Here we are, another summer of musical work for me...Got through another school year, and now i’m in my full on music mode. I have a few things going on that will keep me busy for the summer. Here’s a rundown of what I’m gonna try to get accomplished...
FORCE THREE:
Force Three will be starting to play open mic nights this week. We’re going to hit Cutler Bay Sports Bar on Wednesday and I believe Little Hoolies on Thursday. We’re going to be playing short sets to “audition” for some headlining shows there. We’re starting at these 2 places because we have some history with both places from the Train of Thought days. Hell, TOT basically was formed at Little Hoolies! The show that we have put together should be a lot of fun for us and audiences, so make sure to come and hear what we have in store. After this week, I think we’ll be heading up to Broward county for open mic appearances, as Fred has made some connections already, and I think we’ll do very well up there. As I’m sure you know, we have an Official Force Three Facebook page, and if you haven’t gone there, make sure to go check it out. I’ll be setting up another page next weekend for the band as well. The first few shows we will be doing will be probably all cover songs, but we do have several original songs in the works already. In fact, we’re going to be doing some recording here in my studio as well. Mike is coming over this week actually to put drum tracks down on a few songs. Once we have them, we’ll be posting online and adding the new originals into the live show immediately. The songs are from basically 3 sources...the original songs we were doing from the TOT days, some “random” songs that were written outside of this project, and a few brand new F3 songs as well. We have some really cool things in the works for F3, so stay tuned!
SWAMP DRIVE:
...is likely done.
PROJECT WITH MIKE AND RICH:
I plan on getting back to working on this project as well. I have one song that was sent to me that I still need to put lyrics to, and I also want to try to flesh out the concept that is emerging a little more. The three of us have been busy with our respective “day jobs” as well as other projects, so we haven’t been able to do a lot with this for the last few months. Still no real timelines involved, but we’re still hoping to have something done...at some point!
CONSPIRACY INC.:
In a shocking turn of events, it looks like Tom and I are going to try to put together another Conspiracy Inc. project. We’ve been emailing back and forth for a few months about it, and I think we’re really going to do it now. I only have one guideline for this one going in...DON’T TAKE 9 YEARS TO FINISH IT LIKE THE LAST ONE!!! Other than that, anything goes with this one...
SOLO STUFF:
I will be working on a solo project again this summer. I have some really cool ideas to revamp a project that has been in the works for a few years, and I think I’ll finally get it done this summer, at least that’s what I’m shooting for. I’m also going to be working on one of my classical pieces this summer as well. Depending on what I can find, I may also try to do some solo acoustic shows again. I actually miss that challenge! I have some other things that I’m going to try to do with my solo stuff that I’m pretty excited about, so stay tuned...
OTHER RANDOM THINGS...:
I will likely be playing in another band as well this summer. Not a lot of details at this point, but it will likely be a covers band, and it looks to be something that will be a lot of fun. I think I may be doing some random shows with Eli Cash as well, although nothing’s confirmed at this point. At some point this summer I think I’ll be recording with Deb Desilets again as well, depending on her schedule. I’m also as always looking and accepting students for private guitar, bass or sax lessons, so let me know if you’re interested...
For those wondering, I’ll also make time for my family as well! It will be fun all around for me that’s for sure.
I’m still not sure what’s going to happen to this page since Apple is moving away from the Mobile Me stuff, so this site still may be going down at some point this summer. If it does, I’ll do my best to get a new page up and running asap. In the meantime, take a look at the new videos that are here. A lot of “archival” stuff from various things that I’ve done over the years, so there’s some fun stuff for everyone here...
That is all...TB