Party of One

The latest Old Distillery submission is a christmas stocking stuffer with a few criteria. There had to be a fictional/historical character or you can invent one...I did both. The line "colder than a..." has to be included in the lyrics and the song is supposed to be limited to 90 seconds or less. Ok, so I got two out of three! Anyway, I was going to pass this time, but I threw this together at the last minute. I hope you enjoy it.

Cursed

Here's my latest songwriter's roundtable submission for the topic of superstition. It's called Cursed and is about black cats and some of the superstitions that surround them.

Irish Bouzouki

At FenCon this year, I got my fingers on an irish bouzouki for the first time and think I may have to add one to the stable. My friend Floyd brought two to the convention and we played around for a bit and I really enjoyed it. Anyway, I found this blog and wanted to share it with everyone.

Ever wanted to be part of the space program?

NASA 's Space Rock

Here's your chance to be a part of NASA history! NASA is accepting entries of original songs, two of which will be selected to be played as wake up songs on one of the final missions of the space shuttle program. How cool is that? Submissions are due no later than January 10, 2011. The only logical course of action would be to get cracking and rock the shuttle! Good luck!

Not a song writer? You can also vote on your favorite song from their list of 40 previously played wake up songs.

SUBMIT!

(photo by Sophia)

This is my latest submission to our songwriter's roundtable group. The general topic is the French Revolution.

The title is "Liberty!" and it's about oppressed people and their right to be free from tyranny.

Enjoy!

Sustained Recovery Underway in Forty-Six States

Sustained Recovery Underway in Forty-Six States Construction Industry News Reed Construction Data

Here's an article about the recovery from the recession trudging along with a perspective from the States' points of view. Acording to the story, econominc activity for the individual states varies from 2% to 10% with Texas coming in with one of the smallest growth gaps amoung larger states (considered to be above average).
There is also an interesting bit about the census jobs and how most of the 400,000 people hired will finish their work by sometime in July and be out looking again.
Check out the article for more.

Ooo, la-la!

I've really been having a great time with my latest guitar. It has fantastic tone! I installed a fantastic new Allen RS-2 Nickel tailpiece for it from Allen Guitars & Luthier Supplies that really opened up the sound.

Rock on!


2001 Gibson Dobro DM-33


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