Find The Silver Key

Holy smokes, it’s almost xmas. How’d we get here so fast? Amazing. 2009 crawls to a close and I feel…. not elation, not surprise; somewhere inbetween. Winter. Yes. I feel winter. I just got invited to play a 3-song gig this wednesday at The Hole in the Wall (a smallish club in Austin). I’ve played there dozens of times, but never doing my own thing. Might be solo acoustic, or if I can convince some other folks to play along it won’t be. In any event we’re required to play at least one song with a holiday theme, and thankfully I once wrote a xmas song. It’s not a happy xmas song, but it is a rather winter one, so I suppose the vibe is right for my mood.

In other music news, I’ve been asked to mix the new record by The Silos. I’ve been a member on and off (mostly off) stretching back to 1995 or so. I’ve never thought of myself as a “mixer” but apparently Walter does. He asked and I said “Really??” and that was that. Truth be told, it’s already mixed so there’s a safety net, but it should be fun anyway.

And it looks like I’ll be joining the band Haunt for some upcoming performances. Usually I get hired as a bass player but for this I’ll be rover. Backing vocals, guitar, piano, and various noises. Great songs, too, they’re fun to listen to and learn – and I get to be a musical rover. I have no idea how that will go, but it’s nice to play dangerous once in awhile.

Then the new year and two big projects to dive into. More on that later. Cheerios.