Hey- It's been a long while!

I'm back in LA now. Many neat things happened since I last blogged. I went to Pittsburgh, PA for the summer. I played at Harvey Wilner's Tavern. I met one of my favorite modern musicians Beck at the Hollywood Bowl. I acquired many great LPs including a Hendrix Bootleg, AC/DC Back in Black, The Beatles Revolver, an autographed Albert Collins record, and many more. I toured the West Coast with my new band, unnamed at the time, but later dubbed "Carbon Thunder" to promote my Misaligned Mind record (which is available on iTunes). I met Matt Groening the creator of the Simpsons, and he drew me a Bart and signed it. I got paid to make a hand-drawn animated cartoon at my day job (yes, a day job... at a social media marketing company called Heavybag Media). I saw the Raconteurs in Cincinnati, OH with my pretty, pretty girlfriend. I bought an Echoplex and have been recording a new instrumental album concentrating on mainly my guitar playing. I've also been using the Jemini Guitar Pedal that I received from Mr. Steve Vai himself in the mail, and I really enjoy it's deep soloing tone. I usually try to expand as far as I can musically for my recordings, and touch on many different styles along with experimenting in odd rhythms, but this time it's a tad more straight forward; just neat guitar stuff. I'm really excited about it. I'm also now a part of a Beatles cover band called "Mean Mister Mustard" which is a really fun time from learning the tunes to playing them live. I purchased a big black Astro Van to haul all the gear and to get around town. I can't wait to play some Christmas Shows with Ron and Dave in Pittsburgh coming up in the next few weeks. I'm heading down to San Diego for Thanksgiving. I have been following the Steelers season, and have good hopes for a sixth ring. I got a new tune out on my website as well. The main song to check out is "Days with You" written and recorded by me and my roommate/guitar-slingin'-bandmate Andy Alt who does the solo on the track. I'm looking forward to hearing comments from everyone who would dare read this blog. Let me know what you think about the tune.