Ah... 2010! I don't know about you, but I'm happy to put the "oughts" -- or as Dr. Biscotti calls 'em, the "oh-ohs," behind us. Now, let's see about making some real progress in cleaning up this mess we've been making for so long!

OK, off the soap box and onto the bandstand: it's been a busy fall musically! Both the electric and acoustic versions of the Susan Harper Conspiracy have been gigging regularly, with several shows upcoming in January and February (see sidebar). Also in the plan for the near future: some studio time to get three or four of the newer tunes digitized.

Speaking of the studio, time here at RMC Recording has been split between several projects. First, the Complete It's a Guitar Outlaw Christmas Chorale is well... complete! After finally recording the "missing" tunes at the Eastlake Zoo this past June, I assembled the whole show in MP3 form on the spankin' new Guitar Outlaws web site: GuitarOutlaws.net. Give it a listen!

Dr. Biscotti and I have also been making significant progress on our CD project. There's a little more tracking to do, then some serious mixing and mastering. No promises, but we're hoping for a Sprong release.

And in early December, I made a live recording of troubador extrordinaire, Tom Rawson, the first installment on a CD for kids.

My goal coming home from PSGW was to stay as busy as possible, musically. So far, not a problem -- here's to an equally productive 2010!

All the best, -BB
1/3/2010