Hey gang,

I’m chilling in DC, and just recorded some really cool trumpet parts with my bro-in-law, Brian MacDonald, a wizard trumpter with the Airmen of Note. I wrote this insane section for a new song, ‘Faster, Faster’ and while Brian dealt with the latency and memory issues of my crappy laptop, we managed to get a ton of good takes. He also added some cool Flugelhorn to ‘Swingy Memories’. I’ll take everything back to Big D next week and edit appropriately.

Speaking of the trip, I’ve seen lots of the US I’d never seen before. Memphis was incredible – tons of blues bars, a well-developed scene and great food. The people were almost too friendly. Of course we had to see Graceland. Two words – Shag carpeting.

Asheville NC is by far the most beautiful place I’ve ever been in the US (Banff is in Canada-still #1). Whitewater rafting was tons of fun even if the water levels were way down. The town is total granola, but again, very friendly. The drive in was like a car commercial – plenty of banked curves while leaves fell like rain.

Charlottesville VA – heh – very nice, very snooty. Bought a ton of Virgina wines just for the helluvit. Monticello was the exact opposite of Graceland.

I’m heading into the home strech of tracking – just keys, a coupla geetars and oh – those pesky vocals. (Slow and low that is the tempo Let it flow let yourself go)

Graceland pics soon.