Day Seventy Nine and Weekend Report

I survived another Monday, hanging onto the weekend festivities.  As I reported last week, we played the Lake County Folk Festival over the weekend.  It was the kind of event where your sure you're going to wake up at any minute to find it was just a dream.  There was a cool breeze blowing in all weekend from the north across Lake Eustis, keeping us comfortable even during the heat of the day.  The  Saturday evening show was just magical, a great line up of music, a cool breeze that the dragon flies seemed to really be enjoying, and a group of kids chasing each other across the lawn just north of the stage.  All was right with the world, at least in Eustis! 
   Sunday was equally dreamy.  We played two sets, one unplugged set in Harper's Alley, and our final set on the main stage just before the closing ceremonies.  The Harper's Alley set went really well and we drew in a lot of folks off the street.  At one point I took a survey to see how many folks had stopped by just to see our percussionist Norm Mcdonald, almost everyone raised their hands.  Yes, he's a real crowd pleaser!
 We were pretty well exhausted by our last set and I was starting to forget how to play the guitar, but we managed to get through it.  We ended with our signature tune "The Ashley Gang" and were joined on stage by our good friends from Eustis Jeff Friberg, Steve Waters, and Harley, I didn't catch Harley's last name, but those guys really kicked it up a notch maybe even two.  It was a great way to end a great weekend.
 Until tomorrow, here's your daily dose of wisdom:

Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.”

Day Two

This is going to be worse than I thought!! Just kidding, I have survived day two with only minor injuries. Let's see, I registered the new domain for the studio,
"Pretzelstickstudio.com". I need to get my fantabulous web designer involved now. Fortunately for me, my favorite daughter, Chrissy, is the worlds finest web designer.
www.bringthebling.com
My next mission was to meet with a perspective client about the details of a recording project. I sensed a definite fear of commitment on his part. This is going to be like nailing jello to a wall. But I shall draw on my many years of experience in dealing with the artistic type, and tell him, it's time to either shit or get off the pot. An old saying my dear Mother used to use. It always worked on me. I'll let you know later how this worked out.
I also confirmed a gig for the band, (The Ashley Gang) in August, and made contact on another one for July.
I managed in between all of this to sit down and record some tracks for a new song. I think it's going to be a winner.
Until Tomorrow