New Page!

2014 brings the turning of a page...new life and new beginnings...yet so many things remain the same!

Do you ever feel like that?  Maybe it's just me...

I am always excited about the new year...September brings the same feelings of newness for me.  These times make you think of turning the page...clean slate etc... The only problem is this, the page seems to be new or at least blank, but the pressure of the last page has made it's way onto the "new page".  The pen seems to inevitably wind up going down the same lines as the last page...The pressure from the last page seems to not allow us to carve new paths.

I find that this year, I am trying to turn about three or four pages deep to find a page that the pressure has not already made it's mark.  Not easy...i am finding that I need to go deeper!!

I really need this year to be different.  I really need to go deep and find that page that is not already mapped out by last years pressure.  I am finding the right people to partner with, trying to stick to the things I am good at.  Trying to find a new way to do things, if I want a new result!!

This year will see a bunch of FIRSTS!  New CD, new emphasis on songwriting, new focus on mentoring and working with artists, new tours, new partnerships, Europe and Africa this year!!

The challenge will be to make sure that I have gone deep enough...that this NEW page is just that...a new page!

Here's to new beginnings...AGAIN!

Kevin

today's ponderings...

Well, today did not start out the way I anticipated.  Some parts better than I hoped, some not so much...What do you do when the waves of frustration and excitement collide at 11:30am!!  GOTO STARBUCKS!!!

I write better at Starbucks anyway...

I am preparing to head out on tour with TENORE for nearly 45 days...I will be home for a couple days in the middle, but that is a long time!  We are hitting the Prairies, Alberta and the mid-western USA and then making our way back.

Time away from my family is always tough but I have to admit, its way better knowing that my family finds is tough as well...I THINK?!?!  Technology does help, texting, iMessage, email and skype help us stay in touch.  Facebook and other social media's keep us up to date and you don't end up feeling as alienated. 

The management deal that I signed a few weeks back is starting to get exciting...We have been busy writing for the new project and have recorded a few demos of these tunes...there are some good songs in the mix!!!  REALLY excited to finish this project and get out on the road!!

Christmas tour is already getting booked up...4 nights in Saskatoon, 4 nights in Moncton (tentative right now) and a few Ontario dates.  We are planning a summer cruise in the Toronto harbour...live concert - a bunch of brand new songs, great dinner and a moonlight cruise...THAT will be killer!! 

Stay tuned for all of these upcoming events...

Oh yeah...I will have a little solo tour the first 12 days of July...details coming...we are also rescheduling our Maritimes / Newfoundland tour for October - STAY TUNED!

Talk soon,

Kevin