Got through the end of the year at the "day job," and it ended up being a nice end to the year, which was well needed. After that, I had a whirlwind 2 day trip up to Chicago to visit my parents, and then came back here for summer camp orientation and a DD show at Cafe 27. More on that in a minute. At this point, summer activities are in full swing, and I'm finally ready to jump into my summer plans...
In DIRK DIGGLER land...
We have 5 confirmed shows so far this summer, and 2 of them are in different venues, which should be awesome. We're playing July 3 at Cafe 27, and then on July 9 we're making our debut at Cagneys. I've heard a lot about this place, and I'm looking forward to showing them a good time DD style. August 4 has us back at Cafe 27, and then FINALLY, for the first time in almost 2 years, Dirk Diggler will be returning to Little Hoolies on August 6. That will be interesting, playing our first show there in such a long time. For those who didn't know, our first 2 shows were at Little Hoolies, and we would occasionally host open mic there as well. I haven't been in there since open mic stopped, so I'm looking forward to playing there again...we're planning on trying to pack the place as much as we can, so that we can hopefully play there on a regular basis, so make plans to come out and party with us! We've been adding a bunch of new songs into the show, at least 4-5 a show over the last few gigs, and there is a really cool new energy that is happening in the band.
In TRIAD land...
We're on kind of a hiatus at the moment. Our show on June 4th will likely be the last show with Mario on drums. He also plays with 3RG, and he is going to continue playing with them at this point. We wish him all the best, and with that in mind, we've already got someone in mind, we just have to make the time to jam with him to see if he'll work with what we're doing. I'll have some news on that front hopefully in the next couple of weeks. No plans on splitting up, but hopefully coming back as good if not better than before...
My SOLO stuff...
Now that I'm on summer break, I have some time to try to line up some acoustic shows as well as do some recording. I'm gonna hit the Irish Sports Tavern up again to see if I can get a couple make up shows from the times I was cancelled, and then I'm going to see about a couple other places around town that I can play at as well. I'm also going to be finally breaking in the new studio setup with a new album project. I didn't think I had enough material to start working with, but when I went through my phone voice memos for the last few months, I found about 17 or so ideas, ranging from lyric bits to short riffs to fully arranged songs. So, with that in mind, I'm going to start going through and recording guide tracks for songs today, with the usual goal of "let's see if we can get this done before school starts" as my finish line. I have a few other things in the works as well, but the DD shows, the Triad drums situation, and my solo shows and new music is where I'm going to be focusing my energy for the next few months...should be a good ride...
That is all...TB