The recording has been going slowly... I want this to turn out better than my last effort. Not that I don't enjoy my last effort. I do actually and still see it as an accomplishment. I just what this one to be more, well, personal. The new music will be a mix of songs written in the US and some written here in Japan. The sounds are similar and the rhythms have changed only slightly. I am found this new home to be less stimulating than I had hoped it would be. That doesn't mean it will always be this way. It could all change next week. I might be struck with a sudden urge to write and have stimulations come at me like a tidal wave. Oh!, I'd better not say that too loudly here in Japan. We don't need any more pressure from mother nature.
Back to the music... ...the percussion this time will take a more important role and by all rights it really should. That was my first instrument. I started bangin' away on things when I was around 3 years old and at 15, took up the drums formally. Well, not so formal after all. Slowly, but surely, this will be realized and I do hope it is enjoyed by many. Hold on tight, it might be a long bumpy ride.
