Fall and Ham Sandwiches

Time sure flies by. It's October 1st already, and the nights are getting cooler. Looking back at this past summer, the big thing I remember is that rained a whole bunch of times. Quite a lot of our outdoor gigs this summer got rained on. We actually got very efficient in breaking the stage down when the weather threatened to turn ugly on us.

We played a lot of parties and festivals, and had a lot of fun. Our CD has been sent all over the world through CD Baby and Garageband.com, and we are negotiating with a management company in Sweden for a possible tour next fall.

Janet got herself a nice new job as the Choral Director of EagleBrook Academy in South Deerfield, MA. They actually liked her so much that they created a position for her! All of us in the band wish her all the best.

Janet and I are also in preproduction for our next CD project. We are experimenting with different tones and tunes and plan on doing demo's this fall and winter, with an eye on doing the formal recordings in the spring, and we plan on having a summer 2004 CD release.

I suppose I ought to retitle this column, as the word Blog seems to indicate that daily postings are a prerequisite. I have been writing on line very sporadically since 2000. I have never felt the need nor had the desire to force myself to write something just so I can say that I wrote something every day. I prefer to work on my music at that pace. Writing in this space will continue to happen when the muse strikes me. I can't see the usefulness of writing just for writing's sense. I will write when I have something that I want to rant about.

And yes, I like my ham sandwiches with mustard, thank you.