A month from today I’ll be in Santa Barbara, California, at the Durango Songwriters Expo; a big songwriter festival shindig that also doubles as a kind of label showcase, as it will be literally packed with industry peoples and that sort.
Gotta tell you, I’m really excited about this opportunity. I’m trying to stay very positive and hopeful but not get my hopes up too high (a hard balance to maintain, I’ve found), because this could potentially be a turning point for my career, or it could just be another step in the process. Either is fine, really; I don’t have much control over it anyhow - I just have a tendency to dream/fantasize/what-have-you about actually getting paid for this whole “music thing” I’ve been attempting.
A couple weeks ago, I went “back into the studio” with the McRae brothers up in Lyons, Colorado, and had a fantastic time laying down the rhythm tracks for a couple of my new songs (Something About You and Ride, if you’re curious… and I know you are!). I could attempt to describe the feeling of playing with a REALLY good drummer and bassist, but I don’t really feel like I could do it justice right now; suffice to say that creating a groove that makes your head bob might possibly be the best feeling in the world. Honestly, I can’t WAIT for you to hear these recordings; look for them on myspace.com/joshAllan within the month.
The tie-in with all this is that I’m doing my best to get “ready” for California — recording some new songs for the listening sessions (ah, it all makes sense now) and writing a lot…
…which so naturally brings me to my next point (wow, that wasn’t belabored or anything) — I have a new song! Just finished it yesterday; it’s an up-tempo guitar tune called “Magic,” but believe me, the couple in this story is certainly missing that aspect in their relationship. I’ll be putting it right into the set, so listen for it at the next show.
Thanks for your thoughts and well-wishes with my Cali trip; I’ll obviously give you the full report when I get back!
I think I’ll probably write again between now and then, but until then you could, oh, I don’t know, visit my MySpace page!
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