Silent T Studios
December 2005
Happy Holidays
Happy Birthday Dale!
Thank You
Thanks to Kenny Lee for continuing to support live music in his fine restaurant. It has been great to play there all these years. To Jamie Phalen for almost being the brother I never had, a great player and good friend. To the musicians like Jimmy Culler who has bass and will travel and shows up to so many gigs. Scott and Deb MacGougan who come in and share the corner with me from time to time. To Dale and Kathy for calling out their custom made set lists when I have a brain lapse. To all of you players and listeners who are sharing this time on the planet. Let's stay friends forever.
Updates
All is well in New York. Freedom and Rob are staying in a Penthouse on top of a building overlooking Greenwich Village. New York at Christmas, wouldn't that be grand.
I just about have the studio running on my Mac again. The PC works grand and I do like Nuendo software for it's audio but Digital Performer is still first choice for ease of use and editing capabilities.
I am happy to say that my writing is starting to flow once again and I am happy with the last two tunes I have written. I have felt like I had lost it forever when I fell and hit my head and since I found myself playing solo once more. Time heals though. I may not be the sharpest Knife in the drawer anymore, but I still have a little edge left and I have hope. It has done my heart grand to see my son recording tracks for his CD in our home. When I put myself in park and put on the emergency brake, when I stand still and hear his music and lyrics I am moved to joy and to tears at the gift God has given him. We need that music and I believe it will be given wings. That is it for the quick update on Christmas Eve.
Freedom and Rob are now in New York working with Matt Stein and mixing their CD. They are editing at home to stay just ahead of the game. They got tons of work done but have plenty left to do. So far they are loving New York. Once again I am very excited for their future. The world needs this music.
A stupid amount of things went wrong on the last night but I wasn't at all surprised: light stirs up the darkness but you have to just walk through it to the other side. They did and now they are there. I was watching my dreams be realized as I watched in the studio that was built for just such projects. Both Josh and I got to play on the CD and that was so much fun. Things had gotten so stressful with the schedule they were under that Rob and Freedom were about overwhelmed. I came home from a 6 hour gig at about midnight. I got my guitar out and began to play and sing. Josh picked up the Washburn and Rob got his 12 string and we played music till 5 am. That evening seemed to bring us all together and remind us what it is all about: Love and Music and Spirit.So, once the G4 is out of the hospital I will be working on my acoustic project. HAPPY HOLIDAYS from SILENT T.
Performances
I will be at Provs the third weekend of December 19th & 29th..
This month I am continuing at Cafe de Paris from 7-9 on Friday and Saturday evenings, playing ambient and mostly instrumental music. The cafe is at 109 Main Street in downtown Edmonds on the right, just before the ferry. I am working with the wait staff of Crystal, Adam, Nicole and Collette. Firmin is the Owner & Chef and Oscar is kitchen support. The food is wonderful and it is a warm and intimate setting to combine fine dining and good friends. I feel like this will be a good partnership. Reservations are recommended but not necessary.
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Studio
Bill Spies is taking a Christmas break and we will resume his music project again. I still hope to pin Josh down to get him to record his tunes. We shall see. I know Scott Drexler is due to finish up his two songs and Casey Garland is sending out proposals to get his CD completed. I will be working on a Christmas album for next year so maybe it will be done in time for next Christmas. That is it in a nutshell.
Freedom and Rob are rapping up their album prior to their trip to New York. Rob is a great engineer and it is good to work with him. We are talking of plans to do some remote recordings of bands when they return. I love the cuts I have heard from their new CD and I was speechless. It has so many creative elements from renaissance to eastern and on around the world. It does rock but I love that is floating on a surface of acoustic guitars. I am thrilled that Josh is about ready to start tracking his tune Long Road Home. What a powerful song.
Projects are continuing with Bill Spies and that is good. We are going for live and playing together. I love that feeling of interacting with other musicians.
Casey Garland has enlisted the help of George Merril on his project and has some good foundation tracks down. He graciously offered to let me sing a song or two on the CD. Between studios we hope to wrap that up this month. It is going to be a busy one.
Dee Robertson is going to be making a Demo CD at Silent T Studios, after we work out the details. I know that will be fun.
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