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Sunday, December 19, 2004
12.19.04
Sunday. a gray one. still no snow here in Brooklyn. hasn’t gotten terribly cold either. not complaining, just thought it worth it mentioning. tried to put on some holiday tunes this morning, Johnny Mathis even. no luck. couldn’t quite seem to catch the “spirit”. I think that unfortunately, the older I get, the more the holidays become about logistics and economics. when I was a kid man, Christmas couldn’t come soon enough. we’d count down the days, go to bed early on Christmas eve and everything. now it all sneaks up on me. for the past several years it’s always been about getting home to MIchigan, making travel arrangements, deciding to bring gifts or buy them there last minute. then it’s always about which gifts I can pack and take with me and which ones I leave in Michigan and that’s never cool. (my Mom gets so upset when I do this, understandably so) as well, I’ve performed the last three New Year’s Eves and that always makes things a bit tricky. what I have grown to appreciate are all the holiday gatherings and moments I get to share with people I don’t normally get the chance to throughout the year. I trust the holidays will always provide those sort of opportunities to reflect a bit longer and a little deeper.
had a beautiful trip through the southeast (with a brief cameo on the West coast) a couple weeks ago. it was both a whirlwind of shows and meetings and a nice several days of visiting some friends and family I haven’t seen in years. wanted to say thanks to my cousin Dan for puttin’ me up for the weekend in lovely Salisbury, Maryland. Dan’s been married a handful of years now and has a beautiful little daughter named Grace that I was finally able to meet. got down to Charlottesville to visit my friends Devon and Paul for a night. drank a bit of wine and shared thoughts of song writing, relationships and vices. stuff that keeps you up into the wee hours. the Atlanta and Nashville shows went rather well. my voice was a bit stronger after endless days of doing vocal scales in the car on the road by myself. Nashville was cool. friends Dale and Melissa were most hospitable and provided plenty of laughs as always. as well, I finally got around to catching up with Matt Morris, which was well over 2 years in the making. he showed me some new songs and yet again, blew my mind wide open. after a week and a half away from my lady though, I was ready to get home and do a little catching up with her. my truck pulled through and made it from Nashville to Brooklyn in just under 17 hours. crazy!
been puttin’ this New Year’s show together and am looking forward to getting back out to LA for a couple nights to ring in 2005 with everyone out there and of course look forward to seeing as many of you as can possibly make it. planning on sharing the stage with some of the best in town so if you’re on the fence about it, I strongly recommend you make go ahead and get yourself a ticket, make plans for settling in for the evening and we’ll take care of the rest.
otherwise, Happy Holidays to everyone. thanks for checking in and continuing to make my efforts worth while.
peace.
Sunday. a gray one. still no snow here in Brooklyn. hasn’t gotten terribly cold either. not complaining, just thought it worth it mentioning. tried to put on some holiday tunes this morning, Johnny Mathis even. no luck. couldn’t quite seem to catch the “spirit”. I think that unfortunately, the older I get, the more the holidays become about logistics and economics. when I was a kid man, Christmas couldn’t come soon enough. we’d count down the days, go to bed early on Christmas eve and everything. now it all sneaks up on me. for the past several years it’s always been about getting home to MIchigan, making travel arrangements, deciding to bring gifts or buy them there last minute. then it’s always about which gifts I can pack and take with me and which ones I leave in Michigan and that’s never cool. (my Mom gets so upset when I do this, understandably so) as well, I’ve performed the last three New Year’s Eves and that always makes things a bit tricky. what I have grown to appreciate are all the holiday gatherings and moments I get to share with people I don’t normally get the chance to throughout the year. I trust the holidays will always provide those sort of opportunities to reflect a bit longer and a little deeper.
had a beautiful trip through the southeast (with a brief cameo on the West coast) a couple weeks ago. it was both a whirlwind of shows and meetings and a nice several days of visiting some friends and family I haven’t seen in years. wanted to say thanks to my cousin Dan for puttin’ me up for the weekend in lovely Salisbury, Maryland. Dan’s been married a handful of years now and has a beautiful little daughter named Grace that I was finally able to meet. got down to Charlottesville to visit my friends Devon and Paul for a night. drank a bit of wine and shared thoughts of song writing, relationships and vices. stuff that keeps you up into the wee hours. the Atlanta and Nashville shows went rather well. my voice was a bit stronger after endless days of doing vocal scales in the car on the road by myself. Nashville was cool. friends Dale and Melissa were most hospitable and provided plenty of laughs as always. as well, I finally got around to catching up with Matt Morris, which was well over 2 years in the making. he showed me some new songs and yet again, blew my mind wide open. after a week and a half away from my lady though, I was ready to get home and do a little catching up with her. my truck pulled through and made it from Nashville to Brooklyn in just under 17 hours. crazy!
been puttin’ this New Year’s show together and am looking forward to getting back out to LA for a couple nights to ring in 2005 with everyone out there and of course look forward to seeing as many of you as can possibly make it. planning on sharing the stage with some of the best in town so if you’re on the fence about it, I strongly recommend you make go ahead and get yourself a ticket, make plans for settling in for the evening and we’ll take care of the rest.
otherwise, Happy Holidays to everyone. thanks for checking in and continuing to make my efforts worth while.
peace.
