Last night Craig and I were interviewed for an internet radio show called Local City Soundtrack. The interview took place at Stardust Video & Coffee, in Winter Park, FL. I feel good about it. Xander, the interviewer/radio show host, was relaxed, friendly, and sincere, and because of that I felt at ease as much as I could.

When I’m on stage, performing my very personal songs, there is a safe barrier between myself and the crowd–between the crowd and the subject matter. I think my medium of expression allows difficult messages to be conveyed and not realized in all their weight, or ugliness, or beauty, until a little after the charm of the music has faded.

In an interview, I can’t charm too much. If I’m asked directly about the meanings of my songs, I feel a responsibilty to be as honest as I was when I wrote them, but I realize there is no safe barrier. The people involved in the situations that prompted me to write will be even more exposed. I try to be respectful to them. But, I must also be respectful to my own memory and my part in that experience.

I will be sorry whether I do or don’t speak my mind.

So, hopefully people will look at my body of work, and the content of my character, before I am dismissed as a human being for calling out sad and painful emotions. They are in the past, and writing and performing these songs helped me move on and grow from them.

Craig and I were talking after the interview about how I haven’t been writing much here because I feel like not much news is happening regarding the progress of my musical career. But, it’s like that sometimes. And, I think I should just write here about things that are unrelated if I have no news. As long as I think they are thoughts that can be public. So, I’ll work on that.

Thanks for listening. The interview will air on Sunday February 28, 2010 at 5pm. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, as well. Just search for Local City Soundtrack in the iTunes store. You may also subscribe here: http://localcitysoundtrack.com/?feed=podcast

Pictures will also be found at the website: http://localcitysoundtrack.com

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is nigh.

It’s Halloween, and my website colors seem appropriate. Criag and I recorded the final guitar part this past week. Now, I must just help the process along, by writing up lyrics and chords for Saul to add his parts.

And, of course, there is encouragement… and scheduling performances…

The world is a big place. I want to see more of it. I don’t know where to start.

I’m so close to finishing my part of the recording for my 8-song album. I would’ve finished in these past few days, but my guitar needed repair after the malfunction with my pickup at the Winter Garden Music Festival on 10/03/09. And, after that, the A/C went out in the apartment where I record…

The festival was spectacular, though! And the sound engineers were very helpful. A mic was quickly set up for my guitar, and the show went on. There is amateur video of the entire performance (thank you, Doug). It is uploaded on my facebook website, and I will be uploading more videos on my YouTube.com Channel as well as on this site, once we compress the file sizes.

Also, I’ve been handing out my new business cards, designed by the talented Craig Treadwell.

I’m trying a little harder to make connections and spend the time I have off from work to record or play open mics. There are some photos uploaded on the facebook site of a recent open mic; the video from it is on youtube. I am not the most extroverted person in the world, but I love playing music, and seeing how people are affected by it. It’s a win-win situation. I just have to push myself out the door.

If I don’t, I will be stuck. We can’t have that.