26 August - Two Down

Two out of the five songs now have all of their tracks completed. Unless of course I decide that something needs to change. Part of the recording game is second guessing yourself once something is "done." Oh, the fun we have.

22 August - Spoiler Alert

Posted this on my Bluesky page a couple of days ago:

Bigger, more famous bands than ours have taken several "farewell tours" before making it stick, so we're not alone in having had a bit of trouble with calling it quits permanently. But we are pretty confident that we really mean it this time. 

11 August - The Title

Why yes, I do have a title chosen for the EP. It will be called "Over The Water," but I'm not going to explain why until it drops and I'm in the frenzied throes of the initial promotion for it.

10 August - The Words

The "keeper" lead and background vocals have been added to three of the five songs going on this next release. After I get the others recorded, it'll be time to put down the lead guitar fills and solo passages. And that'll be it. The thing will be ready to mix once the fancy guitar stuff is done. There are some simple keyboard bits that have already been taken care of, but there really isn't much embellishment on any of these numbers. Guitars, bass, drums, and the words. It's enough.

Anyway, progress. Thanks for listening.

26 July - Minty Fresh

Traded some stuff yesterday, and came home with a new Les Paul. New to me, that is. It's one from the Muse series by Epiphone. Lighter in weight and with a few modern features like coil-splitting and a phase switch. Alnico pickups, Grover tuners, top-shelf hardware and wiring. It's in ridiculously excellent shape, almost like it had never been played before I took it down off the hanger. Well, it's gonna get played now.

12 July - Show Poster

 

23 June - Show Poster

15 June - Maine

Whenever I am downeast, I am extremely reluctant to go back upwest. Please note that the yawl moored offshore is not my yacht. I'm more of a sloop guy.

26 May - October Show Announced

Group DeVille has confirmed a booking for Saturday, October 17th at Studio 30 in Florence, Massachusetts. I have played this particular venue a couple of times, but it will be the first time our trio will be appearing there. It's a wonderful room.

In other notable music news, today would have been Mick Ronson's 80th birthday. 

11 May - Reverb Part Two

Arrived today. Checked it out, put it on the board. Beyond impressed. At least five of the eight reverb types are going to be useful to me. Three of the five more often than the others, but still. There are superb sounds in this thing.