holiday break-busy!

an extended holiday break is one the great advantages for being a teacher, but this holiday is been very busy. since the friday afternoon that school ended (dec 20th) i have been editing music, emailing musicians, calling and mailing news outlets and radio stations, rehearsing, and recording for our upcoming performance at the cerritos center. i'm real happy to be so busy making music, but deb (my wife) gets the least of me when i'm the "bunker mentality" for a upcoming show. it represents a big milestone for us as an "alternative classical" group playing in a "legitamate venue".

if you are a regular viewer of this blog, i apologize for my delay on finishing the summerland post. i'm delaying the next posting until monday, jan 3rd.

tomorrow we will start recording my vocal extravaganza "retrace our steps". its great to be working with some of my former students from marshall high. moises estrada and marlon luna are finishing their training and interning as recording engineers and have become invaluable for putting on live shows and recording. my new cameraphone allows me to moblog pictures, so i will probably start using it to take some pictures at rehearsals and at tomorrows recording session. if i get done making the new scores and parts for tomorrow i'll try and post some pictures from last sunday's rehearsal.

the last rehearsal went well. on the 26th we had a marathon 3pm-9pm at ave 50 studio(with a great dinner break down the street at chico's. great guacamole and shrimp burritos!!)
sean ferguson (guitar) was in from ny to rehearse and and will fly back to play on this concert. for our next cd we are planning to get a good recording of retrace our steps and chopping tool. (sean) i feb and march were going to record my new pieces and plan to release it by our march performances.

anyway, i need to get back to editing scores and parts for tomorrow, and walk the dogs before it rains again.