That horn band is still on the burner Bob. It's just tough getting people able to find time for another project without abandoning something else to make room. Right now, just to use me as an example, in addition to a 40 hour job, I have a learn list for a bar band, rehearsals starting for the yearly reunion show with my old band, and writing my own stuff. A couple of the other pieces have even one more band above that. 2 of them are in the yearly reunion band.

This stuff IS indeed a departure for me. Several things aligned to do it. In late January/early February a girl and I went separate ways. That really stung and I started writing about it. If you listen to The One That Got Away and Do It All Again, those are the two main puzzle pieces. The lyrics and the emotion of the songs absolutely MADE them be country. I had barely listened to country music in my life, much less written or played it. So, adding in that a CD is more than 2 songs, out came Insignificant Other, I'm The One For You, What If It Was Love, Lie To Myself.... Now also add in that due to being a Facebook regular, I met the amazing piano player and singer I once posted a link to, and she grew up playing and singing country music to the point where her family owns a very popular spot called "The Barn" where every country and bluegrass player who is not working go on Friday nights and they go until they run out of energy. Through becoming very good friends with her and seeing her bands play, my eyes became wide open to this wonderful writing and energetic, emotional music called country.

The mix on Insignificant Other sounded great on my Wharfedale monitors, and that is part of the trouble I am having with this. Depending on what it is played back on, it sounds different. In my car, for example, Insignificant other has TOO MUCH bass. On my one computer that has a sub woofer, it sounds bass heavy but not overly so. In the studio through the monitors, it sounds fine. I don't remember if it was Spector or one of the other heavyweights but somebody used to mix through car radio speakers.