Final Approach

Hey Everyone! We are almost home and I am feeling it for sure. The days are filled with so much to do before the release and I am literally having to plan each day very strategically to get everything done. From Sound and Lighting systems to press submissions to rehearsals to invitations.......the list just goes on and on.

Budweiser picked up my event and is now our sponsor along with La Careta of Hammond. This is awesome because they will bring out all of their nice covered tents and canopies for the event. I was very pleased to get this news yesterday.

Yesterday, my brother-in-law emailed me and suggested that we may need an alternate version of Louisiana for Radio Format and play. So, I emailed my engineer with the idea and within a few hours we were contacting Ben Manuel to help us track the radio version to Louisiana. We started tracking about 8:30 and I drove into my driveway this morning at 4:00 A.M. Needless to say, I am very tired today but I had so much to do that I just had to keep plugging along. We were able to get a good alternate version of Louisiana and I will have it played this week on 96.5 and 107.1 in Hammond, La.

This week ahead will be filled with interviews, TV Shows and printed press submissions in preparation for next Saturday's release. After a whole summer of hard work and two years of writing music, I am almost home. At this point, I am really looking forward to playing my music and getting all of the busy work done. Tonight, I got the opportunity to perform Macy's Dream for about 40 Teenagers who were totally zoned into the song and the lyrics. I played my new Manuel Patterson Cedar Top with no amplification in a smallish room. It was perfect and just good music without any artificial additions. That is the way I like it.

Ok, I have several things to do before crashing and preparing for the week ahead. I will blog throughout the week about the developments as we draw closer to Saturday. Pray for good weather and make plans to come out and celebrate with us. See you soon!

Gregory