BLOG 2010

Well another deadline missed. I was hoping to get At The Water's Edge released in June but again I underestimated how long everything takes (in my defence, there are 14 songs!). As the whole thing gets better and as I learn more, I guess I'm also guilty of becoming aware of the possibilities and just trying to squeeze the most out of the songs. However I think it's there now. I just need to let Mr. Holdcroft do a sanity check on it all and then it's back to Andy Jackson for mastering. It'll just be my luck that Andy's unavailable now; either on tour with Eden House, mixing with Dave Gilmour or just plain having a holiday. (I really shouldn't joke about these things).

Assuming Andy is available and it doesn't take too long to turnaround, it will still take about five weeks to get uploaded to the digital stores, so effectively we're looking at an official September release now. (CDs will also be available).

I do have a bit of an excuse for the delay in finishing the record as I wanted to submit some pieces to the Bridport Prize (www.bridportprize.org.uk) and the deadline was yesterday. (Thanks to Claire Friars for the heads up on that). Again, everything took longer than I anticipated but, just as with the recording side of things, there has been a steep learning curve (commas, semicolons, colons anyone?) Anyway we'll see how I get on, there's some cash prizes which I really could do with winning....

Oh, one last point: I'm getting my ears hoovered (micro-suctioned) next week. God, I lead such an exciting life.