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The Here and Now… and Later – 2009!

Chad — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:12:22 +0000

Hello to everyone!

I hope all is well and happiness is abundant. A brilliant photographer, Teresa Sweet, wrote a very nice piece about me on her website. If you are in her area and are in need of photo's, definitely give her a call. Go to Teresa Sweet Photography to check it out. If you want to read her article on me, please click HERE (Blog Entry).

The second thing I want to go over is the "Twitter Update" postings. They were supposed to automatically generate once a month, not once a week. So, I have to figure out why. I have taken down those automatic postings for now until I can find a fix. If that is a bad idea, please contact me on my contact form below.

Web Store: There is movement! I'm actually hoping to have a beta of it up sometime in August and hopefully done by September.

Album: It is off to instrumentation. August is the month that I hope to have all the instrumentation done on my songs. Then, September is the plan for me to record the piano parts again in the studio and for the mixes to be completed. Finally, I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that the album will be mastered and off to manufacturing in early October so it can be officially released some Tuesday in November. This will be difficult because my studio is also working on a couple of projects as well as mine... so there will be long, long hours. Best case though would find the CD being released in October... wouldn't that be awesome?!

* I will be having a CD Release concert in Colorado. But, more on that when I can see the CD project's fruition in sight and can plan dates accordingly * My YouTube channel will have video's hopefully very soon * Facebook will be updated to have my music posted on my profile * and I have an "Idea" that I will share with everyone which I'll need feedback on! So, stay tuned!!

Chad

A Musician’s Journal

Chad — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:20:13 +0000

Winter time in Colorado has afforded me, especially 2006-2007, an opportunity to reflect upon my life, my career, and my aspirations. In my last entry, I said good riddance to 2006 for all of the bad that it was. It was a year, however, that has changed my life enormously. This time last year, I found out that my long time promoter killed herself. With her went a concert she was setting up for me in Canada since that is where my music is playing the most. Her death also took my contacts, networking and label opportunities with it. Her company dissolved, and with it, so did my files. But, I forged ahead with our original plan to find a vocalist, which I did, and solicit an executive who works closely with the top selling pianists out there right now. As luck would have it, the vocalist quit before anything begun, and the opportunity went stagnant... more on that later. Then in the midst of all the drama, tons of little things that separately don't mean much, but together create massive emotional drain, brought me to an emotional state where I for once, needed a rock. Then, to cap everything off, my needed rock quit her vows that she made to me. So all of these people around me are quitting life, quitting dreams, and quitting oaths... and here I am amazed at how so many people convince themselves that their actions weren't ones they made, but that people made for them. When the fact is, when the road got tough and there was work that needed to be done, they plain and simply, quit... without any doubt.

I had a conversation with a good friend today. I was explaining to him that I miss the benalities of life. He wondered why? My explanation was short and simple, and in fact, semantic. When we don't create the drama's to make up for our insecurities, and instead, live them... then we, as people, deal with each other more honestly. We talk about real issues and real emotions. We don't laden them with assumptions and projections. We deal with each other on an equal level without manipulating one another to satisfy our convictions. It's not comfort I speak of, it's confidence. Without manipulations, assumptions and projectional insecurities, I feel we understand one another better and indeed find that inexplicable feeling of kinship and intimacy that is lost when we victimize ourselves unabashedly.

Where am I going with this? Well, as relationships intertwine with the motions of life, so are woven the connections to our dreams and passions. Last year has taken me to a place where I currently have no real home. What I do have are the best friends anyone could ask for, the ones where I'd give my life to without hesitation. I also have the most supportive fans and students any musician/teacher could ever ask for. Because of this, I have decided to cast away the looming shadows and rain cloud that has been following my Dedications album. It was never, officially, released as my distributor didn't get the final product in alignment to my promoter's original projections and marketing timelines. It also rebranded itself from me as a soloist, to me and a vocalist as a band, to me as a soloist again. This product certainly paralleled the messy road that paved its way from 2002 to 2006. Thus, a change.

Dedications will re-brand itself back to just me and stay. I am going back to the studio to record the second album. The new CD will be titled "The Space In Between." Both albums will go to my distributor and executive contact mentioned above. I will stay solo and collaborate, no more plans to form a small duo or band.

In conclusion: Life, keep it coming, keep on testing me; but, whatever you do... for the love of all that is holy... do not quit on me.

Chad

New Year, New Numbers

Chad — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 03:21:44 +0000

Years seem to be going faster the older I get - and I find this quite annoying! January has always been a month of reflection for me. Not only does it mark the New Year for us in the US and many other locales, but it also marks the month of my birthday. So, the world gets older and I get older within the span one measly month. Ugh.

So last month I wrote about the project of a Christmas CD AND my second CD release... and recently some who read that entry then started asking me about a lullaby CD. And I thought that was a great idea! As far as fitting in another project this year - it's a bit unlikely. However, I really like the idea and everyone that I have asked about it (especially parents) are now lobbying me to do so! So I will try to get it done as soon as possible, but no guarantee's people!! hehe.

Yesterday, I got word that there are 2 concerts booked for this year already. One concert will be February 11th at Well's Music and the other March 3rd at the Chaparral Center. Well's Music is in Denver and and the Chaparral Center is Parker. Both locations are in Colorado. Further, we are setting up a concert for JDRF in New Mexico for sometime in Spring as well! I did a concert for them while I was still in college and it was a great pleasure. In fact, we are beginning to talk about making this a yearly concert for myself and the artists at Line19 to support! Diabetes has a history with my family and some good friends. It was due to Diabetes, that my grandfather passed away. So, it means quite a lot to me.

I'm hoping that we can not only do a concert for JDRF out in New Mexico, but in Colorado as well. Who knows, maybe we can set up yearly concerts for JDRF in both states and be able to double the opportunity to give back to the community!

Happy New Year Everyone! May it be all that you hope it to be... and Thank you Roy Williams for bringing UNC back to the basketball elite... and please may the 49ers have a decent season next year... and the best soccer (futbol) team ever LIVERPOOL... and I can't wait for World Cup this summer! Woo!

Chad