Star one -- 2.5 I'm giant he starry night garden. It's just about to get underway here we got a beautiful maybe a little cool that's so beautiful night -- when her to be technical gardens. Right next to me Alex fans who thank you for having me get this really beautiful here I've never been to a temporary and -- played a concert at a botanical garden. I don't thinks. Not that I would remember I don't know I have not just the first this is definitely differences the first no it's a little cool but it's worth it's really pretty thanks -- you're welcome now you've got one of our most requested scientific DR quest our 6 o'clock every night. Tonight his -- one of the most requested signed earlier about two months now all right that's a good thing now that's my first single for this long long overdue so around the came out yesterday after five years in the making -- fix desk and rob this is just your mentioning you want to -- back from the studio. Yeah what the deal was is five years haven't decided to pursue a solo career signed with universal last BMG. I made this album after years of kind of fighting kind of creatively with them but at the end of the day they kind of fell apart and it was a fight. And I can't to a point where I wanted to release said they were just sitting on it so I've left the label which took a year of dealing with Lou's new lawyers -- And I -- the finished album from the much. Was not -- and then I put my own money into building my own record labels so. Although I'm distributed 3M I which is a major I I run my own record label cents -- this technically is my guess a calling album. It yeah I bet the college and a columnist. Yes and no I mean yeah I mean this album that I made I it was under a solo. According agreement with universal I did move on from the still calling -- 05 itself. But it calling was I just hired people so isn't really a band it was. It was a it was always a confusion and the problem is now on the solo artists and while on you know working the single in Europe than here and keep going back and forth people keep thinking it's the Alex and my last name is -- south. I'm kind of Kirstie either way. Ever ever ever think some -- band no matter what. Because I -- the band I mean my last name is -- but I can't really is truly fascinating guy I know that's my family last name for. As long as I can look back well I was noticing your father. Yeah curiously horror movie right PSC and blog director producer here. He created empire in full moon which are two companies that made. You know re animator puppet master school the is. All these great troll dolls all these big eighty's and ninety's like Shockey direct to video or movies I was I grew up in Hollywood born raised and on the Senate's of these bizarre -- You could see get here video for it to happen. Khai know that he'd never deviated to live for tonight I wrote that song for years ago as the personal for the record I wrote it about look at vampire love story before. Before the vampire genre kind of had this resurgence. So I thought I was being cool me down and of course the became so big that that actually ended up getting a lot of the crew from twilight to shoot the video the directors. Directs vampire diaries CS IA -- yeah I met him Mexican I just I was acting had a guest star in CSI new York and anyway this is his first music video city if he got out stand on that you can see you're really killer. Music video on for that single tonight it's also playing on season it's VH one soon in -- stands vampires out there so yes elected city yeah. Live -- then yes not to get video to decide it. Recording of the site itself tells us that. Three and a half years -- and nine -- is saying in this whole album I did add four songs of the record over the last two or three years like since I got. Away and kind of started pursuing what I'm doing now this album reactors can I yesterday. So I was -- yes there's a big deal after five years and putting on my blood sweat and tears and money into something that would be released in the song on the radio and you know and it's blowing up over in Europe too because the songs and all the World Cup bats over there -- I was to decide just was in Germany the other day. For a night playing one of their big games and with fireworks going off and if you announcement on nagging in the video section you could CF. Some TV stuff -- of that and not Netanyahu not here and in buffalo on. Sorry day regard now opponents you might perfect night here -- yeah any third party tonight at Leo with my friends collective soul who I've played with before. That's a good guy with the same management throw on time service that's good to see him again in. Should be fun. Now I've got to ask you about it yet you -- it Bobby and I know that's tough and dirty and -- on my arm I have donate life which is. I had a personal experience with us some -- years ago. We need a liver transplant. And I got involved donate life and I life is this the biggest organization serve organ donation awareness they pretty much. You know just spread the awareness there you know view of the DMV you'll see down in like February they're trying to get people to sign up to be organ donors it's that simple effect because. One had ever every two people every year who need organs is survived lot of children don't get I'm concerned enough organ donors. While we're trying to do is get people to sign up so a lot of proceeds from my sales of Merck's like even tonight go to donate life and I do a lot of work from around. One of their main ambassadors enough for people who are still on their way and I got stuck in traffic yeah -- You will have merchandise on sale here tonight will Aaliyah including aloe I can -- cancer that. Because I just arrived here at this fluent from -- he had the new album that just came out yesterday and I some really cool stuff files of this -- embrace -- some wearing. And this is a new form of distribution and doing each bracelet. Comes with the song from a new solvency and each race it was twelve to for ones I design the -- for song on the album so. You know these racist right now our whole foods and hallmark stores he go NEC the bracelets on display -- can hear the song is a really cool new way of getting your music out there. -- and places so I have the bracelets and if you buy and you get the single tonight in the media and stuff so. Perfect film came out yesterday yes it did it's on iTunes I've created an awesome digital I'll be on iTunes when you buy and iTunes to get. This whole digital interactive album you get the video unit making of video and other stuff -- that's also in stores of course to. An analyst fans won't be performing here at starry night -- just me in a guitar and received streaming online -- 195 dot com all night line thank you very much gas thanks for having thanks for the support. You are welcome at star air with star quality point five.