Just spent two weeks learning Spanish in Costa Rica, volunteering at an orphange there, and helping a school with educational supplies along with helping furnish a small school's kitchen with needed cooking supplies (pots, pans, etc.) for feeding the children.   Also got to hang on one of the pretty beaches.  

Costa Rica is a beautiful place. 1/26 the size of Texas holding 5% of the world's environmental diversity.   And they made a strategic decision to not have a military.   Something to think about...

Well, I finally have all the material written for the next CD.   I've got demo quality of all songs for the new CD (doing all the instruments similar to the first CD).   Using this demos to drive the final CD recording.   

Working with a great producer.  Working with awesome musicians.  Working with an awesome lyricist to review lyrics.  Been studying voice.   Working on guitar.

I was in the studio last week and I'm in the studio tomorrow again.

jim

And here's a new look for the web site.   Hope you like it.

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Thanks for the kind words.   I wanted to say more about my tone. I use different amps and guitars for different things.  On Rockin' Chair I am using a Strat straight into a Dumble amp.  I bought it from Alexander something like 15 or 20 years ago.   I run this through a Palmer Speaker Simulator PDI-03 which plugs directly into the board.  No pedals.  I crank the Dumble (or not depending on the distortion I want) and that's it.  On mix down …