misc musical things

I'm listening to Back Porch Music while making the required changes to my thesis two months after my defense. The problem was it's a small amount of work so I kept putting it off but no more. Anyhow, they had a caller x gets free tickets, and I won them to this show. Who should I take?

I just put two more songs from the album up on my MySpace page (myspace.com/rbt1979). I dedicate the virtual single to Jamie Moshin, since it's the two songs he always requested at Willamette: "Natalie Portman" and "Mostly I'm Just Lonely."

I think my wrist is slowly getting better since I injured it (repetitive motion injury from checking groceries) almost 7 years ago. I'd largely given up playing finger style, but was playing Bob Dylan's "Boots of Spanish Leather" recently and noticed that if I concentrate on keeping my wrist straight instead of letting it collapse toward the guitar it does okay. I certainly wouldn't be able to do a whole set of finger style, but the occasional song with most songs flat picked may be doable. Exciting. I really love finger picking with the steady drone of the alternating thumb. I've also noticed that certain finger patterns wear me out more than others.

I took down the old music page. Juan-Pablo, who designed the album cover and CD label is working on a website with the same theme. It'll have extensive liner notes, including lyrics and stories about each song. I'll post the link when it's up. I hope to be getting it duplicated in the next couple weeks (!). I'm also going to make a new page for self recorded demos of songs not on the album. I'll keep you posted about all of this.

UPDATE 3/25: You can hear some Punch Brothers songs on their MySpace page. I guess they describe themselves as acoustic/bluegrass/classical.