JANUARY 16

Here’s another blog where I’m typing this and then saving it until the actual date I wish for it to be released.

I’m sneaky like that.

I received a text from Mike late Saturday night but had my phone on Do Not Disturb. So I called back Sunday morning and heard something that got my heart and brain racing. “CJ is good for January 16th, so we can start recording.” Three months of solid rehearsals, fine-tuning each song, re-working some ideas to make things flow better…now it’s show time!

You’d think at my age, I would be so done with having butterflies in my stomach about recording. Guess not. That’s the power of music, it keeps up young and hungry. I don’t have as much drive as in the past, as too much of it can steal your happiness. Maybe that’s why things are so much more relaxed with the music. There’s no feeling of “I hope people will like this” and “This better sell better than the last cd”. That’s not why we play music.

I’m finally making an album for me first.

But back to the recording date: January 16th was picked because CJ Scioscia has a very busy schedule between his two bands, and we asked him to help record Mike’s drums so he doesn’t have to run back and forth between the kit and the console. Once the drums are done, CJ is free to fly but he’s always welcome to hang around later on.

When I got off the phone, all I could think about was “Wow things are MOVING!” There’s definitely this excitement and edginess happening, yet am feeling really positive about the music and the sessions. Every band and artist has those moments in the studio where they don’t look back with a kind eye, and that was ACT NATURAL for me. I aim to reverse all of that, even if it kills me.

So we’re armed with nine songs (eight as a “band”, one solo piece), and once CJ says “Okay we’re rolling”…the dopamine and whatever else is going to kick in big time.

Album #10, here we come!