Picking up where I left off, the CD like a lighthouse gone mad from loneliness was released finally and I am really happy with how it turned out. I made a limited amount of copies since most people are buying digitally anyway, so I won't have a thousand copies lying around for years to come. Check it out anywhere you'd like...Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, any streaming site, CDBaby...you know, it's out there!
Now, to bring everything up to date. On July 15 2017, we had a major house fire caused by lightning. It pretty much destroyed the house, so we had to find a place to live while the house was being rebuilt. We choose to live in The Barn (my wife's and my studios - stained glass and music.) So, we had to clear out everything that wasn't related to everyday living and put it in storage. For the last eight months (and counting), there has been no deep kimchee, no barn, no recording studio...nothing.
Now, that doesn't mean that I haven't done anything musical during this time. I have been steadily writing new material and practicing most of it on guitar in my guitar classes at school. While everyone is practicing, so am I. I have ten new songs so far for the next CD, tentatively entitled Eel in the Sandal. I have also outlined a "best of" compilation of two sorts. I want to put together a CD of now that they're here songs that I think are the best examples of what I do and put that out. And I also want to cull all of the instrumental music and put it together. Both CD's will probably also include unreleased material, but I can make that decision when I'm back in the studio.
Which brings up one last thing. We have decided that when the house is rebuilt (as you can see, it's pretty much a total rebuild, so the house will be new), we are selling it and moving up to the Chattanooga, TN area. So, the next studio will be a new incarnation of The Barn. I might even end up in someone else's studio for a change and see how that goes. Who knows?
