Thanks Greg and Cliff! It's good to be back. I'm thankful to be so busy, but it doesn't allow much time for fun stuff like hanging out here with you guys. At one point this past year I was gigging 4-5 nights a week plus my day gig. It just got to be too much and I had to cut back a bit. I'm down to my Tuesday jam night, and Friday and Saturday band gigs with Shady Drive or Cactus Jack.
Shady Drive is finally making preparations to cut our first full-length original CD, so we've just set up shop in my studio to lay down scratch tracks while we tweak and refine our material before heading into the studio to record the finished product. We're hoping to be ready to release the CD by late summer. We had to make some time for rehearsal and recording, so that also made it necessary to cut back on gigging a little. I'll post some photos and sound clips as we progress. :c)
This was taken this past Sunday as Rob and I were getting the drums mic'd up and levels set in my studio. I'm using the '74 Champion kit to record scratch tracks. I haven't decided what kit I'm using in the studio for the final recording.