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This is as little as I’ve weighed lately so from here on out it’ll be real weight loss. Not just skipping a soda before weigh-in.

Go, Cat, Go!, the Carl Perkins Bio is pretty cool for the 150 pages I’ve squeezed in. It’s a gas reading about these guys that are before even my time. Their rock is full of passion. They did it without the Marshall amp. A lot of the early gigs happen in my hometown, Jackson, TN. Jackson has it’s place in rock’s history after all. Even a nearby early gig where Carl met Elvis.

The monster drummer Bobby Rock came by and played on a trailer I’m been working on. He nailed it right away. Super guy and superior skin beater! It’s time to start tracking tomorrow’s WS.

Another allnighter last night. My fault though. I was blocked trying to come up with a David Bowie knockoff for a movie trailer. I love the challenge but man I was blocking on that one. It’s probably cause Bowie is a real rock god and his music is iconic. I pale next to Alladin Sane.

That means I’ve got to do a whole WS tomorrow. It’s written. But not recorded. Stay tuned.

Also trying to learn how to promote the blog. Being busy keeps the learning slow.

My buddy Curt from Delirium Records came up with the idea of posting split tracks on the web. That means with every new tune there would also be a solo track for drums, vocals, bass and guitar. Since this is a creative commons license you guys could remix the vocal, use the drums on a completely different song, or use the guitar or bass tracks as part of your production. Give me proper credit and all’s good. If you’re using a traditional publishing paradigm add me as a songwriter. My publishing entity is Lavish Music BMI. Contact me and we’ll figure out a totally reasonable split. It’s just an assumption that this is going to catch on, but I look forward to hearing our music. It’s going to be up within about a week.

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It’s not too often I get to wear a hat. Last night’s gig provided headwear. This picture is to prove that Souther Cal really has farms. We were playing in a tent in a cornfield. Good times for sure.

Saturday is turning into the day for percolating song ideas. So far I’ve been keeping it simple with just one guitar track plus bass and drums. It’s pretty good practive for my drumming, too. I’ve been playing them since high school but I only got good enough to record about two or three years ago. It’s like the Tortoise and The Hare. I just kept on banging ’em.

That’ll be me holding a bass guitar at a murder mystery theater tonight. Some really fine actors and a good time. I don’t get to play live much lately. And I’m going to sing a couple of Elvis Presley songs for the aftershow.

Woo hoo! I’m down a pound from last week. Not much of an accomplishment I know because it’s easy to go up or down a lb.
I’ll take it, though. I know I don’t look any different because I checked myself in the mirror. The trick is to see is the trend continues. It’s not going to be some crash diet. My goal is to weigh 179 in a year. That’s just 1 lb/week. You know what the killer is? I need some new clothes. I tried some on. There’s no way I’m going pay for those giant rags when I’ve got a closet full of stuff that’s too small. I need to get my style in the gym.

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or at least on my studio. It expires at the end of January. Sounds far off. But it could come up fast. Already looking around at different situations to rent. If anyone hears of someone looking for another someone just like me please connect us.

I think the new tune is done. I got into beat correcting the drums. I’m not the most solid drummer. It sounds great now but it does add a couple hours of pure tedium. The hard rocking will make up for that.