Good Morning! Just this side of nine in the a.m. The sun is so bright I have to keep the blinds closed to be able to see what I'm doing. "My future is so bright i have to wear shades. " Wasn't that a song of some kind? And on a similar note, there's this great quote from Martin Mull: is it hot in here or is it just my career? Must confess, I've used that one on occasion.
Music news. My new CD, Near-Miracle on 33rd Street, is 'in production', according to an email I just got. CD Baby is still the best game in town, but they're splintering off into different units. There is now a Distribution side which handles making CDs, connected to but separate from the regular artist page. On Friday, I had to set up a new password and userid for them, and lost my access to my regular page in the process.
i was unable to access my page all weekend, and finally had the bright idea to call someone from this new division to get me in. A very nice lady named Erin got me a password, and I was in like Flynn. Remembering the frustration of people trying to get someone on the phone at unemployment, all for a problem that'd take a few seconds to resolve. Folks, I hear you!
Password/userid woes are one of the Rings of Hell for us baby-boomers. I just read on FB about a friend who'd had the same weekend as me, only with Verizon. But these little comforts: our phones and our websites- help us through times like these. They're particularly addictive. I was jonesing all Saturday and Sunday- like a junkie needing their fix..
Anyway. A new CD in the works. And I'm working on some new music. There is a song I wrote some time ago called Almost for Sandi, a nice little jazz waltz with interesting changes. This will be one of the next things I record. Sandi was a woman I met on a gig. I was working on this tune at the time. As far as Sandi went, I got the interview but not the job, hence Almost for Sandi. By the time I'm done with it, it'll probably have a new title.
So that's my basic stuff for now. I seem to be back in musicmaking mode, so more sounds on the horizon. Thanks as ever for stopping in and reading. Happy Tuesday to you! I'm outa here. More later. 
From left to right: Charles Tobermann, me, David Hoffman, James Singleton.