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Sound Proof is the ninth studio album by guitarist Greg Howe, released on June 24, 2008 on Tone Center Records.

Apart from his solo career Greg Howe made himself available as a sideman for pop superstars, filling in for guitarist Jennifer Batten in 1997 on Michael Jackson's History tour throughout Europe and Asia. In 2000 Greg did a promotional tour of the U.S. involving numerous high exposure television appearances as well as a tour in Europe with pop star Enrique Iglesias. He also made two separate tours of the states in 2001 and 2002 as the lead guitarist for NSYNC, one of which was stadium shows exclusively. In 2003 Greg did a promotional tour with Justin Timberlake, although ultimately ended up having to leave in order to complete work on his 2003 release "Extraction", the critically acclaimed all-star funk fusion extravaganza, featuring electric bass virtuoso Victor Wooten ( of the flecktones ) and the legendary drummer Dennis Chambers. In February 2009 Greg teamed back up with Justin Timberlake to perform with JT and T.I. at the 51st Grammy’s Award Show.

In 2009 Greg Howe also joined and performed along side Eddie Jobson's Ultimate Zero (UZ) project. The line-up also featured John Wetton, Tony Levin, Simon Phillips, and Marco Minnemann.

He currently resides in Long Beach, California (having previously lived in Easton, Pennsylvania until around 2006, and is working as a producer, session musician, and guitar instructor.



Poster: Slartiwoo

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Greg Howe, except where noted. 

# Title Length 
1. "Intro"   0:13 
2. "Emergency Exit"   7:31 
3. "Tell Me Something Good" (Stevie Wonder) 5:37 
4. "Connoisseur Part 1"   0:29 
5. "Reunion"   5:53 
6. "Morning View"   4:36 
7. "Walkie Talkie"   6:13 
8. "Rehearsal Note"   0:16 
9. "Side Note"   7:14 
10. "Sunset in El Paso"   4:15 
11. "Write Me a Song"   0:30 
12. "Child's Play"   4:23 
13. "Sound Proof"   6:42 
14. "Connoisseur Part 2"   2:29 


Personnel
Greg Howe – guitar, producer 
David Cook – keyboard 
Dennis Hamm – keyboard solo (track 9) 
Gianluca Palmieri – drums 
Jon Reshard – bass guitar 
Elvio Fernandez – spoken vocals (track 1) 
Dale Fischer – spoken vocals (tracks 4, 14)