Well here I sit at Asbury Media in Asbury Park NJ with my good friend and 2x Grammy winning engineer Tom Ruff..mastering the new NAVAR album. After this Johnny and I drive straight to Buffalo to drop off the Audio Master CD to be pressed. This has been such a long time coming!

I have been very busy lately finishing this up. I was able to go to the Mark Ronson cd release show with Andrew a few weeks back where I got to see the guys from Maroon 5 again. They had just gotten back from their opening for the Police...how cool is that? Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet) who is on Mark's record actually performed the Radiohead cover "Just" and then they did a version of "California" which was stellar. Check that album out sometime...it's called "Version" and it's good.

Hmm...what else. I made the trip out to Cabo for the weekend with friends from CA and the KC Chiefs...such a good time. I really love that place. TG and Tobie got married the following Friday...congrats guys!

Last week I was out with Mrawk, apa and Johnny Masters and we ended up playing beer pong with Ryan Cabrera at SLATE. Wrestling ensued and Mike left with a chocolate shake on his shirt and a pitcher of beer in my hair...good times. Speaking of Ashley...it's his birthday today! Happy Birthday bro!

I have spent a lot of time out here in Asbury, about 3 more trips than I had anticipated but I just kept finding issues with my mixes that just HAD to be addressed. I mean, I spend all this time recording...why short change it during the final process right? Mixing was hellish, staying up all night long sending mixes out to Benny at all hours. In the end it's all worth it. Dedication to the WOLF! As much as I am ready to get this out and feel like not open protools for a month...I kinda have the itch already to work on more music!

i have a show tomorrow in Olean at the Art Space...so if you are in the area you should come out. We never play all ages shows and that is something that has really bothered me for years...so let's start making it happen. Then next week we have our BIG CD release and industry showcase in NYC at Kenny's Castaway. That one you CANNOT miss. Probably one of the most important shows to date...no joke.

My parents celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary this past weekend. It's amazing to think about how long that actually is. They are quite a team and so cool together. They have given all they could and then some to help me pursue my dreams...a true blessing. Make sure you congratulate them when you see 'em out at the shows!

Anyway, i know there is a lot of garbage in this blog but I just wanted to get going again. This album is massive. I mean, like 70 minutes of new music!! You will have your ears full...thats for sure. There are a couple songs over on the NAVAR myspace page, check em out.

Hope to see you all for these next 2 shows! Miss you and look forward to being out there a TON as we push this album.

Love Pat