About two weeks ago I went by Daemon and just chatted. I asked questions about what was going on and how they felt about things. I found out that playing in the band makes my guitarist happy. I found out that the label feels like the CD did very well for them. They did have to repress it, after all, which is always a good thing.
Amy sent out a few packages last week. I don’t expect anything will come from it, but it’s a nice gesture if nothing else. She and Andrea talked a little about me at their last meeting and her advice, basically, was “make more records.” Which I also take to mean they want to put them out, that being sort of implied. One thing that IS certain is that if they put out the next one the budget will be very small. They couldn’t have afforded to pay for the recording on the most recent CD, and I can’t afford to do that again myself. So the next CD will need to be planned out in advance and recorded quickly and efficiently. I have a couple of options for recording, one of which I already know I could afford. But the other happens to be Rob who recorded my last two CDs and I really like what comes out of our relationship in the studio. But I don’t think he’ll be able to record the next CD with what I can afford to pay. The option that I know I can afford is also intriguing for the potentially different sound I would end up with there.
It’s all early right now, I don’t even have enough songs at the moment. I only have half of them written, and another 3 or 4 floating around in my head waiting to be written. I can’t imagine recording before late this year at the earliest. So there’s time to sort this all out.
Meanwhile, I remain unemployed. I made an attempt to talk about what happened with my last client which was received well but no conversation has taken place yet. So I’ll probably have to press the issue, because it’s leaving me hanging right now. My financial situation right now is not good and will come to a head within the next two weeks unless something miraculous happens. Basically, once I get back from the two dates opening for the Indigo Girls I will be in big trouble.