More busy days. The 28th marked the launch of the Steam Wargames fest, and promotion of Radioactive. Much of the day was spent mastering new The End And The Beginning tracks to new volumes. The album sounds so much better than before. The remaster is largely complete.
The 29th was spent recording and adding the vocals to 'Parents', now called 'The Parents in the Walls', plus some scant guitar playing.
Yesterday was a full day of two performance events in Congleton, 35 minutes drive away. First in the morning to strum a little guitar for the Good Vibrations event. I had decided to avoid the keyboard, to force me to practice some guitar. It was easier than I expected for these simple chords, but I'm far from even a capable level yet. We played about 10 songs with simple chords. Deb read a poem from her new book Go Sprout The Grain!
In the evening we took part in John Lindley's 'Poets, Pints and Players' event. He'd stated that it wasn't well attended before, but this certainly wasn't the case yesterday, it was packed and the night ran from 19:30 to 22:30. Deb read three poems and sold 6 new books, the entire contingent we took, which had luckily arrived fresh from the printers a mere 4 hours earlier. We sold two copies of the Letters From A Square Spoon CD too, to kind friends and most welcome supporters.
I handed some music to Mike Drew, and without knowing the songs (or at least without knowing one of them at all), he played brilliantly enough that I could sing 'The Girl With The Pearl Earring', and the new 'More' with only his accompaniment. It was a lovely evening, even a cat became part of the audience. We arrived home close to midnight.
Today began with monthly backups, then scanning the new 20cm paintings for Castle Park. This afternoon, I've stripped a mirror bought in Sandbach on the 26th. I'm aching all over from yesterday's exertion, and must recharge before attacking art.
