Hey, Guys. This is Bill Champlin. I figured I'd drop a line to you all, or y'all, as they say 'round here. Anyway, it's been a long coupla' years on the road with basically very short breaks, and Chicago is about to go into a 2 month break that I think we could all use. We like working, but I personally think the music is better and fresher sounding when there is a little AIR in our lives. It can't be that good when you think of your suitcase as your home. I have finished a solo album for the Dream Makers Company and the mastering is going great, according to my engineer, Jason Cursaro. I'll hear the final stuff in a few days, but so far it sounds great. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's probably not gonna' see the light of day until about March, or maybe even April. Please believe me when I say that it's gonna' be well worth the wait. A few people have heard rough mixes or even final mixes without mastering, and are knocked out by it. I've been living with it for almost a year, with a little time away from it in the summer 'cause I was doing something else. I can't remember what else I was doing; hmmmmmm, it was something musical, I think. Oh well, whatever; that memory thing kicks up it's heels occasionally. All I know is that when you're living with a record all the time you eventually don't know whether it's good or not. I got away from it long enough in the summer to come back to it and listen with REAL ears. All I can say is that the CD is happenin'. So, the CD is coming out in the spring, the band from the Midwest is going out around the same time, and I'm trying to remember what else I wanted to say.......oh, Merry Christmas guys, and have a slammin' 2008. Be good, Bill Champlin