Keepin busy in August! Summer is almost over..!

I cannot believe that summer has come and is nearing an end so quickly! Sometimes I feel like I get so depressed in the winter, hah, maybe that is a Washington thing.

One good thing about winter though is that I get a much better practice routine going! During the summer so many gigs, nice days, and other random things distract me from getting any real work done. (The most recent has been surfing... gnarley duuude!)

I have been working on a couple corporate bands to get started, and now I finally have all the charts together. I am going to start having a weekly jam session over at my place on Sundays, and out of this hopefully will come charging the big band! Do not know what we will call it yet, but it is all set and ready to go. All we need is horn players that can read and play their shit to come over and play through some of these arrangements. If you are interested, contact me and I will get you more details.

Anyways, the Sunday jam this week is going to be in Port Orchard at my parents house - if you happen to be in P.O. come stop by the Dojo and check it out! It will be picnic style, so bring some food and a blanket/chairs.

Until then I have two gigs at the Faire Gallery and Cafe, Tonight and Thursday night for their happy hour events, a solo piano performance at St. Michelle winery on Wednesday (Diana Krall is playing there this weekend, should be great!) and a private event with the WaterBabies (Jason Parker) on Friday, and DMQ on Saturday on Bainbridge Island.

Hope everything is good for everyone! Right now I am listening to Enrico Pierenunzi's album Night Gone By. Check it out.

Mack