This year I’m really excited about our show “Love and Other Obsessions!” I picked this theme for our Vegas show because it was going to be the weekend before Valentine’s Day, and wanted to do a little something about that holiday. We have quite the line up planned as far as musicians go. I’m excited to say that Joel Hales and his fine cello skills will be flying in from SLC, and Ron Suffredini (Bass and Upright Bass) from LA to join Kirk Rustman (Drums/percussion), Johnny J. Rivera (Guitarist/Jazz Guitar), Kasey Carmondy (Guest Classic Guitarist), and Marie Leatham (Back Ground Vocals). Bart Doerfler will be directing the show, and is away wrapping up his show “Speed” in Europe. I’m excited to have him back in the states, and feeling his creative juices on this great show we have planned for everyone. We start rehearsals in a few weeks, and will be heavy into rehearsals after the holidays. Tickets are on sale now at www.ashtonzyer.com, but seating is limited, so hopefully you all jump on it, and purchase tickets early. The worst is when I get calls from people who want to come and I don’t have any seats left.
I’ve been working on a new song recently, that I’m calling “Near You” for now. It’s got a real sense of longing, but it’s also really dreamy/dewy like. The whole song is a bit unconventional, but that’s what I love about it as well. I can hear production already, now I just need to finish it. Sometimes I get to a place where I pretty much have said all I think I want to say, but still have about 2/3rd’s of the song to write. I also started writing for an online music magazine. Here is the site of the article I posted about mastering a four-hour lead vocal session in the studio www.roqzine.com Hopefully it is helpful to someone out there looking to brush up on some skills before getting into the studio.
Last but not least, I have not forgotten about the Eden’s Angel release. I have been working on some video editing, and some other details that need to happen before we release it, so I have pushed back the release to December. It should be a perfect song for the holidays! Looking forward to sharing that all with you soon.
For all of you loosing weight so you can gain weight in the next few weeks, I salute you! Everyone else with perfect metabolism…well aren’t you special! =)
Cheers my friends,
AZ
