The package is delivered
Posted by Paul Hanson at 5/25/2007 3:46 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
..to the manufacturer. The pre-release album has been given to the people who will print the cover and mass-produce
the CD. It took mixing and mastering til dawn on 2 nights plus a 3AM visit to the cover artist to get this done. The five
tunes (4 album cuts plus a bonus track of J.S. Bach are a first version of what will be on the full-length CD. For those who are interested in this kind of thing-the full-length CD will feature some diferences-even possibly in the tunes that are on this first album. We are sure we will reflect on the first release and ways we'd like to update the music by the time the full-length CD is ready. Expect the pre-release teaser CD out and available the second weekend in June. Forrests Music will have this CD probably by June 11th if not a week later. The price will be $10-AND you will get a coupon redeemable for $2 off your purchase of the full-length release of FROLIC IN THE LAND OF PLENTY.
By the way-there's a eensy-weensy sample from the CD that's on the podcast page-check it out here. This is a tune that has never been on my site yet called Subtle Demons.
the CD. It took mixing and mastering til dawn on 2 nights plus a 3AM visit to the cover artist to get this done. The five
tunes (4 album cuts plus a bonus track of J.S. Bach are a first version of what will be on the full-length CD. For those who are interested in this kind of thing-the full-length CD will feature some diferences-even possibly in the tunes that are on this first album. We are sure we will reflect on the first release and ways we'd like to update the music by the time the full-length CD is ready. Expect the pre-release teaser CD out and available the second weekend in June. Forrests Music will have this CD probably by June 11th if not a week later. The price will be $10-AND you will get a coupon redeemable for $2 off your purchase of the full-length release of FROLIC IN THE LAND OF PLENTY.
By the way-there's a eensy-weensy sample from the CD that's on the podcast page-check it out here. This is a tune that has never been on my site yet called Subtle Demons.
Hey Paul,
I finally decided to track you down after Todd Sickafoose had told me you were with Cirque du Soleil down in South America. Hmmmm. I saw him in Berkeley with Jessica Lurie a few months ago. Now that he lives in New York he plays with her fairly frequently and they both happened to be out west. As for you I am excited about what you are doing and will try to keep up with it now. Just a reminder about me. We have run into each other occasionally and I have always enjoyed your work. The first time was with Jack Perla in Carmel, then High Sierra Music Festival when you were with Bela and the last time was probably with Joel Harrison in Berkeley. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that one of your fans is back in contact and I hope to catch you some time. Glad to hear you have some work going on at Forrest's Music. I am currently taking some classes at the Music and Recording Industry program at SFSU Extended Learning, primarily in the business field. It has been enlightening. Take care, Trick
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Hey Trick-thanks for staying in touch. It's been a long time since I've played with Jack, at High Sierra, and with Joel Harrison. Good for you taking classes at the SFSU Extended. It's a smart thing in this climate. It doesn't say in the blog that I was on tour Nov. 2005 to Dec. 2006 (or does it?) but that's when i was gone and playing with Cirque. That was a fantastic year that probably will be my only involvement with them since I can't imagine it getting any better than that. If I ever get some gigs in town-just starting to work on that and could have something on the website soon-I'll let you know as I really look forward to getting involved around here. A lot of people (like Todd) have moved away and there's not as many people I know to play with. Hope to remedy that! Thanks again and talk to you soon. Paul
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Paul - Somehow I didn't get your response until now. It was nice to hear from you and find out a little about your Cirque experience. Another music friend, and I believe you may be aware of him, Jarrod Kaplan is on tour with them right now. I plan to catch him when they play the Bay Area in a few months. I have enjoyed reading your continuing blogs, but I confess I have not gotten your new CD yet. Something to look forward too soon! You are right, the Bay Area scene is always changing, but that is usually a good thing. I was thinking back to when you did a guest thing with Karl Denson at HSMF. I am still in touch with him and he is always changing his settings. When caught up with him in Seattle at Bumbershoot he told me that he is doing a trio thing, but intends to get Tiny Universe restarted too. I would be very excited if you two could ever get a collaboration going again, if but briefly. It was very fun when it happened! I will be interested how things go with your new group and I will keep my ears ( and eyes open) for more about you. Thanks for getting back to me. If you ever want to contact me outside of this my email is grapevyne@mlode.com. Trick
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