I’m sitting here at Merridee’s Bakery in d-town Franklin finishing up my lunch. Turkey and cheese on whole wheat. Mmm… turkey. The playlist here is interesting… It’s some sort of satellite mix station. Sounds more like the ipod on shuffle. So far we have, “we didn’t start the fiiiiyaaa…” and onto Cher’s anthem “do you beliEeeve in life after loooove..” followed by “I’ve been waiting for a girl like you…” And then one of the Lifehouse smash hits “And it’s you and me…” Hopefully, you now have a mess in your head trying to figure out which song your mind wants to play for you. Oh the mind, it’s a wonderful thing.

After writing a new song on Sunday night I felt compelled to shoot a video for it creatively releasing all that went into the lyrics and melody. I shot it on Monday afternoon, after finishing some other work that needed attending to, and spent Tuesday and Wednesday editing. I am very satisfied with the outcome. I believe it portrays the depth of thought behind the lyrics. Having said all of that… I can’t release it yet. For one, I’m waiting for the copyright info to be received. And two, I’m going to properly track the song this weekend at a ‘real studio’. So that the quality of the audio does the video justice. If all goes according to plan I will do the official “release” at some point next week. Along with a myspace redesign and the song itself placed on myspace for you to listen to. 

Man, I’m so in the mood for a piece of chocolate cake. I’m going to go see what they have…Okay, no chocolate cake slices so I went with a mint chocolate brownie and a half pint of skim milk.

Just ran into a friend in the biz here. I love that aspect of the small town. What I don’t love about small towns is that everyone is always in your business. But I haven’t run into much of that so far. I keep to myself mostly anyway. 

James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain” just started playing, what an amazing song. As you can tell I’m writing very randomly and just spitting out things that pop in my head. I sat down here with the intention of finishing my blog on the music industry, but there are way too many distractions to completely focus on that right now. 

I’ve got to get home and organize some sketches for a commissioned painting I’m doing with a finish date of July 1. I also have two other projects I’m juggling this weekend as well as working away at finishing up my lyrics for the album. Full plate here. We were supposed to shoot a live concert this weekend but that fell through, which is fine. I have so much going on. May is looking busier and busier. I am going to take a week out at the end of the month to go on a mini-vacation. Should be great. 

May and June are so stuffed with great releases. I can’t wait… The new Indiana Jones film on the 22nd of May, Get Smart a show I used to watch as a youngster… Wall-E the newest from Disney/Pixar on June 27th… and in music the newest from Coldplay on June 17th. It’s about time! (You can get the new single at iTunes now) I need some new Coldplay. X & Y holds painful memories stored in time.

Write more soon. Thanks for stopping by. 

Moving on the wheels of life,

cB