November 29, 2004
We are having great fun making the new CD at Studio 04. We have had regular Tuesday recording sessions and we have begun putting in time on other days during the week and the during the weekends as well. John Matthews, Ronnie Llinas and I were there on Friday night and John, Mike and I were recording till nearly midnight. It was Mike's 27th wedding anniversary. I asked him if he was crazy. I talked to April and she said she understood that I never have a Friday night off so it was important to take the opportunity to record. God bless her. They came into Cafe de Paris on Saturday evening and had their anniversary dinner there. I watched them in animated conversation as I was playing my guitar. I thought how great it is that they still have so much to say to each other after all these many years.
Sarah showing off a talent she inherited from meSarah came over and showed us 6 of her short films. What an imagination she has. I think her ideas are unique and very creative. I would love to see her working with a budget and camera crew. I am sure that is the future for she is a determined artist and not afraid of work. I am very proud of her dicipline and her pursuit of her talents in so many areas. Go girl.
At present the focus is recording two new CD's simultaneously. I will be continuing to engineer and produce Bill Spies remaining songs to complete his CD and other than that our focus is entirely on recording myself and the band. Rob Peebler will be assisting as an engineer and Don Quijano will be co-producing the projects. That will keep me plenty busy from now until Christmas. I still hope to do some work with Mark Dodge if we can coordinate our schedules.
On the 27th of October a group of us got together for our first session to play some music at Studio 04. John Matthews, Ronnie Llinas, Jimmy Culler, Mike Daily and myself. The last time we got close to having a band together at Mike's was with Mark Dodge in preparation for the Taste of Edmonds. We were rushed and it would have been more fun with more time. The night was meant for relaxing and experimenting with recording a bunch of us live. Manolito couldn't make it but he said maybe he can do it this Wednesday. There are so many songs to record and the biggest challenge for me is picking which ten or twelve songs to record. But the whole point is dialing in the sound and just having some fun. I am looking forward to it.
October Newsletter
- Andie has embarked on a new business as a distributor a product called Juice
Plus +,
an all natural whole food based supplement. It comes from the juice
of fresh fruits and vegetables. She has both of us taking it. She also
has Faith on it. I can really feel a difference. It has taken about
three weeks but I am sleeping through the night and that is an adventure
in itself. I haven't been able to do that for many years now. She will
have a web site to promote her new venture shortly. I give it a hearty
two thumbs up. For more information or to order juice plus send her
an e-mail.
October Newsletter