I’m back in Vegas working from my office on our upcoming benefit concert. It’s amazing how much work a little thing like this ends up being…..everything from finding your donors, to rehearsing, to selling tickets, to PR, to ordering tables and chairs, putting together media for the day of, booking flights and hotels….crazy!! I’m really thankful for the people who show up each day to give, create, and be part of this great thing we call “Giving Back”. I got an e-mail from our cellist Joel Hales who said he is ready to rock and roll at our next rehearsal in LA on the 17th. I’m really stoked about his effects pedals on his electric cello. It will be a cool new layer of sound to add to the mix.
I have 10 tickets left for the 7pm show, and 30 for the 9pm show. I’m really looking forward to a nice intimate crowd in this theater. I have always wanted to do a show where I could literally say…”What up yo”..to the person in the front row and maybe get up and sit in their lap! =)
I finished a new song for an artist i’m working with. It feels good to move through pieces, and now i’m trying to wrap up the lyrics to one of the pieces I will play in November. The song is called “You Don’t Know”, and I will probably open the show with it. Dave and I started this song a few years ago. He came up with this really cool riff, and we just crafted the song together. I hope the peeps like it. If you want to hear it you have to just come to the show, because it’s not recorded….dang!
It’s the end of the day, and chocolate is totally in order! I gotta hit the sack so I can get rocking and rolling tomorrow. Oh I almost forgot…Next thursday morning I will be on the radio again at xradio.biz I love the guys over there, and they are super good to me. Last time I had this random improv session…it was great.
Thought for the day:
“If all you could change was change itself, what would you change?”
I’m gonna head down to the clubs and ask the totally boozed up tourists this question and see what they say. Should be good times!
Ciao Ciao,
Ashton Z.
