Crazy, busy weekend

Well, we rounded out the month of June with a visit to see a good friend of ours, Alan Barrington play a set at D'Vine Wine in Charlotte on Saturday night. Alan is a very talented vocalist as well as a great guitar player. His experience as a performer really shows when you see him on stage. It's definitely where he belongs! We met his lovely wife who is very supportive of his music career. It's really good to see that a full time working musician has the full support of his spouse. We have seen many an artist who do not have this support, and it makes a big difference as to whether they will continue to pursue their art, or not. We worked a full shift at our day jobs on Saturday, so we were already tired by the time we got home. But, we were really excited about seeing our songwriting buddy play. We got home from his gig at 1:30 am, and had to be up at 6:00 am for a photo shoot with an artist John is working with.

We did the photo shoot for A.M.'s website at the backside of an old building in Charlotte, NC. Charlotte is such a new, clean city, that it is really hard to find anything left of the buildings that we knew when we were kids growing up here. The photo shoot went well. We were really pleased with the results. Our artist friend, Angelo Melendez, who is usually critical of his photos even said that he liked a few of them (shock!). He did such a great job as a subject and was a natural. John and I had a great time just being creative for the morning.

Sunday night we had dinner with some songwriting friends, and ended up having a mini song circle. It's rare that we get to play in a relaxed setting like that, and we loved hearing the "behind the song" stories of our friends. We even got to share how several of our songs came about. We had a great time, and remember the value in just being with good friends who accept who you are and where you are in your journey through this life. 

June was a really productive month for us, and July is going to be even more exciting.  We begin the recording in 12 days!!! Can't wait to tell you about it!