Newsletter - March 7 1999

Hey Folks,

I hope everybody’s well.

Well, I’m finally in full production on the new album. The working title is ‘The Treehouse Journals’. As hoped, the funds to produce this project were provided by the people on this very email list. Pretty cool, if you ask me.

Life’s been getting pretty hectic here in Peekskill, as I become immersed in recording the NextCD, while simultaneously setting up the May/June/July UK/Ireland tour (I’ll be announcing the tour-dates in just a week or so, so stay tuned).

It’s shaping up to be a pretty extensive tour – 40 cities, so far – so, I plan on catching up on a lot of reading while tooling about the countryside. I look forward to performing too.

There’s lots going on. It definitely gets a little hectic doing a zillion things at once, but I have been getting some much appreciated help from a whole bunch of hardworking musicians. I’m still in the middle of basic tracks , but it’s coming along well. It’s a combination of terror and exhilaration to gradually discover how a song you wrote will turn into a record. Believe me, a lot can happen along the way! Anyway, it’s happening, which is cool, and I gotta say, I like being in the studio again.

I want to say thanks to my able and amiable studio/office crew, Howard and Brendan, two local musicians who’ve been helping me build the studio and manage the office these last few months, oh and of course, Lylah. How could I forget Lylah! A big thank you and a dog biscuit to Lylah, who singlehandedly -or is that singlepawedly - handles the order dept. (Lylah is a dog, by the way), including processing, packaging, labeling, shipping and not to mention an impressive job at collections; chasing down errant credit cards (and mailmen) whose owners keep as good track of their finances as I do.)

Anyway, I’ve got plenty to say, but not enough time to say it all right now, as I’ve got an album to produce. So, everybody take care of yourselves. Good luck figuring out how the hell we’re supposed to do all the things we’re supposed to do in a day. And if you haven’t ordered your copy of the ‘Limited Edition’ NextCD , yet, hey… what are you waiting for?!

Be good! Talk to you soon.

Dean