Thanks Bill for letting us know. Have some inspirefull days!

Wow cool! 5 days ago I got fired from my day job, so I'm available from March 12. Can I be your roadie? (hehe.. just kidding..)

Good luck on your sessions. Please make some truly great music!

Bill,
Are you recording at PRS or Frank's?

We're recording at The Dragon Crossing, the studio that Paul and I put together. Frank may do some overdubs at his place but the lion's share will be done in Annapolis.

The first weekend of tracking went well. We're focusing mostly on the drums and bass. Because I'm pulling double duty by engineering and co-producing the CD, I'll play my parts after the drums are done. I did provide guide tracks for the guys to hear while tracking.

Bill,
It was great seeing & talking to at Ram's Head Thursday night. Sounds like the recording for the OS debut CD is going along well. I can't wait to hear the finished product.

How incredible was Jordan Rudess? Wonderful set he put together. Nice medleys of Crimson, Genesis and Yes tunes. Did you stay for Blackfield? What did you think of Steven, Aviv and the band? More of a standard song type of group, in terms of the length of time for each tune. But with Wilson's influence, it really has that P-Tree feel and sound. Too bad Stan couldn't be there. He was originally supposed to go with me, but had to book a gig for that night. I had a great time. Saw some familiar faces. It was a blast!

Rudess was quite good. I only stayed for a couple of Blackfield songs. I forgot to bring earplugs and it was too loud to stay long without protection.

We're back in on Sunday and Monday to do more work on the CD.

Just noticed on the Crafty Hands-page that Oblivion Sun's track The Golden Feast (played during the first gig) is in fact part of the Frank Wyatt-composition Perelandra ("This piece is inspired by the second book of C.S.Lewis's remarkable "Space Trilogy" written in 1943" according to Frank). You can listen to a sample of another part of this "symphonic poem" on the site mentioned above. And be amazed by the beautiful cover illustration!

...thanks for the info! Much music to look forward to in the future. I guess waiting five years for an album is just sad history these days.

Bill was gracious enough to let me hear the unfinished version of "Tails of Young Whales" and it sounded amazing. It is pretty much revamped from what was played at the Orion Studios gig last Mother's Day. Mark your calendars for August 28th which is the expected release date.

I marked it, thanks!