Available Tuesday July 14, 2009
Bleu’s third studio album has been a long journey and a story of persistence and triumph. Recorded in 2005, it is the album that all Bleu fans want to own, but almost never could. A WATCHED POT was originally recorded for Aware/Columbia Records as a follow up to Bleu’s critically-aclaimed 2003 record Redhead. NPR listed Redhead as one of the Top 10 records of the year, and during that time Bleu was touring with hit acts like John Mayer, Switchfoot, and Ryan Adams and wowing crowds across the country with his unique songs and passionate performances.

Only a few weeks after the final tracks of A WATCHED POT were recorded, Bleu was dropped from the label along with dozens of other acts and employees involved in Sony’s ongoing downsizing. But instead of accepting defeat, Bleu continued to play these new songs for his devoted fan base while working tirelessly to get his record released from his former label. He also took the opportunity to pursue many other creative adventures.

Moving from Boston to Los Angeles in 2006, Bleu released a side-project CD L.E.O. Alpacas Orgling (a power-pop collective with friends like Andy Sturmer of Jellyfish, Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes and Jason Scheff of Chicago), as well as starting The Major Labels (a power-pop band with Mike Viola and Ducky Carlisle), and LoudLion (a pop-metal homage featuring members of Rooney, The Donnas, and Bang Camaro, amongst others). LA also proved to be the perfect place for Bleu to pursue his burgeoning career as a professional songwriter and producer, but releasing A WATCHED POT never faded from the forefront of his creative goals. And...with a little (well, a lot of) persistence, he finally acquired the rights to material that Bleu describes as being at his creative heart and soul. Bleu says “these songs are my emotional progeny. I think they represent an honest record of the fears and heartache, as well as the hope and fantasies that encircled me
during that chaotic time in my life.”

The here and now finds Bleu at the top of his game. In the past few years he has had numerous songs cut by top-acts like the Jonas Brothers, Boys Like Girls, Hanson, Kate Veogele, Jon McLaughlin and Evan Taubenfeld, who’s first single is his adaptation of Bleu’s fan-favorite (and A WATCHED POT highlight track) “Boy Meets Girl.” He’s recently played shows with friends like Mike Viola and Rooney, and is booked to hit all of his major markets and then some in support of A WATCHED POT.

With an album full of soaring melodies, meticulously crafted productions and sincere, yet inventive lyrics, Bleu fans will wait no more for this pot to boil....”It truly means the world to me to finally get this record released. It always feels good to put your art out in to the world, but after all I’ve gone through for this material to see the light of day, the reward is particularly sweet.”

- 05/29/09 -

Where to start for the first Bleu News post? Here's a current summary:

> Bleu's third studio release is on it's way coming out on July 14, 2009 through Artist Garage and Fontana Distribution. "A Watched Pot" should be available at most places where you get downloads and at select indie retailers nationwide.

• Read the "A Watched Pot" Bio here
• Take a preview listen right here on Ning
• Check out current Tour Dates
• Plenty more news and updates coming soon

> Bleu is currently in Australia working with, and mixing a record for Courtney Murphy. Courtney made it to the final three of Australia's Idol TV program (exactly like American Idol). Courtney performed one of Bleu's songs on the program and through another fan, they were introduced to each other. Here's a blog post Courtney has written about singing Bleu's song on the show.

> As many of you know, Bleu spends a great deal of time writing music with other artists. There are three current releases for you to check out featuring Bleu songs:

KATE VOEGELE - "Say Anything" featured on her May
19th release "A Fine Mess" on Interscope/MySpace Records

• Bleu wrote with Kate a few months ago and this track came together quickly. They had about four hours together with each other...Check it out on iTunes
• "A Fine Mess" debuted at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 album charts

EVAN TAUBENFELD - "Boy Meets Girl" out as a single on Warner
Brothers/Sire Records

• Bleu and Evan have been friends for years, and Evan really liked Bleu's fan favorite tune "Boy Meets Girl." Evan funkied up the lyrics a bit and released his own version of the song. Listen at Evan's MySpace
• "Boy Meets Girl" is currently being played on national radio, and was featured in a recent episode of The Hills

ACE ENDERS and a Million Different People - "When I Hit The
Ground" featured on the March 17th release "When I Hit The Ground"
on Vagrant Records

• Ace is currently on tour through August, and Bleu will play with him at The Knitting Factory on July 9th (an all ages show)

Visit BLEU'S DISCOGRAPHY to see songs he's written that are featured on other artist's records

> Lastly, for now, we launched this Bleu community website here on Ning. You can join, or visit, to look for news and updates about Bleu.
You'll find:

• A contest to win a Bleu Birthday Song
• Tour Dates
• A Q&A with Bleu
• Discography
• Biography
• Links
• and much much more...

Also, once you make a profile, you can leave comments on most of these pages, and meet other Bleu fans...