Random Thoughts On a Saturday Night...

Saturday night, drinking whiskey and waters with 805 backs at a bar that's within a reasonable uber ride from the old homestead.  It's nice to have a periodic retreat from the grind.  Islanders play tomorrow at noon on the east coast... going into game 1 of the opening round as an underdog.   I'm normally hopeful at the start of the playoffs, but I'm thinking they just don't have it this year.  Hopefully I'll be proven wrong.

Recorded a bit yesterday with Mike and Matt.  Some great progress on "Endless Wire"... the guitar parts in the chrous seem much more coherent, and Mike's solo in the outro predictably rises to a majestic level.  Really loving how this record is coming together.

Incredibly cool that I have such fantastic musicians willing to work on this record.  The fact that Mike recorded with John Hiatt... simply mind-boggling.  And his solo on "Million Years" could have easily been laid down by David Gilmour.  Heady stuff...

Sent a couple of emails to marketing firms, inquiring as to the extent their services extend to targeted online advertising (as opposed to simple blog placements and/or playlist solicitation).  Advertising is the the key to acquiring dedicated fans, which is necessary for creating the recurring streams leading to longevity.  We'll see what they say...

Album Cover...

Returned Sunday from a profitable trip up north... only managed 30 hours at the tables as it was an unknown region, and had to do a lot of scouting... but my actual value exceeded EV for even 50 hours of play.  So all good.  One incredibly obnoxious casino refused to cash out without ID - and then when I provided it on a separate shift without playing, they actually said I would also need to get a player's card.  So now I'm getting spam emails from them as well... at least no backoffs this time around.

Found a great photo of Montauk Point off of the east end of Long Island online, now I need to find an artist to superimpose the Interstate Island logo over an artistic rendering of the shoreline for the album cover.  I'm looking to make it like ELO's "A New World Record", but with the Long Island shoreline instead of a cityscape...