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Category: Blogging
I landed in the small but fabulous Santa Rosa airport and proceeded to walk right past the baggage claim. I had never flown into the new northern Cal landing strip. It makes getting to my favorite recording studio, In The Pocket, which is nestled in the small town of Forestville, much easier. After figuring out that I had run out of real estate, I turned around and walked back to pick up my three acoustic guitars and one suitcase, and waited for the studio owner, and good friend Gregory Haldan, to come and pick me up. The following four days we spent most of our time, along with the engineer Jon Chi, recording the first three new songs that will be a part of my next solo album. Or will they be parts of my next upcoming EP’s? Or will they all be available as single song downloads in the end??? Right now the delivery system isn’t the most important thing; right now the song is the thing. So, on this my first trip to the Sonoma area studio for these recordings (next trip already booked!), we worked on the initial batch of songs, which are all very acoustic heavy. I shot a little video and will post soon. I’m very happy with the outcome so far. Interested in helping me with these recordings? Keep reading… The next trip for me was a short flight down to LA to play a show with dada at Pershing Square located in downtown Los Angeles. I don’t think I ever thought I would be playing an outdoor show downtown. It was an amazing night and there was a very nice turnout for us on our home turf. Radio station The Sound 100.3 sponsored the show, they play dada quite often on their station and we are happy to have them as a supporter! I have been working on a painting that is based on one of my face drawings, but will be large (30”x40”), complex, is moody as hell and will make you want to break down and cry. Just perfect for your family room or kitchen! What I am doing is selling raffle tickets for $40 apiece to raise money for my recording sessions. I will then hold a drawing later this year to choose a winner of the painting. Your odds of winning increase with every purchase! 100% of the money will go to the recording fund and all who participate will be thanked for their support. Some people who have to win at everything will need to purchase a mountain of tickets. And for those of you who love music, but hate paintings there is a “just give joie money for the recording” option that is just right for you, just contact me via myspace or facebook and you can executive produce the hell out of this record. So you see I have left no one out of this. I will be leaving for my next house concert in NY this Saturday (as always contact sam on any of the joie/xlc/dada sites if interested) then retuning to play a local show here near Seattle (FINAGTY’S 8/13). Then off to the Boulder area (Broomfield 8/15), and back to the recording studio, then back out to the Chicago area (Munster IN 8/22) for more house concert insanity. Wine not optional……………………….j ps. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLLI!!!! XO
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