Where Pianos Roam

I’ll be there for four whole days unveiling my album to many friends and colleagues!!! So exciting!!!

Yay!

-g

Okay, so it’s not so early, and it’s not quite morning anymore.  But it’s still Sunday!!

Boy, this has been a full week of activities.  There have been rehearsals and promotion for the show.  At this point, I’ve done all that I could out of my one-man-empire, low-budget operation.

Tomorrow night, I will rock out on 3rd and Lindsley’s stage with six other musicians.  They will help me showcase the music from my debut album “Seahorses”.  I plan on giving a full-throttle, no-holds-barred performance.  While it’s a bit nerve-racking, I actuallly am very excited about it.

Whatever happens, I’ll know in my heart that I did the best that I could under the circumstances I’ve been given.

Yesterday afternoon, I did a brief radio invterview on WRVU 91.1 FM.   This is Vanderbuilt University’s college radio station.  I was a special guest on DJ Ron’s show “Queer Talk Radio”.  We discussed the new album and my CD Release/benefit for One-In-Teen that will happen tomorrow night.

I really had to think on my feet and try to be succinct as possible.  The pace of the interview was really fast, but we managed to cover a lot of information and still play three tracks from the album.  He showcased “Villain”, “Pale Sunshine”, and “Fear”.  I really enjoy doing interviews.  It’s fun articulating my ideas.  Thankfully, I don’t think I came off sounding like a blundering idiot.

After tomorrow’s show, I’m going to take it easy a little bit.  The rest of my week will be focused on finishing up my website for the album launch next week.  I’ve got a couple of small shows here in Nashville before I head out to Charlotte, NC to perform out there.

So, indeed, my life is quite full right now.  I can’t wait for Thanksgiving.  It’s going to be the laziest day EVER!!!!

Please accept my apologies for being terribly slack on this blog.  I hope to start posting more frequently after the intensity of tomorrow night.

Have a flower .  .  .

Think of me and of happy thoughts on Monday night!!

-gordon

I have to keep telling myself that I am just one person and that I can’t do everything.  The problem is that there is so much to do.

In just over a week, I perform at 3rd and Lindsley for my big CD Release show.  This means that this week will be jam-packed with rehearsals, promotion, and preparations for the show.  What is an Asian to do?

I guess I’ll just have to go one step at a time.  Little by little.  And be happy that I accomplished something at all.  This is going to be  a wild ride.

In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be hearing from the press about the album.  I’m okay with the possibility that people and critics might hate it.  I just hope that they give it a fair chance.  I didn’t write this album hoping that it would appeal to everyone.  We should live in a world where people are discerning and are open to a variety of styles even if it means that my music won’t appeal to some or even most people.  I know that there is some music out there that I don’t like, and so, it shouldn’t be any different for anyone else.

Because of all that is going on, I haven’t been eating or sleeping all that well.  I’m going to make a better effort this week.  Gosh.  I need a vacation.

Have a flower.

-gordo

So, it’s about time that I unveiled the cover of my debut album .  .  .  .

The artwork is actually an original drawing of mine that I did back about 2001.  It really was meant to be just a practice sketch for a bigger piece and a whole series of drawings, but I liked it so much that it became its own art piece.  It’s called “The Unraveling”.   It even comes with a poem that I might someday share.  Otherwise, I think it does quite well standing on its own.

Last year, I was sitting in my bedroom wondering what in the world the album cover would look like.  I already had an old photograph in mind until I happened to look up at my wall.  There it was staring right at me.  This old sketch I had done so many years ago was beckoning to me.  It’s wispy lines done in charcoal and pastel reeling me in.  I was hooked, and it was decided.  This would be the face of my debut album.  Given the themes upon which this album would be built, It just felt so right.

As I was writing this, my niece banged heavily on my door.  I just let her in and picked her up.  She fell asleep in my arms instantly.  I’m having trouble even typing this.  She is so precious, and she’s draped herself all over me.  These moments are magical.

I guess I have to go.  Be well my friends.

-g