New Toys!

Hello!

Picked up one of these babies yesterday:

It takes pictures like this:

UUUGH!  I cannot wait to go crazy with this thing.

This is but one of the camera's I'll be using for the pictures of the upcoming Sleepy Head record.  I'm also planning on using this:

 This one takes pictures like this:

I'll be using all film cameras!  As much fun as I have with DSLR's and Photoshop, I just absolutely LOVE the rawness and "mistakes" that cheap film cameras have.  My wife, Caitlin, will be taking all of the pictures (and giving me some pointers along the way).  Can't wait for you all to see them!

For all the music geeks, I'm going to be purchasing a Mesa Boogie Transatlantic in a couple of weeks.

I. AM. SO. STOKED. About this thing.

Depending on the direction I go, you might only hear the clean sounds it offers (which are beautiful) on the EP.  We'll just have to wait and see as the songwriting continues.   Stay tuned for more updates!  The ball will be rolling quite quickly, quite soon!

Thanks again for reading!

PS - In case no one's noticed yet, you can now sign up for my new Mailing List, as well as my Street Team on the left side of this blog page.  You can also do so on my ReverbNation page. 

Plans

Hey folks.

So in case no one's heard yet,

WE'RE MOVING BACK TO GREENVILLE! (SC, that is.)

Obviously, I'm excited.  BIG plans to follow the move, too.  Caitlin and I have had a dream for years to open up some sort of crafty type shop in a city with that sort of market, and Greenville is perfect.  For those of you not too familiar with Greenville, SC, it's kind of a miniature Portland, OR.  

As I mentioned in the last post, we've been reading the "Retail Business Kit For Dummies" book for a couple of weeks now.  It's helping us realize that our plans to open up a shop aren't nearly as far-fetched as we thought!  We just need to keep our heads on straight.  One great thing is that the properties that we've been looking at in Greenville are right on Stone Ave and Main, where they're planning on completely revitalizing and upgrading with housing, planting trees everywhere, and opening up new businesses in the area.  The area has been very up-and-coming for some time now, so I feel like time is of the essence for this shop to open.

Let's not forget about the music, though!  My band has been writing for just over a year now and we've narrowed down and re-written our best choice of songs.  We've done all of this with NO bass player, so I'm pretty proud of what we've done, even though no one's heard any of it yet.  If we can get rehearsing in the next couple of weeks, we'll work on getting some shows going.  So stay tuned!

Regarding Sleepy Head: I had a VERY busy work schedule in December, but it's died down rather abruptly due to the lack of retail business in January, so I'll be writing frequently again.  I've got one song completed so far (called Mistletoe).  I'm planning on releasing an EP when I'm done with the songs and once I've figured out what direction I want to go in, sound-wise.  If I go in the direction of Mistletoe, it'll have a very Bob Dylan-ish feel to it.  We'll have to wait and see as I keep writing.   I'll keep the updates coming as I've got more free time in January.  Thanks for reading!

Lately Listening To:

Soft Spoken Army - "Look"

As Tall As Lions - "Circles"

Starfucker - "Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second"

So This Is The New Year

Wowwie-wow-wow-wow!!

It's the dawning of a new era it seems.  I'm extremely excited about the coming year and the plans I have for it.  2010 is left behind (thank goodness) and I'm grateful for all I've learned from it.

There are huge plans for 2011.  For some hints, I've been reading this book for a couple weeks now:

I'll also be purchasing this:

this:

and this:

Needless to say, I'm extremely excited.  Hooray for new beginnings, new resolutions, and new music!  I'm in a bit of a hurry today, so I'll leave it at that.  More info soon!