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finally it's November...

Well, October was a very busy month and I am still trying to catch up on everything I postponed in the name of pulling of the performance of One Hundred and Four Thousand at Forest Hills. I am very pleased to report that the show went well and I feel like it is a great starting point for many more live performances of my music.
There were six of us performing, if you don't include the two laptops, hundreds of sampled voices and miles of cables we snaked around the chapel. We did record the event with both audio and video, but there is some post production work to be done before we can share that with you all. And did I mention that I am still not caught up on things?!

I was on the phone with my credit card company at 7PM on the night of the date my payment was due trying to get them to not dock me with a late fee (I was successful!), and that was just one of the moments that I felt like my life was in need of some serious spreading out of attention. I think any project of this nature really does require a singularity of focus to pull off successfully, but I hope to get a bit better with all the logistics in the future. There were many firsts for me throughout the project and when those become seconds next time, I think things will be more manageable.

This project was a wonderful opportunity for me to not only perform my music for people in an incredibly beautiful location, but also to work with a great group of musicians. Sadly, I am not used to this degree of collaboration, but I am happy to say that I really enjoyed it and hope that there is much more to come. Of course, the relinquishing of a certain amount of control is somewhat nerve-wracking, but if you have assembled the right people to work with, it can be a great thing. The team (Peter Bailey, Javier Caballero, Bennett Miller, Bekka Shellenberg, and Michael O'Connor) was wonderful throughout and I owe them big time for their committment and dedication to this project.

I'll post some audio and video from the performance soon.