The Name

I'm sitting in Rob Still's studio listening to the finished recording. Well, almost finished. I'm hoping to get Fiona to sing a bit on a song, but she won't be able to until next week. But other than that, it's DONE! Hallelujah! I've even bubba mastered it (I think I'm coining that term here), and it sounds pretty good. If I can get it pro-mastered, I'll opt for that, but seeing as I have no money, that doesn't appear to be an option. And after you turn it into an mp3 and listen to it on your iPod does it really matter that much anyway? Anyway, I digress . . . .

So, again, now what? I guess I'll make a few copies to sell to my friends and give to all the talented people who helped me make it happen. I was just thinking as I'm listening to it that only in Nashville can you call up a bunch of your friends and record a CD that sounds GREAT!! Unless you're Sufjan Stevens or somebody like that. . . .

Well, the next question is who wants one? Or three? I've decided after praying about it (and looking at my bank account) to presale copies. That way I won't be stuck with 300 of them in my trunk. I'm going to presale the first 15 or so for $8, then up the price to $10 thereafter. You can go to my site and preorder with PayPal (visa, mastercard) or you can get in touch with me in person. I guess if I sell enough, I'll press a whole bunch of them, but I realize that's unlikely. So the picture up there is the cover, designed by yours truly. Actually all the artwork is done and ready to print. And the CD will include 5 songs from the "words & music" CD as well. The new stuff is just over 33 minutes. With the 5 'bonus' songs, it will be about an hour in length. Anyway, I'll post some teaser samples up there soon.

In other news, Bella is doing great! She is so cute and sweet and I love her a ton. I've missed her today and yesterday, here in the studio 'black hole.' We've got some new pictures on the link to the right, if you want to see how she's grown in the last the month. And I'm waiting expectantly for something on the job front. After today I will have done all I can do with this recording (except record Fiona hopefully next Tuesday) so, God, now what? You said if we seek your kingdom first, you'll take care of the rest. So help me out here!

And if anyone reading this knows of a job opening, let me know. I talked to Rob Still yesterday about that, and he asked me what I wanted to do. I told him that I'd asked myself the same question and came to the answer of worship leading. That's honestly what I enjoy doing most. So if there are any paid worship leader posts out there that come to mind, shoot me an e mail! Honestly, aside from music, I don't really know. But I'm open to suggestions . . . .

Till next time,

Peace - Rob