Summer and Starlight

art is hard.

the “Hey, Rube” EP is now available on the iTunes store! (in iTunes plus so no DRM…)

Here’s a direct link (it will open iTunes on your computer if its not already open):

I’m also excited to finish mixing the “Hey, Rube II” EP.  It will be six more songs that were written and recorded in the past couple of months.

over the past few months the importance of defining your own reality has been hitting me over and over again.  you can look to people around you, far and near, for someone to define what your reality should be and chances are it will depress you.  

i’m cursed with having a generally dim view of human nature which makes me generally reluctant to think of myself highly or take my art seriously after its created.  the actual creation process is a weird sacred thing for me and then when something’s complete i have this weird ability to shy away from it almost like i’m a pet that crapped on the rug and doesn’t want anybody to find out. 

that being said, i completed ‘hey, rube’ and i’m almost done mixing what will be ‘hey, rube II.”  i have some other musicians who contributed tracks to this one.  

i also got a job at a place called brilliance audio, inc. which is a publisher of independent audiobooks.  they are wholly owned by amazon.com, and due to the whole conflict of interest/noncompete thing, that might be the last i ever say about it.