Acknowledgements

European Tour sponsors:

• La Familia
• Kara Kirby Hardt
• DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics. www.DANTA.info. DANTA are launching a new campaign to raise funding for a discovery center (educational outreach to children in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica). The Osa is world renown for its biodiversity and its preservation is priceless. 
• Dublin Digital
• mr oCean
• Feliciano/Eckhart Family
• Rosenthal/Blumberg Family

Become a Tour Sponsor

We have 4 suggested levels of support - $5, $25, $50 and $100.

We've also come up with prizes for the donation levels:

• With a $5 donation - you get my new album, 'This is where it starts', to download in mp3 format
• With a $25 donation - you get the Special Edition CD of 'This is where it starts', plus the download of my album in mp3 format
• With a $50 donation - you are listed as a sponsor on our tour literature, plus the Special Edition CD, plus the download of my album in mp3 format
• With a $100 donation - my band and I will perform our entire show for a special video to be sent exclusively to you, plus the sponsor listing for the tour, plus the Special Edition CD, plus the download of the album in mp3 format.

Thanks so much for considering this and for your help and support!! I am very grateful.

Musicians:

Thanks to all the musicians who played and sang with me on This is where it starts:
Fab Leseure
Dave Hingerty
Peter Cheevers
Nina Hynes
Tom Fanore
Benoît Leseure
Jan Gropper

Production:

Special thanks to my co-producer, recording and mixing engineer, and friend Fab Leseure for all his excellent work, his over abundance of talent, his massive amount of time and continual enthusiasm.

Mastering:

This is where it starts was mastered at The Exchange in London by Simon Davey. Simon has an extensive list of albums under his belt (including Bjork, Depeche Mode, Amy Winehouse, De La Soul and Moby) we were thrilled with his work and very glad to have him as part of this project.

Photos:

Thanks and acknowledgments for the use of the photos on this website:
Darja Könnig
Dave Hingerty
Emma Haugh
Mark Joyce
Julie Bienvenu
and Julie Freedman.

Friends:

Thanks to all my friends and fans especially those on my Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and all my social networks sites for their support throughout this project.

Directors:

Thanks to the two video Directors:
Graeme Pearce
MaryBeth Volker

Family:

Thanks so much to my family for all the years of support and love. Special thanks to Joe Eckhart and Ceci Eckhart for their generous support for this album.

Above all:

Thanks to my wife, partner and best friend, Kusi Okamura, for all her love, support, advice, patience and inspiration, without which this project would not have been possible.