Now the lump in my throat
is a lump in my chest
and I'm back to doing
what I do best...
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| Photo Courtesy of David Sameshima |
It's a new year, and I hope 2015 was good to you (mine was great!) and that 2016 will be even better. I have started the process of booking shows for the first half of the year, but have no solid dates lined up yet. I will post them here when I do. In the meantime, I am still hosting the Open Mic Night at
Lizard's Liquid Lounge (3058 W. Irving Park Rd) every Thursday starting around 8pm. I used to have a really shitty attitude about Open Mic Nights, but hosting one has been such a blast, and has been a really good thing for raising my me in many ways. From raising my local profile, and getting me gigs I normally wouldn't get, to making me up as a performer and event emcee. My formerly shitty attitude has been left by the wayside as I am trying to host the best Open Mic in the City of Chicago (and there are several excellent Open Mics in this town!) Last Thursday, I had several new faces come in to play and by the time they left, they were telling me how great our Open Mic is, which makes me feel terrific.
Life is good. I am a lucky guy.
Although there are no gigs booked, I will be appearing on local radio station WZRD 88.3 on Jan 19th from 9pm-11pm Central Time (The station also streams live online) I'll be hanging out with Alex, playing some tunes, and talking about music and life and whatnot. I'll be honest, I'm a little nervous, because I've never been on the radio before, but it should be fun.
That's all I've got for now. I would leave you with the classic "First Five of Shuffle Mode" but I didn't listen to music today. So instead, I'll leave you with a picture of my cute dogs, Daisy and Bella.
Thank you.
Q
