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I've finished my longest tour of the year, and am glad to be off the road for a little bit. This was the fourth time out in 2010, and my second visit to the West Coast where the tour began, before I headed East to shoot straight across the country. It was a good tour, with some great connections made, though there were a few hard lessons as well. I've learned that there really is little point in playing a gig without promotion, that commitments need to be confirmed and confirmed again, and that it's good to build in frequent breaks to catch up, rather than doing night after night for two months straight. I'm working hard on booking the next tour, but for now will mostly be focusing on editing the two albums' worth of material that I recorded in June, aiming for a September release. I'm tremendously excited about it, as it's the first time I've recorded solo guitar work in a fully professional setting, and the sound is head and shoulders above what I've released before. It also was a very inspiring setting in which to record, in the woods outside of Woodstock, NY, and I feel very good about the performances. I'm beginning to compose with an eye towards a formal recital in January, which very likely will involve additional instrumention beyond solo guitar. Outside of writing bass/drum parts for a rock band, this will be my first foray into this kind of composition, and I'm really looking forward to it. My recordings are available online via Bandcamp.
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