Greetings everyone! Hoping that everyone has had a great 4'th of July weekend! I know I sure have. It had been a minute since I'd last posted a blog on the latest that's been happening, so I figured tonight was a good time to catch you up.
So as alot of you may know, I released a new single on the 4'th entitled “Next Wave” featuring Matt Martin on guitar. This was something that I had been looking forward to for awhile as I was very proud of how the recording came out, as I know Matt is as well, and we were excited to share it with everyone. The recording of the track went very smoothly, as did the production for the visualizer I'd put together to go with the song as well. In thinking of a concept for the video, I thought the name of the song pretty much said it all, and not to mention with it being summertime right now, the waves and ocean and the surfing footage felt like a very natural fit.
So what's next on the agenda? Well, as of now I am nearing completion as far as the recording process end of things with the re-issue of the first album. Just one song remains, and then it will be time for mixing and mastering. I don't want to give an exact time time table just yet as to when it will be ready to be released, but I promise you it will be as soon as I can. It has turned out to be a really wonderful experience getting to go back and revisit those songs again. It's reminded me of why I started writing the instrumentals and doing solo work in the first place, and it has been especially rewarding to be able to put some musical elements into some of the songs like I had wanted to when I first envisioned them, but because of technical or other constraints at the time I wasn't able to. So this will be a real accomplishment being able to finish this project up and sharing it with you all.
As to what happens after that? Good guess. My thinking is that hopefully by that point I can see about putting some musicians together with me to go and actually perform the songs live finally. And also to be able to begin work in earnest on a third album, as I've had several ideas for that “in the can” so to speak already. So we'll just have to see. As you know I am also always kept busy with Rock Inc., The Sammy Hagar Tribute, and they'll be a new third band added to the list at some point in the near future, so if all continues to go well, you'll be seeing me plenty out and about on the scene around town.
I think that mostly covers it for now. I just wanted to say once again, as always how much I appreciate everyone's support and encouragement since I began this journey full time a little over a year ago. It means alot to me. And I am grateful to all of my bandmates for getting to make music with them and for putting up with all of my various projects! Lol. All of the feed back I've gotten so far on the new single has been wonderful and I look forward to bringing you some more new music just as soon as I can!
Mf