More New Orleans photos

So you're looking at my friends Jan, Steve & Benji throughout, as well as local street musicians, Dave Mathews & the Robert Cray band.

New Orleans Jazz Festival

Some friends & I took a trip down to New Orleans for their annual Heritage Jazz Festival & it was a lot of fun. Great music, good food & awesome people...you can't beat it! Just check out the photos.

Here's some pics of our recent trip to the Grand Canyon via Route 66. What a view! It was a perfectly clear, sunny day...you couldn't ask for more. The bottom one is the real cool restaurant/ bar in the hotel where we stayed, and the other is a great shot of wild elk that I took in Grand Canyon National Park.

Landscaping the Back Yard

Well, we finally decided to landscape the back yard. We moved my work shed & laid pavers underneath it to level it, then moved the bar from near the back door to in front of the garage. Next we cleared out the mulch that was between the house & the retaining wall, and replaced it with lava rock. Then we stained the retaining wall & brought in railroad ties to section off an area for the 3-bike trailer & the future toy hauler, and filled that in with gravel. We still have more to do & are in the process of staining the patio, and plan to bring in mulch & sod for the rest of area as well as plants & a fire ring. So check back soon for before & after pics!

The 3 Ninjas

This is a photo taken at my birthday party, and these are 2 of my very best friends - Steve & Jim. We've been hanging out since grade school and before, and as you can see, we are still hanging out now. Very cool.

New Music Project Underway!

The latest band audition went very well--Jed is a really talented singer/ songwriter. However, the style of playing isn't exactly what I was looking for, so I decided not to join the group. As a bass player, I am looking to play songs that are exciting, challenging & fun to play on the bass. Something along the lines of Lenny Kravitz/ G Love stuff. Anyway, my really good friend and drummer from my last band, Steve, and I are putting together an interesting music project and just got together for the first time to week to get it underway. It went great & it felt really good to be playing again.

This new project will be very interactive for the audience & will open up a lot of doors as well as the venues that we can play. It's going to be a fun as well as allow some creativity and improvisation as far as the music goes.

Hopefully we will be playing out within a couple months is everything goes well. Check back soon for more info.

Band Audition

Well, I couldn't take it any longer, I just miss music being a big part of my life, so I'm auditioning for a band this coming Sunday. It's an original band, and the singer/ song writer is very talented, so it sounds promising. He's already released a CD as well, so hopefully things work out. Check back soon for more updates!

Pics of Fender

Hey Mom, thought you might enjoy seeing a couple pics of your grand dog. The second one is him napping on our bed with one of my stuffed animals under his head.