In the recording studio in Miami to continue working on tracks for the new albums with the guys. still working on two albums at once. The official new one, now being called ‘all your heroes always become villains,’ and ‘Girls.’ About twenty-five songs in all. we are completing drums and bass and my rhythm guitars. Then the files will be copied to DVDs to give to Rockaway and  Vancouver and they will be free to add as many guitar and keyboard tracks as they want to in their spare time at their home studios or wherever they are in the world. the way we are doing it now is everyone is free to go crazy and lay down as much as they want to however they want to. they will layer the shit out of the tracks with ideas. They will send the new DVDs to me. I will listen and make notes. Then the new new DVDs will be sent to Fred at the dungeon to edit and choose  the tracks that he likes out of everything they laid down. I will begin completing my lyrics for the songs and fleshing out all of the different vocal parts I want to add. I will then fly back down here to work out the vocals with trophy wife and zeke who will sing backups with me and the other guys and we will work in zekes studio on vocals because he is great at tracking vocals. And then those new dvds go back to Fred to clean up more and edit more and begin mixing. Then the new edited DVDs will go out to Kamran in San fran and pouchon in New York to grab bits and pieces that they like and start fucking with the sound of everything that has been laid down. Then back to Fred to mix some more. We have never recorded this way before but it is not only possible but preferable now in this new age of recording technology. A very free and creative approach to creating music. very different than the ‘five guys in a garage’ approach we took for nothing is cohesive. eventually someone will be chosen to mix it all together and make finished product out of it. the tracks will then fly to G2 in Chile to chill with for a few weeks to begin designing artwork ideas for the CD, and then onto someone else in a different city to master and then a different city to manufacture. Eventually the distributor in Colorado gets the finished cds in big crates at their warehouse and then begins shipping them all over the country to stores and the Internet to sell. This is the way music is being created and sold in the year 2005. for now I can chill and just wait to hear what the other guys lay down.

Talked to the Stallion today for the first time in months. Man. Its been forever. it was very nice. she is here. decided not to see each other. I think if I see her I would attack her and I wouldn’t stop for days. But it was good connecting. We know its not meant to be. 

In the studio all day recording. Piano man’s parts. A lot of good ideas. I am bored with this album now. I am ready for it to be over. I cannot wait to play live and tour. We are on fire right now as a live band. Playing with a new drummer. Doesn’t have a name yet. 

Through all of it, the ups and downs, the total insanity, the unsureity of everything that is my life today, I remain very excited and happy. A kind of miserable happiness if you will. An existential contentment. I am in love with my guitars. They make me so happy. I sleep with a few. And I play them as much as I can. Constantly writing. all throughout my life guitars and pianos have always been my most loved and trusted companions. Playing makes me feel good.  

Looked down tonight and saw I had this card from Little Tree next to my bed and then I had this book she had given me on my table. I thought, wow how did this person get in my life? I mean in the big picture where did she come from? She just appeared. So nice. so real. So sweet and caring. I think maybe she is an angel. Maddie too of course. She is the sweetest person in the world. She gave me these cozy pajama pants to where in the wee hours of the morning. And how did I get so lucky to have these girls in my life that are so nice and caring for me? and they aren't even related to me or anything. And it made me ask myself who am I being an angel to in the world? I want to make sure that I am being an angel to people in my world in order to give back for the few but wonderful people who are that to me. 

Got the new Burns Brian May guitar today. I really wanted to love it. But action is too high. Neck too bulky tremolo bar gets in the way. Knobs are too far away. And the switches are totally not practical for live performance. I don't know what they were thinking. its great to have an actual Brian may guitar. Wow! right? But its just not all that. doesn’t compare to Eddie’s axis series. This is the best guitar I have ever played. 

Saw the band’s new homepage rough draft today. its fucking sick. Beautiful. a lot of work going into it. a team of five, me included, and Bloopy, all working from different parts of the world through msn messenger together on it. It’s going to be something. 

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