Lookie at what I just bought.
I have been doing a lot more graphic design lately with all my blogs websites posters promotion materials etc etc SO I finnaly got me a tablet. I ordered it online at best buy and am excited to get it.
Its a Wacom Bamboo tablet kinda entry level but it has 512 levels of pressure sensitivity and definable shortcut buttons.
Micron cut employer matching funds for 401K today. Just the latest in the steady stream of cutbacks. I just hope it helps. Rumor mill says a 2 week unpaid furlough is on it’s way
This morning I got an email from my web hosting guy. I say “web hosting guy” and not “company because that’s the way I feel about my web host. I have been with Gem 3 since 2003 when I registered http://www.Jackcrowne.com any way, back to the email. It seems that the Calendar script I had installed on the site had been compromised by Brazilian hackers. Dave from Gem3 took the liberty of isolating the offending directory, and after a couple emails he is upgrading the PHP on my site.
The service I get from Gem3 has made me a life long customer.
Thank you Dave, Thank you Gem3
The back story on “Embers”
Tim and I are working on “9 Lives” and I asked for a little help with song ideas. One of the ideas was to write about my relationship with my wife. (Thanks Kath) which got me thinking about how I would categorize that. and the first word that came to mind was “Embers” so that word has been in the back of my mind.
Last week Tim turned me on to an alt tuning for guitar. He handed me his Gibson acoustic. set up in this tuning and the first thing that came out of it in my hands was the root of this song. I played with it for a while and sussed out some structure. Then yesterday, I put words to it and recorded the initial tracks.
The instrument you hear in the background that sounds like a banjo. is actually a stick Dulcimer that I built although I have built 5 of these, this is my first recording with this new instrument.
I have the Initial track uploaded to thesixtyone go have a listen
