January 2008

Jan 31, 2008

pretty much february.....1 hour and 55 minutes. Not sure why I'm paying attention to that.

I've been just getting ready for solo gigs....and moving. Which is weird....saying goodbye to Toronto after...what? 18 years I guess.....pretty much how long I was alive before I moved here.

yah...so...I don't know..packing......which is stressful. Have an albums worth of songs that are sitting around not being recorded.....this apartment is not great for recording...I'll tell you that......the people upstairs must have some sort of woodworking shop, and the guy next door does nothing but scream at his crying kid all day. (seriously...I may have to call the cops.......it really sounds like there might be a beating here and there....)

nothing else....playing lot's of 80's video games. There is a certain fun in the simplicity of them.

Jan 12, 2008

Alright.......home...

nice.

My luggage got lost for 4 days.....man, that wasn't cool. It's funny, I wasn't so worried about my guitar...(which was tucked lovingly inside my new cool St Thomas duffel bag...), but my "yoda guy" stuff, and my notebook of new songs, lyrics, doodles, and ponderings of the gig I had just been on for 3 months.

I find it funny when people ask me if I'm glad to be home....of course I am. The gig wasn't what I thought it was going to be, I was gone for three months....didn't get to record or have time to myself.....yes...glad to be home.

I'm gearing up for a solo gig and going out again too....yah...I know....what is in my head? well, it's more money, and I get my own room and space to create and do stuff.....I can deal with it. (have to save for school....) Did I mention I'm planning on going to school for graphics and print production?

Tonight I'm heading out to Brampton to sit in with my friend Darren.....looking forward to that. For just getting back from a gig that I was supposed to be playing 6 days a week for three months strait...I hardly played at all. Really. I sat in the corner and drank a fair bit......which...short term, is a blast...but after a while...you just want to play.

Oh yah...solo gig. I had to go out and get some sort of keyboard/rack thing to get all my backing sounds on. I finally...after 10 years of coveting...got a korg trinity rack.....FUN! although, I'm knee deep in midi woes again.....reminds me of my first duo gig with Mike.....( a lot of WHY are the drums not working?!?!?!?!)

I've learned a lot....keep it simple, don't be afraid of putting in things to signal a chorus coming.......

Maybe Mike and I can get a gig up north for fun.....Massey won't know what hit them.

Also been reading Dave Bidini's book.."around the world in 57 1/2 gigs.)........it's so good. I was so impressed with his first one....on a cold road...I went out and bought it for a bunch of my musician friends......and this one is about the same......inspiring, fun....makes you want to write and gig.

and this is getting off of a three month soul sucking gig.

Think ticketmaster put to music.

other than that...nice to be back in Canada.....good to see catch up with friends. I want to see Jeff's epiphone.

that sounds ...not so good.

Jan 8, 2008

back in Toronto finally. The 6th was a long day...up early, lot's of hustling around, and home late. Worth it.

I'm excited about 2008. Getting ready to move to Nova Scotia....go to school. I'm also just really looking forward to a new music scene. And a new scene in general...a new pace.

I've got 14 new songs that I like and I'm hopefully going to start recording soon...although, with this moving business...it still might not be for a while. I'm waiting on some news of gigs....so it might be sooner or later. It's going to be a more simple stripped down sound than I did on the first one....unless I get out of control again. I was listening to tourist a while back.....I don't mind it....but I can hear how I was trying to please a lot of people and not just......playing the stuff.

Anyway...I digress. Just wanted to update this...and hopefully be doing so more frequently.

I'm not too sure I like the way I'm doing the archives and the lyrics pages.....is there something out there where I can archive things....or keep a list of things....? Anyone? With all the myspaces and facebooks...and just ready made blogs....it almost seems silly to actually have a website.