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December 8, 2010
Almost Done

The new album is almost done. Honest. I've had friends and fans asking after it for months now. We have an appointment in the mastering studio on December 21, and after that, we'll send the album to be replicated. In early February (or maybe earlier), 1000 cds will show up on my doorstep. And that will be that.

Can't wait to FINALLY share this project with all of you!

October 1, 2010
Flaws

I'm sitting here in the studio this afternoon, working on EQing one of the songs on my album, and it just dawned on me that one of the markings of a good musician is not only understanding one's flaws and limitations, but being okay with them. When you record your voice into a microphone and then play it back, every wonderful overtone comes through and so does every single flaw. Every pitch problem, every challenge with articulation, every phrasing mistake, comes through clear as day. And not only do I hear the flaws in my voice, so do the two other people working on this mixing process with me. In our culture, we spend a lot of time making excuses for our limitations. In our culture, we're obsessed with perfection. This is no surprised to anyo f us. I just read an article on the Japanese notion of wabi sabi. Translated, it means a view of the aesthetic where beauty is imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. In short, it's finding beauty in things that are flawed. Things like my voice and my guitar. Things like ME. Let's have a party to celebrate our flaws. Let's dance and sing and chant, imperfection is glory, imperfection is right, imperfection is beautiful. When this CD is finished and you unwrap your copy and put it in your CD player, I hope you'll hear some lovely music, well written and performed. But I also hope you hear the flaws and adopt wabi sabi so that together we can celebrate just how perfectly imperfect this music is.