some people i haven't seen in a while ask me "what have you been up to lately?" my usual response is something like, "nothing". in truth, when i say this i am actually lying. i don't get a chance to do "nothing" often these days. so as a quick catch up, here is some of what i've actually been up to lately:

* playing with kevin quain & the mad bastards sunday nights at the cameron house
* at the bathouse studio near kingston recording with matt barber & the union dues
* at the rogue studio in toronto recording with ben somer
* playing some cool shows with royal wood. we went to u.k. and germany in september and will be returning some more european countries in february/march)
* went on a trip to nashville with my family and much of my dad's business to attend a big speech he was making for a conference.
* some recording for adam warner's forthcoming album. i will be mixing it very soon.
* and in the early stages of creating some new and ambitious music

that's about it.

dinosaurs, dragons...

change is inevitable and around me a lot these days. and i'm sorry there's been little said here for some time. perhaps the makeover will inspire more words. but this comes at a time i've been building a home in instrumental music with my current recording experiments (dinosaurs) and the live shows with the dragon! that's not to say i haven't had any development with words. just none i've found a place for yet.

... and dogs

in other completely unrelated news, i have now heard on a couple separate accounts that dream at harmony motel seems to have a calming effect on the canine species. it seems that at least a couple of dogs known to have excitement issues have spontaneously sat in calm when the cd was put on. now if i could just figure out how to teach dogs to download or use a credit card...