Been fairly quiet and busy all at once around here this summer. Dirk Diggler has played a nice amount of shows so far, with only one cancellation, which was a couple weeks ago. We were supposed to play at the new Little Hoolies location, but they weren't ready to open up just yet. I hear they open up this coming week, and we'll be there to make our "debut" in the new location on August 18. That is going to be a fun weekend, as we'll be doing a very rare "Back to Back Shows" weekend, LH on Saturday and Cafe 27 on Sunday...lucky me, first day back at the "day job" is that following Monday! Wonder what shape I'll be in for that!?
Been ramping things up in my studio lately...12 new songs in the process of being recorded. 2 are completely done, 1 just needs a sax solo, and the rest I just have to start working on getting "on tape," or I guess into the computer these days...So far really happy with how things are sounding...
Spent some time with a long time friend of mine down here in Florida, and we started talking about finally getting a collaboration going, we'll see how that goes...I'm hopeful we can get something going, I have a very cool vision for it...
A couple other things in the works, and depending on what my "day job" schedule looks like this year will determine how much of it I try to get done in the next few months. Usually I have a pretty good idea of what I can expect at my day gig, but this time I'm not 100% sure on what I'll be doing. I guess I'll have news on that when I know.
My adventures with pedalboards is still ongoing, but I think I have found the solution for my gremlins. I now have 2 pedalboards...the big monster setup, which I'll be using for recording and potential trio gigs, and a more scaled down setup for DD gigs. How scaled down you ask? Well, the "DD Board" is a G10 wireless, Cliff Burton Wah, and the Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig. That little thing is killer. As far as the Drop Pedal I was working with, I've decided to just tune down basses for now until I can figure out why literally it will work perfectly in rehearsal settings, but go nuts in a live setting when nothing was changed from rehearsal to stage. That pedal is starting to drive me nuts....
Upcoming shows with DD 8/18 and 8/19, and a chance that I may get to celebrate my B day at a show at Hoolies...
That is all...TB