News, October 2006
What a difference a couple of months can make. This has been a period of ups and downs. To keep things chronological, I’ll start with the downs first.
As I mentioned in my last news entry, I was working on a new batch of music programs for the 4:30 mass. However, due to factors beyond my control, including the appointment of a new pastor at St. Augustine’s, I had to scrap the whole project. Needless to say, I was very upset by that--and still am. I spent eighteen months of research and development on that project, including the creation of resources that I didn’t know at first I didn’t need to create. Six or seven copies of all the files I created for the project would fill a CD-ROM--that’s how big it got. By being asked to scrap the project, I was, in effect, being told that I could have spent those eighteen months on the development of my solo career, which to me is much more important professionally.
On a brighter note, Hot Ice now finally has a new bassist. His name is Tony, and together we’re preparing for an upcoming gig at the Good Companions Centre on November 18.
And the best news of all is that the phœnix we call the Soul Review Board is starting to rise out of the ashes. Horace Roxborough recently contacted me about a series of Friday night gigs at the Metropolitain Restaurant, now starting November 3. Enrico Winter, Hot Ice’s former bass player, is being recruited on guitar.
One little side note: I’ve created an eBay account and made my first purchase: Kira’s first album, Inauswendig, which arrived in my mailbox this morning. As far as I know her albums don’t have a Canadian distributor yet. I don’t have immediate plans to become an eBay seller yet, but I’m considering it as a long-term possibility.
As I mentioned in my last news entry, I was working on a new batch of music programs for the 4:30 mass. However, due to factors beyond my control, including the appointment of a new pastor at St. Augustine’s, I had to scrap the whole project. Needless to say, I was very upset by that--and still am. I spent eighteen months of research and development on that project, including the creation of resources that I didn’t know at first I didn’t need to create. Six or seven copies of all the files I created for the project would fill a CD-ROM--that’s how big it got. By being asked to scrap the project, I was, in effect, being told that I could have spent those eighteen months on the development of my solo career, which to me is much more important professionally.
On a brighter note, Hot Ice now finally has a new bassist. His name is Tony, and together we’re preparing for an upcoming gig at the Good Companions Centre on November 18.
And the best news of all is that the phœnix we call the Soul Review Board is starting to rise out of the ashes. Horace Roxborough recently contacted me about a series of Friday night gigs at the Metropolitain Restaurant, now starting November 3. Enrico Winter, Hot Ice’s former bass player, is being recruited on guitar.
One little side note: I’ve created an eBay account and made my first purchase: Kira’s first album, Inauswendig, which arrived in my mailbox this morning. As far as I know her albums don’t have a Canadian distributor yet. I don’t have immediate plans to become an eBay seller yet, but I’m considering it as a long-term possibility.
posted by Jamie at 12:16 p.m.
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