I figured I should write on the last date to say 12-12-12. Imagine how exciting it must have been in the year 1212! That would have been cool. I have no idea where all the time has gone! Perhaps I have been dedicating too much time to figuring out ways to be a better husband! I am trying to mail out cards to most of the people I stayed with over the trip. I am realizing how many people were nice enough to open up their homes to me. It meant a lot.
Very exciting news over the last 48 hours. I uploaded some songs to homegrownhits.com and my work has broken out! I have one song, "Christmas in Khandahar" at #1 on the country charts and I have 2 others on the pop charts at #4 and #6 respectively. For those of you thinking that I just voted for my own song 500 times, you are wrong! Believe me, I tried that but it only lets you vote once. So, I am getting some sort of feedback from people who are complete strangers! Neat! Website traffic is also up slightly from the average of 2 to a whopping 15! I have been asking Megumi whether we should live in Prince George or Los Angeles. Maybe we could commute between the two...
I have been working on more material and find myself becoming more picky. I am no longer happy with just putting anything out there, I'd like it to really be good but that takes so much time. I find I just do a little each day and that the recording is the easy part, it is the mixing and fixing errors that takes the time. Still, I feel I am getting better and it is nice to recollect the trip while singing the songs. I had a friend pay me a huge compliment by saying that the music reminded him of Boxcar Willie! Wow!
Trip to Japan is changed to March 1-17. Might be too early for Cherry Blossoms but we'll see. Until the next time...
Very exciting news over the last 48 hours. I uploaded some songs to homegrownhits.com and my work has broken out! I have one song, "Christmas in Khandahar" at #1 on the country charts and I have 2 others on the pop charts at #4 and #6 respectively. For those of you thinking that I just voted for my own song 500 times, you are wrong! Believe me, I tried that but it only lets you vote once. So, I am getting some sort of feedback from people who are complete strangers! Neat! Website traffic is also up slightly from the average of 2 to a whopping 15! I have been asking Megumi whether we should live in Prince George or Los Angeles. Maybe we could commute between the two...
I have been working on more material and find myself becoming more picky. I am no longer happy with just putting anything out there, I'd like it to really be good but that takes so much time. I find I just do a little each day and that the recording is the easy part, it is the mixing and fixing errors that takes the time. Still, I feel I am getting better and it is nice to recollect the trip while singing the songs. I had a friend pay me a huge compliment by saying that the music reminded him of Boxcar Willie! Wow!
Trip to Japan is changed to March 1-17. Might be too early for Cherry Blossoms but we'll see. Until the next time...