Category: News

The week of love has come and gone… Did you have a great Valentines day? I ended up drinking with my buddies and playing an old video game called Galaga and ended playing on one game for over two hours and getting to stage 200 and just quitting as I got bored. Where did I do this? The infamous Barney’s Beanery in Hollywood. My buddy Mikey is a regular there so I’ve been going a bit just to hang out.

Falling In, the video is really getting some rave reviews and starting to make its way into some good places for me. Its been approved for the instore video screens at places like Blockbuster, FYE, Hastings, Tower, Fred Meyer and more. Very exciting indeed. I expect it will be happening in April at the earliest and May at the latest. Once I find out about the distribution I’ll be sending the video out to the Fuse and MTV2.

“Claire’s” Floor is all done now and it looks great. I’ll be putting the new thermostats in over the weekend and then it’s ready to rock and roll. We’ll be doing a couple of cover songs in Atlanta, I’ve chosen “Since You’ve Been Gone” and “Hey Ya” as the two we’ll use to help wow the audience at APCA in Atlanta. Plus I’m still on pins and needles waiting to find out about the Best Band of the Year. Keep your fingers crossed.

The exciting news for this month is the new music video for the song Falling In. It’s right there on the left side of the screen under Motion Pictures. You’ll need Quicktime 7, if you don’t have it go get it. Don’t worry it’s free. So far the feedback on the video has been nothing short of spectacular. So enjoy. I plan on getting it onto iTunes Music Store so that you can purchase it as well, and have your very own high quality copy. I’ll also be shipping it off to The Fuse this week. I also be send it to MTV/2, and VH1 as soon as I get their information.

A new additional name for the bus has been added thanks to my sister. It’s now: “Claire – the Big Orange Crush”. I guess she’s got something that I need to make it all official and stuff. But there it is. I’m more than half down with the new flooring and it looks amazing. Almost ready for our next trip out.

There’s a new bass player in the mix. His name is JP. I’ve been meaning to get pictures of everyone up on the site. I will do it one our next trip out.

What’s up this week? NAMM.

I will be cruising around the NAMM event on Thursday and Friday. There is the outside possibility that I’ll go on Saturday but I’m not sure. I’ve been told that I’ll be able to do a little presentation about using Logic Pro for Apple in conjunction with Taylor Guitars. If you happen to be at NAMM maybe you’ll catch it.

I’m also awaiting word on whether I’ll be attending the Sundance Film Festival. I’ve been asked to help Bird York do some performances at Sundance. She wrote the theme song to the movie Crash from last year. I’m excited to do it, so keep your fingers crossed that it goes through. Bird is also an accomplished actor and you’ve probably seen her in several films and on TV.

Did you see Love Monkey, the new TV show on CBS? If not, I’ve heard it’s good. But there’s another reason to spend some time watching it. My Practical Insanity poster may actually be hanging on the wall of the office of the set they film. I don’t own a TV so I’ll have to rely on friends and fans to let me know if they see it hanging there. But that’s pretty cool eh?

In the meantime, I start the process of re-flooring “Claire” the bus today. That will be the last of the cosmetic things for the bus for a while. Otherwise, I’ll be digging into the engine thermostats and making sure they’re working before the next tour leg.