Hi everyone!
I hope you've had a great summer and have been able to sneak in a good road trip or two. My summers are always hectic and full of scorching Davis sunshine so as fall approaches with the promise of cloudy winter to come, a warm feeling comes over me. I'm looking forward to 6:00 o'clock darkness, a good book, hot chocolate and some glorious rain.
The changing seasons will feel a little different for me this year. For some time now I've been thinking about my life and reassessing what does and does not bring me happiness and I've come to the conclusion that I need to hang up music for a while. I've been at this thing a long long time and the past couple years I've felt more and more like a surfer paddling out to a wave that is getting further and further away. When I look to my future and envision working towards some sort of success or progress in music my heart gets heavy with the effort. But when I imagine some new unknown chapter of my life beginning, I get excited and my heart lifts. Right now I'm picturing a blank canvas where I have the time and inspiration to paint it any way I want to. I can't even begin to express how right I think this decision is.
And I have no regrets at all. I've had such a good time over the years and have made some very dear friends, life long friends. Over the years I have been shown the truest meaning of kindness, love and support from fellow musicians, family, friends and fans. You all have believed in me and made me the musical underdog that you root for. I can't thank you enough and I hope you all can understand that this is something I have to do.
The fun part is that I feel like I just gave my two weeks notice at work so I'm really looking forward to these last shows. This Friday in Chico, next Sunday in LA and October 10th in San Rafael. Please do me this one last favor, pick one of these shows, put it on your calendar, grab some friends, make the drive out and send me off the right way.
Your humbled, thankful friend,
-david
Cafe Flo - this friday
9/25/09
playing with Kyle Williams
Full band show starts at 7:00
365 E 6th St. Chico, CA
The Guitar Merchant - this sunday
9/27/09
playing with Tom Freund (he's kindof a big deal)
3 piece storyteller show starts at 7:00
7503 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Canoga Park, CA
BASS Studios - October 10th
10/10/09
playing with Owen Roberts, The Welcome Matt and Lucky Dog
This is a huge show at an amazing venue, music starts at 7:00
85 Mitchell Rd. San Rafael, CA