I’ve been a bit quiet recently, mostly because I’ve been traveling – some travel was for music, and a lot of it has been with and/or to see family. I am in fact about to take off yet again, to Romania this time, to meet Mike’s family. It’s something we’ve been wanting to do for a long time, and I’m incredibly grateful to have the flexibility to do it right now. When I return, I’ll post some photos from ALL of my summer/early fall travels – a little retrospective montage, if you will.
As far as music goes, I’m trying just to appreciate the ebb and flow of everything; moving towards making new music. I’ve been taking in some good music over the last few days; with shows at Largo where I saw/heard Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion, Joe Henry, Loudon Wainwright III, Van Dyke Parks, etc. Mike and I got to catch up at the LWIII show last night with Ryan Freeland and Jay Bellerose. I’m so grateful to be friends with both those talented guys. Ryan introduced us to Loudon, who was very nice – and very funny, as one might expect.
And I’ve also been writing more, and practicing more (just wait ’til I rip those guitar solos! My friend and guitar teacher Tim is actually going to hold me to doing at least one on this next album). The plan is, after I get back from this next trip, to just get into writing and demoing the album for the next few months, then get into the studio. Plans change, but that’s mine, for now. But I’ll have lots of eye and ear candy to tide you over ’til next year’s main dish…I will have..drumroll please…a brand-new T-shirt come October, and I’ll also be doing a lot more YouTubing and blogging on a slightly revamped website. So get pumped for the fall!
I’m sure that in October I’ll also be appealing to your political side – and if you don’t have one, it’s time to start developing it. I truly believe that this country is on the brink of a major change – and wherever you stand on what that change should look like, you need to make your voice heard. It’s a tremendous gift that we’re given in this country to be able to choose our leaders and speak our minds freely, and the percentage of people who actually take advantage of that gift is just abominably low. So DO IT!!!! REGISTER AND THEN VOTE VOTE VOTE! Well, technically voting 3 times is illegal…so just vote the once, eh? :) But you get what I’m saying. U-S-A! :)
But for now, my friends, I bid you “la revedere” – good-bye in Romanian. See ya soon.