Sunday , February 19, 2006
Another all nighter… My plan was to get into bed by midnight at
the latest but I wound up staying up and setting up my page on MySpace.
It turns out there’s another artist with my name (Setra) who’s
already on MySpace so I couldn’t use my own name. I had to sign
up using Daughter of the Sun instead. It took a while to upload the music
and the photos, once I figured out how to do it. There’s really
no instruction page for how to set up your MySpace page. Some people have
interesting backgrounds and stuff. I haven’t figured out how to
do that yet.
Saturday I worked from 8:00 in the morning until nearly 7:00 at night.
Then I took a quick shower and grabbed a quick bite to eat and drove up
to Bellizzi’s in Mount Kisco. I’m performing there next weekend
and I wanted to check out the setup to know how to prepare for next weekend.
I wasn’t planning to stay very long but everybody was so nice and
friendly that I wound up staying for both sets. Gene Moore (www.genemooremusic.com)
performed. He’s a really good songwriter. I bought one of his CDs.
It’s the perfect music to listen to while driving.
I got up and sang one song (Cool Rain) just to give the audience a taste
of what to expect next Saturday. I couldn’t believe how cold it
was outside. I
parked in the Borders Café parking lot a half block away from Bellizzi’s
and just the short walk to the venue had my teeth chattering because I
didn’t want to wear a hat and have muffin head.
Friday I went to the movies to see Freedomland. I still have no idea why
they named it that, other than that they probably thought it would make
the movie sound like more than it was, which was pretty bad. I’m
convinced now that Samuel Jackson will accept any part, as long as he’s
getting paid. It doesn’t matter how good or bad the story is. Not
that I blame him for getting paid; it’s just that I probably will
not pay to see another Samuel Jackson movie.
The only reason I went to see Freedomland is because it was playing at
the movie theater right down the street from me. They have special matinee
prices and there's never anybody in the theater during the day so I can
make popcorn at home and take it with me and have the whole theater to
myself.
I was planning to drive out to Long Island today to visit ECB but since
I hadn’t gotten much sleep during the week last week, even though
I got up at about 11:00 and sat at the computer for awhile, after about
15 minutes I forced myself to get back into bed and slept until 3:30 this
afternoon.
This week for my website I’m tackling the Macromedia Flash player
so that people can have streaming audio instead of having to download
the music and listen to it with iTunes or a similar mp3 playing application.
It’s going to be a full week. I’ve got lots to do but I’m
looking forward to it.
More soon...
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February 16, 2006 - Hurray! The snow is almost gone! Just the way I like the snow. A lot of it comes down, it stays for a few days and then it melts and is gone; and not a moment too soon. I ate the last of the food today, which means I have to go grocery shopping tomorrow. I haven't weighed myself but I have a feeling I've gained at least a couple of pounds. More...
Snow - I have about five days’ worth of food, and I’m prepared to hibernate until the snow melts. My car is parked across the street but I don’t know which mound it’s under. It was kind of nice being home alone and doing whatever I wanted to without having to answer to anybody or even speak to another person. I turned off the ringer on the phone and just spent some time with myself. More...
Guero's - I just got in from Guero’s. What a night. First off, it turns out they didn’t have a PA system, a amp, a microphone or microphone stand so I had to pack up all that stuff and take it with me. I lugged it all a block and a half to where I’d parked my car Monday evening and when I got to the parking spot where I’d left my car, my car was nowhere to be found. More...
MTV Comes - The MTV folks came and went Monday. It was all quite fun. I was up and dressed by the time they arrived at 9:00 AM. “We have to film the entire day,” they said and they made me put my pajamas back on and get back into bed. Then they filmed me getting out of bed, going into the kitchen and having my first glass of water for the day. They wanted to film that twice so I had to drink two large glasses of water before it was all said and done. More...
MTV- I sent off a CD and letter to MTV for their Made series. Sunday afternoon I got a call from them saying they want to film me for their “A Day In the Life” series. More...
Insulted - I got a call from a woman today who books acts at a café in Montclair, New Jersey. She wanted to know if I was interested in performing a short set of about 3 or 4 songs at her café on Tuesday. Not only was she not offering to pay me but she wanted me to buy an entrée while I was there. I was highly insulted. More...
January 13, 2006- I’ve been in bed all week with the flu. Not my idea of the best way to start off the new year but I suppose it could be a lot worse. As a matter of fact, I feel almost completely better. Just a little tickle in my throat, which means I won't be going to the movies over the weekend and making everyone in the theater hate me because I'm coughing every few minutes. More..
