i've been quite absent. working hard on 2 records, mine, and a record I'm producing for another artist. I'm very happy to be doing both. I bought a new acoustic guitar, it's the first time in 10 years. Can you believe that? the only guitars i've bought in the last 10 years have been electric guitars. My sturdy Washburn has been with me from the beginning, and will still be with me. But for studio work i now have a beautiful 1953 Gibson J45. I'm so in love! I'm pretty picky about acoustic guitars... and usually when I'd test drive others, they'd either sound crappy to me, or else be way out of my price ballpark to even touch. This one was pricey but I took my chance one day and played it... and it was like meeting my kindred spirit! I went to visit it every so often, worrying that one day I'd show up and it would be gone... but finally Marc kicked me in the butt to go get it or else it really would be gone.

so i got to finish an acoustic guitar part on a new song that I've added to the record... yes i've added 2 songs. I've also subtracted songs... it's sitting at around 10 or 11 tunes I think now... and I think it's settling in. Sorry for the delay... i'm being quite a perfectionist with it. I just really want to put out something that I can be proud of for a long time. I will draw the line, though... because if i didn't, I definitely see how this could become something that just keeps evolving forever and never finishes. There will be other records to evolve in! I'm just tying up loose ends now. Little parts that were missing that I wanted to add, etc.

Also, I really want to find some assistance with booking shows. I can't wait to get back out there playing again. I have taken quite a break from it this year, while doing this record, and it's made me realize how much making those calls stressed me out. I'm just not the *business* person I once thought I was. There's just too much music to make... and every time I'd have to hunker down and make business calls, it was like closing the door on my creativity... it would put me in a different headspace that just was so hard to get out of... so hard to find my way back into my artist head. so, HELP!!!