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Well I must say I’m pretty busy right now. Static Light is doing better than I could have hoped. People are actually downloading the torrent and listening to the music on last.fm…which is good because the more feedback I get, the better! Work on the first LP is basically into full gear. You already know how 10 minutes of it will sound (look at the previous post), but there’s at least a half hour more to write and record. I honestly think the best is to come. Over the weekend I recorded a new piece that is very relaxing for the first couple minutes and then breaks out in an epic guitar solo near the end, I think it’s one of the better Static Light songs I’ve done.

I’m excited for winter break, because I’m planning to have what I’m calling a ‘music retreat’ for a few days, where I will invite some musicians I am also good friends with to spend a couple days at my home with the sole purpose of jamming, writing and recording music. I can’t wait to see what comes out of that!

I’m also doing a bit of Lifting Shadows stuff as well. Right now I’m mostly concentrated on getting the new drummer up to speed, but I am still working on the song I recently posted about and I think it’s turning out well. I’m also considering reworking a song we have done called “What You Leave Behind”. I’m hoping that we will be ready to start playing some shows early next spring, and possibly consider going to a real studio in late summer to start work on an album (assuming all goes well and we can find a singer).

Basically this is an exciting time for me, and hopefully this will all result in music that other people will enjoy!