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569 days ago

Have a new band - Two Sheds Jackson. Will post more later when there is time, but it's a fun band - great to listen to, great to dance to. We played a great first gig on May 3rd. Working on more bookings - will post info as it comes in. Check out www.twoshedsjackson.net. It's up and running, but still under constuction. Best to all! - steve

Still here!

611 days ago

Yes, I haven't written anything for a long time. Lot's of life to live. White update - not much happening at the moment. Am working toward upgrading the studio - have lot's of JBL speakers for sale! Some power amplifiers, mixers, outboard gear...... let me know if you or someone you know is building a P.A. and needs some great stuff! :) The other band I've been playing with has been officially named Two Sheds Jackson and it's looking like our first gig will be in early May. Will post more about that later. Meanwhile, in my day-job life, have been busy - collage events, corportate events, concerts - just did a couple of days with kd lang. I've always admired her voice and she sounds as good or better than the record in person. A great bunch of folks with her. I'd worked with her monitor engineer before - Gordon. Very funny guy and nearly encyclopedic in his knowledge of audio and live sound. Coming up - the Dalai Lama will be in Seattle for a number of days as part of an ...

Happy New Year!

695 days ago

Wow - two months since any writing in this space. Never got around to the Woodstick podcast, as you can see. Still like the idea, though. Will certainly experiment with it sometime in the near future.... Happy new year to all and may the best come your way! Resolutions? We don't need no stinkin' resolutions! But I do have plans for several music projects this year. Over-ambitious? Probably. But what the hell, you gotta go for something! Have started work on a solo CD, with a blues and rock feel to it. One song is pretty much completed so far. More on their way..... White is still alive, although there will be some changes in the works. Perhaps even a name change? Hmmmm..... With Phil Davis in the band, and more time to write and think the whole thing through, it may be a different sounding project than the last record. Actually, I'm certain it will be a different sound. Time will tell..... And if those two things aren't enough to work on - besides my day job, family, etc ...

Still Here!

758 days ago

It's been a month since the last post - wow. Busy month - lot's of work, kids in school, music in the studio, some rehearsals with another group of musicians, and White playing Woodstick. My buddie Paul suggested I do a podcast, since so many people are doing blogs. Not a bad idea! Am not in the position to do a live one, but I took a mini-disc recorder and wandered around Woodstick, gathering some sounds that I'll use in my first podcast experiment. It may not be done until after this weekend, but will give it a shot..... Woodstick was quite the scene - more drummers than I've ever seen in one place at one time. And the sound! Incredible. I haven't seen an official count yet, but there had to have been at least 300 drummers and drum kits there. Our portion was playing Imagine with all the drummers. Alan had his "Imagine drum set", the one he used on the recording, and everyone played along. There were 2 conductors, who really helped keep everyone together. A few ...

Quite a month

793 days ago

End of summer, beginning of Autum. It's been a busy month. Will need to catch up over several posts - not enough time for it all right now. Genele and I saw Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein, the Musical on it's official opening night here in Seattle. It was a warm up run before it goes to Broadway. Very good production - I highly recommend it! Funny. Especially if you are a fan of the movie. Genele was aquainted with Mel when she lived in LA, and we got a chance to say hi during the intermission. Very nice man. And he wrote 18 songs - all but one - for the show in his typical Mel Brooks style with with his signauture humor. I hadn't realized he was a songwriter, but he said that's where he started. Wow. So that was on a Thursday night, and Genele gets a call from Mel on Friday to say how great it was to see her again and to meet me and to stay in touch. Then Sunday morning at 8:30am, the phone rings - I say "who the hell is calling this early on Sunday morning?" It was ...