OK. Let me reflect for a few quickly before I add those
little odds and ends I recalled since our last chat. OK, I listed a bunch of my
friends who I enjoyed covering their tunes. I remembered someone I forgot.
Chelsea Flor
Chelsea Flor was a kind and spiritual woman who passed away
in 20124 or 2015. I don’t remember. She was a deep soul and it was my humble
privilege to learn my favorite song of hers, “Starry Gazer.” Playing it was
emotional and an honor. Hail Chelsea. Hope you enjoyed my version of your song.
Other bits of The Best of the Rest
I love Steely Dan. I had fun playing some of their jams.
Here are some.
Wow. I did four. I wanted to do “Deacon Blues,” but that
will have to wait for the only-God-knows-if-it-will-happen, Operation 365 3.
I had a couple other things I’ve been trying to hold in
brain to share. Let’s shake it up and see it they are there. Funny life. Of
course, I can’t remember now. I played a lot of TV themes… I like nostalgia, I
guess…Ahhh, I remembered…
The Best of Operation 365
Sports Song of the Week
I also want to pick where I left off, commenting form the
end of first 365 blogs. It is time to prepare for Open Mic, so we will continue
this conversation very soon. Peace
Soon to come Operation 365 2…By the Numbers
Sunday, January 8, 2017
How quickly our habits change. Just a few weeks back, I’d
awaken every day eager to conquer the mountain of chores that is the 365. I’d
be fired up to do it, and but about this time (1:15PM) most non-work days, I’d
be done. Same thing, when I’d get home from work, tackle it and feel good
something got done. In just a few weeks, things have reverted. Now it is hard
to even finish one of these post-365 blogs and publish them. I typed the first
half of this a few days ago and haven’t found time to return to it until now.
So, let’s pick up where I left off Wednesday and power past that toward
completion.
The Best of Operation 365
Let us not say I haven’t been working. In fact, the entire
time I did this past 365, I was also working on my 7th CD, “The Best
of Operation 365.” What does that mean? What is best? Well, “best” is always
subjective, but I chose 12 of my favorite originals songs I wrote for the first
365, 12 I thought told to story of how it was then to some extent and that’s my
next CD. It has taken some time and I have been working hard on finishing it
here now that the 365 is done.
There were 211 original tunes penned for the initial 365, if
memory serves correctly and I went through all of them. It was an involved
process. All the ones I thought were worthy, I learned, in many cases from the
spontaneous recording I had made on whichever day. I intend to initiate a
similar process soon, determining how many songs I wrote and which ones are
ones I wish to carry forward from here. It takes time and that’s before you
even start recording. Oh yeah, last time I had to convert them all from video
to audio first to help me with the learning and organization. Fortunately, I
had some help with that part this time and it is ready to go. As soon as I can
find the time. That type of data will be in my “Operation 365 2…By the
Numbers,” which will conclude this transmission, hopefully some time in the
next week or so. Here is one of those future hits from the original Operation
365.
A little chunk from the Best of the Rest I wished to mention
was The Sports Song of the Week
I had a lovely chat with long-time cohort, Wes Davis, and he
got all excited as he is wont to do from time to time. Moments later, we had
signed a fictional and since trashed, million dollar contract for my “Sports
Podcast.” Although that was about Wes’ signing off point with, I remained
inspired to push the wheelbarrow up the hill some and see what happened. I am
still determining what did. We figured each podcast would feature a “Sports
Song of the Week,” something along the lines of what I’ve been doing as a guest
on sports radio here in San Diego for some time. Hail Scott and BR and The
Mighty 1090! #greatfriends
So for about seven weeks, I initiated a show within a show
on Mondays, “The Sports Song of the Week.” Let me go and find one for you.
The Demarests
Back in… hmmm…. When was it March? February? March. We went
to New Jersey. It was a fun hiatus. The Operation 365 rolled through the Garden
State. I got to see for an instant, what having a new computer would be like.
In 365 world, it saves a boatlad of time. I visited Paterson.
A highlight that went unshared was the series of tunes I
wrote with my longest running musical collaborator and dear friend, Scott
Baslaw. We wrote and recorded rough tracks of what we intended to call, “Our
Fans Need This.” We are The Demarests and this was to be our 4th CD
and first since 2006’s “Our Time Is Now.” Instead what materialized was “Our
Fans Deserve This,” and I believe only two people have it. It is those rough
tracks of the pretty neat songs we wrote. I made some videos and shared none of
them. Maybe they’ll be deleted scenes on the Operation 365 2 Collector’s
Edition. Anybody wanna buy a book of blogs?
I still aim to react to that there blog that I noted up some
days ago. That is next. I will do it later today and post this. We played a fun
gig last night with band at Rosie O’Grady’s. It was our first gig of the year
and The Jefferson Jay Band had a lot of fun. Technically, that is not talking
in the first person. It was my first time playing at Rosie’s since November 13,
2003. Crazy, right? If I was born that day, I’d be a bar-mitzvah now. It felt
great to be back. Tons of rich memories from my early days as a young man in
San Diego in the most ironically named neighborhood ever, Normal Heights.
Huffington Post
Some time in the middle of the 365, The Huffington Post
printed a nice piece about the project. They dubbed me The King, The “‘King of
Front-Facing Media.’” Some people felt this meant I’d “made it” for whatever
reason and were happy that I was finally getting recognized. I don’t know about
all that, but I was happy for them being happy for me. It beats a swift kick in
the James. Whoaspephino!. My wife made a phat bisque.
I have more to say, but perhaps, that’s enough for today. Missed
you. Love you. Thank you. God bless.
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