Music Update and Taper

Lot’s to update, I’ll try to keep it interesting.

On Music-

This is from my show at Tangier last weekend. The room had its challenges, the biggest being the full band playing in the room across the hall. I made some swift changes to my set list which eliminated most of the soft/intimate songs from the set since it would be too difficult to fight with the noise. However, the more up-beat stuff worked very well. It was fun playing on a grand again and brought a new light to my songs. I’ll be recording with a grand piano for this upcoming CD.

Which, by the way, I’m finally getting a plan for. I recorded rough vocals and key parts for my friend and super-talented engineer and drummer Corey Schreppel (check out Captain Pablo). One of my best friends and former roommate Adam Comstock is going to record vocals for me, which should be fun, and my friend Jeremy Lawton (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) will do some other fun stuff like maybe B3 and lap steel. More to come with this. I’m a little nervous about my ambitious timeline, but I’m excited and hopeful for the first time in a while that I will have something I can be proud of and not have to dig myself into a (bigger) hole of debt.

Here’s a few more pictures from Tangier (photo credit Sue Arunasalam. Thanks Sue!)

On Running

I guess I’m tapering? Maybe? I’m not sure if you’re supposed to taper for a marathon that is a training run for an ultra-marathon. Regardless, this week has been pretty light, so I’ll call it a taper. Pasadena Marathon is this Sunday and I’m very excited for it. I’m trying not to get too ambitious about it, because I promised myself that this would not be a race, but a training run. Plus, the course is apparently pretty hilly. However, I can’t help but get a little competitive. 

On Being Poor

I made up a new recipe today. We ran out of butter so instead, I put some milk on a piece of bread and toasted it for about 3 minutes, then sprinkled some cinnamon sugar on it and tasted it for another 3-4 minutes. It tastes a lot like french toast. 

I’ll update post-marathon. I’m going to Louisiana to visit family next week. I can’t wait.