If it's true that good things are worth waiting for, then perhaps my second CD will be assured of success. It's certainly taken long enough to produce!
My very dear friend Douglas Cameron has been working on 'enhancing' the songs for the past year by adding extra instrumentation to the basic arrangements. He's a busy Toronto musician who performs, teaches and creates soundtracks for animated TV shows, so I knew when I transferred the songs to him that it wasn't going to be a rush job. Now we jokingly refer to him as 'The World's Slowest Producer'.
As it turns out the timing is perfect. My book "Weaverworld: Grimsnipe's Revenge" ended up being ready to launch this week so I've had to concentrate completely on promoting it while working on the second book in the series. I've barely had time to pick up my guitar this past year! However, the end is now truly in sight.
Mastering begins shortly and shouldn't take too long. Then I have to submit the materials for my cover art to INDIEPOOL, who will be packaging the CD. I'm going to use another photo from the day I spent with my good friend Barbara Sexton, a Toronto artist, wandering around in High Park last fall. We took pictures of each other for our websites and the light was just right so we were really happy with the results. One of them is on the back flap of the hardcover of my book.
I'm thinking about a Thanksgiving weekend launch date for the CD, which is as yet nameless. I thought I knew what to call it but after all this time I'm not sure anymore. Maybe I'll call it 'Thanksgiving'. That would be appropriate, as I have so much to be thankful for!
