Delay #7644

For those wondering (all .25 of you); Yes - I am aware today was the day I had proclaimed my first album would be 'released'. Unfortunately, (as I am sure you have guessed by now) I have been forced to delay it yet again... mainly because it is nowhere near finished.

I thought for a while that I might have been able to get it finished on time, even after the whole messing around putting together a bass thing. Hell, even as close as October I was still kidding myself thinking that it might be done by today. But once I took a week to join my family in New Plymouth, followed by 3 weeks of practising for the 2 TSW gigs I got called up for, that really put an end to those plans. And this month started out as party-time which was great, but caused even more delays...

But I am back to it now. Honest. Sunday was my first day off from it in a good couple of weeks, and that was only because I was dead tired from kicking everyone's arses at Rock Band the night before. Seriously, I was more tired from that than after the gig a couple of weeks ago!

Speaking of gigs, this might give someone else a laugh.
I spent 3 weeks practising for a good few hours every day. Even learnt all the new songs that Brad asked me to, as well as spending a good deal of time on ABBA songs that were extremely unnecessary (all Brad had written was "ABBA songs... " so I assumed that meant I should brush up on as many as I could. Even, apparently, ones they haven't done in about 2 years). Then I got up to Hamtown on the Thursday afternoon for a good 5 hour practice session, only to find that our Saturday night gig had been canceled. And then the next night we started late and only ended up playing for 2 hours.

All that for 2 hours of playing!

And out of all the 'new' songs Brad got me to learn, we only played 2 of them.
Classic stuff.

I might keep you all updated during the recording process. Just depends if there is anything newsworthy/entertaining (which only tends to happen when I record with the mic capsule round the wrong way. Ooops!). But with all these delays, it is probably a good thing I am not signed to some big record company!