Brian Franklin

Alex Nelson

Paul Roub

Here lies myspace

Everytime I start to send out an email to you guys I just start typing and typing.  Next thing I know it’s super long and I start thinking “who is going to read all this?”  I can’t help it.  In my head, you guys are talking back to me so sending out emails is like having a conversation with you.  I promise though, I’m going to work on keeping those short.

Luckily, those rules don’t apply to me here. phew!  So I’ll begin my ramble now…

First off… myspace.  It’s dead.  let’s admit to that. I’m tired of updating it and looking at it. Like many people I have more than one.  One I started some time ago before I actually headed in the direction I’m in now and then a new one for the album.  I’ve noticed that things have been dying off over there for some time. In fact, for the last few months I haven’t gotten anything from you guys there.  Just about everything now is through facebook.  So I’m thinking of just deleting those account entirely or just putting a RIP image up.

Next…

The Wallflower Gallery

Some ‘are we there yet?’ videos are almost done.  I have three pieces that are going to go up first.  They are informational pieces on The Wallflower Gallery in Miami, Central Square Records in Seaside and DaVinci in Deland.

These are three places I played in January that the owners were very much into supporting music and pushing independent artists. I want to put these up as a thank you to them and to also allow them to introduce themselves in their own words to any other musicians/artists.  So if you’re a musician and looking for a place to play, I totally recommend looking up these three places.

Also, I’ve got Day1 of the 30A songwriters Festival all edited and just waiting on some other minor post editing shtuff to happen.   This project is taking a little more time than I thought it would but it’s worth it.  Definitely learning a lot of things about video production.

road trip (again)…

I’m getting ready for the trip up to DC. This should be interesting. I think I’ll document my travel into the cold part of the world for “are we there yet?”  In my opinion, there is a lot of stuff in the Element. It’s packed.  I even took a seat out.  I always try to leave space in case sleeping in the car is necessary.  It’s been awhile since I’ve driven in snow.  But this is going to be cool.  Hoping to ride up through the night and make it there by tomorrow.  Did something similar last year when I went up to North Carolina. I know know, this is further!

The main reason for going up is to play a show as Crash Basket.  A band I was formerly in with Paul Roub and Marhall Wilner.  We’ve been talking about getting together for years but things haven’t worked out until now.    On friday night, Paul and I will play individual sets and then on saturday we’ll rock it as Crash Basket.

I’m super stoked that I’ll also see Gordon Withers.  He’s my buddy that recorded the cello on my album.  Gonna try to rock out with him as well.

On the way back, I’ll make a stop over to Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA and see how things go.  I’m nervous and excited all at the same time.  it’s tingly.

So that’s all I got so far.  Time to go finish packing and getting everything ready. I’ll be in touch.  Next up I’ll do a follow up to killing the myspace.  The next will be killing the pictures musicians take with train tracks. No more train track pictures guys! ok?

talk to you soon.