zen Road Pilots (L-R) Ira Walker, Monty Byrom and Tom "Fee" Falletti. Follow them on facebook
The Zen Road Pilots are a three-piece band in the classic tradition. They combine the psychedelic blues of the sixties with gorgeous melodies, and great songs with high-flying jams that inspire the mind and motivate the feet. Add two world-class singers, and you have yourself a huge sound in a very small package. The driving force behind this band is the rock-solid rhythm section, comprised of the intricate bass playing of Ira Walker and the relentless attack of drummer Tom “Fee” Falletti, who have a lock on the pocket. Soaring over this sturdy foundation are the high-flying guitars of Monty Byrom, who deftly combines ripping psychedelic guitar riffs with sweet, soulful melodies.
The members of the Pilots are three-quarters of the popular eighties rock band, Billy Satellite, which had a couple of hits on Capitol records with their songs, “Satisfy Me” and “I Wanna Go Back”, for which they made videos that showed on MTV in its infancy. They did very well but got caught in a shake-up at the record company that prevented their follow-up effort from ever reaching the street. Flash forward twenty-five years to a benefit reunion concert that found the boys basking in the glory of days gone by and left them inspired to create new music together born out of brotherhood and bonded by time.
The members of the Pilots are three-quarters of the popular eighties rock band, Billy Satellite, which had a couple of hits on Capitol records with their songs, “Satisfy Me” and “I Wanna Go Back”, for which they made videos that showed on MTV in its infancy. They did very well but got caught in a shake-up at the record company that prevented their follow-up effort from ever reaching the street. Flash forward twenty-five years to a benefit reunion concert that found the boys basking in the glory of days gone by and left them inspired to create new music together born out of brotherhood and bonded by time.
