Dec 28 2004
• Gig news... Sending out the old and ringing in the new with a busy week of gigs and preparation for a NYE blowout in Estes Park at Mary's Lake Lodge. A few new rooms are "on the map" and more dates are being added each week to the January calendar.
• Music news... During the busy holiday season I've managed to track/mix/master Devo and track/mix Elvis. A new bass preamp is in the studio to simplify the process of recording bass parts.
• Site news... January calendar is finally up.
Nov 23
• Gig news... My busiest fall season on record is zipping past me as I look up to realize I'm already through another record number of gigs in November with 12 performances slated for December.
Ring in a snowy 2005 with me nestled in the charm & elegance of Mary's Lake Lodge. Reservations are limited so hurry!
• Music news... I have scaled the walls of technological adversity and software ideosyncracies to conquer the infamous Logic Audio digital recording program and complete my first re-mastered song. After the Thanksgiving holiday I'll be spending all my time outside of performing re-mastering songs that will be used in the Promo DVD shoot.
Oct 14
• Gig news... October has booked solid with a record number of performances. This month is flashing by in a blur of gigs as I prepare to go to Hawaii for 8 days. November will be here quickly so come to one of the many fun gigs I have booked this month including another crazy halloween in Castlerock.
• Music news... I editied, authored and burned my first DVD with the new computer at the start of the month. Since then I've been learning the digital audio program from the ground up following some troubleshooting and a fresh install. Come November, songs will be getting cranked out as I finally launch into the digital remaster of the show.
Sept 7
• Gig news... The "end" of a beautiful and busy summer was celebrateed in Georgetown with friends dropping in to the gig to have some fun over the labor day weekend. September calendar has filled out nicely, but work still continues in earnest for the remainder of the fall season.
• Music news... The long wait (since 1998 actually) is over. I'm finally working on a professional computer and audio video setup is almost complete. I've been talking about remastering and beginning the DVD since what....April? Thank goodness the manufacturing delays finally ended. Liquid cooling, dual 2.5 ghz processors. The machine was worth the wait.
• Site news... All calendars are now current. October calendar should be up within a couple weeks.
July 24
• Gig news... Only 1 month left in the busy summer season. Sales meetings for the fall season roll on. Solo acts are teaming up to put rooms "on the map" so we can all have a busier fall season than has been the case the last couple years. September calendar will be posted by the first week in August.
• Music news... New computer arrival has been moved to the first week in August (parts delays - big demand etc etc). In the meantime the setbacks I was hoping to avoid have piled up in the process of getting new software up & running. In spite of those, almost all the critical setup & preparation has been done, and I'm almost "out of the gates" to migrate everything to the new platform. From there work should progress rapidly.
June 1
• Gig news... Last minute schedule changes due to incoming requests for private performances. join the email list for weekly updates. Some new rooms are shaping up for the fall calendar. I hope to start posting fall schedule by the end of July.
• Music news... Digital remastering is on hold till new computer arrival at the end of June. In the interim I'll be migrating all previous backing tracks to a new digital program and retracking bass in digital for songs I'll be remastering. If I don't experience more setbacks, I can start the planning stages of producing a promo DVD.
May 17
• Gig news... Venues have been added to the just updated calendar including club level at Coors Field, and some recent shuffling of dates in several rooms. Check in often for more updates or join the email list for weekly updates.
• Music news... I've jumped headlong into the digial remastering of specific background music songs that will be used in the promo DVD. For now I'm just tracking to digital hard drive on the laptop & will move to mastering after getting a new computer (still yet to be released)
April 5 - Lots of fresh news!
• Gig news... I'm back! It was a hard fall & winter of behind the scenes work on the show. I'm re-instating the weekly gig & news email updates, and have a long spring & summer of performances already scheduled at Hops, Adams Mark Hotel, Sedalia Grill, The Arena, and several other venues & country clubs.
• Music news... After working hard on guitar technique, and building a new "rig", there are lots of new solos in the show now. In addition, the electric guitar rig is DONE, "dialed in" and sounds absolutely fantastic. Come to a show & find out for yourself.
I've completely re-arranged my studio around a new console workstation environment. However, I've experienced a setback in re-mastering songs for the DVD and the DVD itself due to hardware delays. The new computer I've been waiting for has not been released yet but that release is now expected in the next few weeks. The remaining hardware will arrive soon after the computer is released, and I can finally begin those projects
• Site news... Performance schedule through the end of August has been posted!
