Was first very busy & then very ill, so I haven't been around in a while, but I've returned from the dead, for the moment.
(BTW Randy - I will contact you in e-mail vis-a-vis my composition.) I hope John doesn't mind me giving a quick comment on his work on the board here, but I did order 2 Cocktail Angst CD's from CD Baby a few months ago & wanted to pass the word along to the community @ large.
The two I picked up were "Cocktail Angst" and "Our Big Top Parade". I spent a trip to and from Toronto listening to them (10 hours total by train for me) & really like them.
This is really quirky & fun stuff. The level of musicianship is very high throughout & the recordings themselves are nicely done. The arrangements are well done & vocalist Toby Williams has a very appealing sound. (That vibes player is pretty happening too.)
Not that I'm surprised, but John's drumming is first class throughout - a real joy to listen to a musician like that.
CD Baby's service was excellent BTW. Stuff got here (to Montreal, Canada) very quickly. (Although some of their emails suggest they smoke *interesting* stuff there.)
Check into this stuff, IMHO, these are nice recordings to have. And they're cheap - buy both of them!
Hope all of you are well here... looks like I have a lot of reading to catch up on.
Pat