more studio progress. . .

" we gotta stop meeting like this, I mean when are you
gonna stop staying up to all hours of the night rambling
on about your happy little songs playing in some studio;
spending time tweaking and changing and mixing and giving
importance to each and every little detail of . . ."

yep. tonight was yet another excellent studio session.
Mp3 release of one new one onto www.mongomon.com   soon come.

Questions ?

why is the local reggae audience in St. Louis Mo.
divided by race? unity is a concept . an idea not practiced by those
who pontificate such action within  our St. Louis reggae music community.
Is there a "community ? " common ideology? haters.
I am tired of their selfish, unproductive hypocritical ways.
racism sucks bad. jealousy is ugly. why be a hater? why?

August Dylan Train. . .

performing our monthly show @ venice tonight
was exhausting at times and also almost desperate

on the survival level . . .
at least in theatre.  personell cancellations , and spontaneous
song selections actually worked well.
thanks for listening. . . .

Recording Project @ mongomon

 . . . it's late / early.
tonight's studio time continued at its quick pace , LK and I brought
a bit  of new life to our cut Mandela . spending lots of energy
on the tonal qualities of tracks we've already recorded on this song when it
was first recorded during late Feb. '11. listening with" :new" ears.

we plan to have this one near the finish line in the weeks ahead.

p    e    a    c    e    -

musing . . .

Tonight 's show at the Shanti  here in St. Louis, soulard area
to be certain, dogs are allowed to sit with their owners if
they behave, ( owners that is ) so I met a few new cainine
in front of the stage. well behaved.
wishing for a miracle. good room . small  audience.
I know that I try really hard. no shit. I still
see what I do as art. an artist at wo r k . in a very
humble manner , I graded my performance tonight
an A-, so I felt satisfied.
p  e  a  c  e   -

mmmmmm good.

just tasted one of the best strawberries of the season.
listening to summer's night sounds through open windows.
layers of insects sounds  singing away, and before long will become
faint whispers as autumn approaches. I am thinking of my father's
love for a bowl of great strawberries. he grew up in rural Kentucky
so maybe fresh fine tasting  strawberries reminded him of home.
the ones that I 'm enjoying now,
remind me of him.  -  p  e  a  c  e    

. . 3 :15 am mild August night -

 G  R  E  E  T    I N G  S  !

Fojammi hooked it up , y 'all.
blah blah blog  is.  that's all it is. is .
what ever it is. has become is. as is.

musings . . . ..

LK  and I really had a wonderful music mixing session
tonight . we accomplished alot.We work very quickly at times, 
continuing to add  necessary changes with our mixes , moving through
eq adjustments, tweaking  instrument tones, adding  "spice" sometimes,
detecting  unnecessary conflicts of sounds, and creating  new  ear candy
to digest until the next recording session. Wonderful to be  moving
closer to our goal of presenting you , our loyal listener with the finished
version in  Mp3 format .  currently basking in the glow of  quality work.

Recording Project @ mongomon

  G  R  E  E  T  I  N  G   S   !

 Our current recording project ( "mongomon") is  progressing v e r y  nicely.
producer / recording engineer Larry Kornfeld and I are extremely proud
of the way our efforts are shaping up ! The first single from this work in progress
is a song titled " A new education - positive foundation". You will be able to sample an Mp3
of this song hopefully  during August. The completed 4 song "EP" is due sometime before
the end of this year. We will let you know as things progress in the weeks ahead !

My album is available at CD BABY !!

  G  R  E  E  T  I  N  G  S   !

My music is available as a digital download  through CD BABY.

We released our album this past January for international audiences
through CD BABY a  website that provides single song purchases
which can be downloaded to your iphone, ipad, or ipod  for a small fee.
the title of the album: " Where the Dear and the Antelope Play".

recording project at Mongomon summer 2011

G R E E T I N G  S !


We have  4 brand new songs in the works at the moment
and our  project  is moving along   astonishingly well.in my opinion.
Many, many more hours of studio time remain  ahead of us to complete
this new work , however, our pace  has been both proficient, and
steady.  The new songs share a common thread musically and emotionally.
My love of the reggae music vibe in its many forms is apparent within the
musical textures of our  new work. At this point, our working title is simply
" mongomon " and for now that seems perfect!