2023 Journal
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01/01/23 - Now entering our 24th year of operation.
01/03/23 - First session of the new year. Lots of catching up but we did manage to get off one piece of girlie jam.
01/10/23 - Added two jams to the pile re-using rhythms from previous jams so that Patrick has some B and C options when building songs.
01/30/23 - Falling Up now available. Thanks to Dave Storms for helping out with drum tracks.
01/31/23 - Recorded music.
02/12/23 - Got drum tracks from Jerry for Blend all the Seasons.
02/28/23 - Talked about football, jingles, Radiohead's In Rainbows, AI, Gilbert O'Sullivan (Patrick's virgin voyage with Alone Again, Naturally and Nothing Rhymed), Lucy, Kansas City drummers, H&C upgrades and more. Patrick and I saw Venus and Jupiter on the way home.
03/28/23 - Blend all the Seasons available for streaming.
04/17/23 - Patrick sent us a mix of "Batteries".
04/21/23 - Sent Jerry the reference files for "One of Everything".
04/28/23 - Sent Jerry the reference files for "Bring My Medicine".
05/05/23 - Patrick sent us a mix of "No Wonder".
05/06/23 - State of the union:
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Blend all the Seasons
Falling Up
Soon
Cigerette
Waiting for Drums
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One of Everything
Bring my Medicine
You Better Run
Nearly Ready for Drums
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Batteries
No Wonder
You Have to Go
They're Going to Get You Where it Hurts
The Morning
05/19/23 - Worked up some words for You Better Run and sent some vocal takes to Patrick to sort out.
06/06/23 - Patrick sent us a mix of You Have to Go.
06/11/23 - Getting some play on KKFI's Signal to Noise on the 15th.
06/12/23 - 25 O'Clock is spinning something on on July 1st and 3rd. 100.9 on the FM dial if you're in central northeastern Ontario.
06/13/23 - Patrick sent us a mix of They're Going to Get You Where it Hurts.
06/19/23 - Patrick sent us a mix of The Morning giving us 12 songs for the next album.
09/26/23 - We're still doing stuff. Why, just today I sent Patrick vocals and drums for Ballstone Drive/Faking Your Beauty/They're Going to Get You Where it Hurts.
11/16/23 - Got lovely drum tracks back from Jerry for Bring My Medicine. The Real Flower Pots.
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