Auckland Folk Festival 2012

A large part of the last month has been devoted to preparing for the Auckland Folk Festival. My bluegrass band "Wires & Wood" (www.wiresandwood.co.nz) were featured guests this year and we felt compelled to be well rehearsed before taking the stage in front of the home town crowd.
I also spent some time helping Trude's band "The Roswells" prepare for their performance in the invitational concert. All their hard work paid off and they stole the show, swinging their thing on stage (see photos).
It was a fine weekend of jamming, performing, hosting workshops, and catching up with lots of friends.

Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/108481211284683809830/120129AucklandFolkFestival

Final Tweaks to Take The Hypotenuse

The final tweaks to Diane Ponzio's "Take The Hypotenuse" album were completed today. Diane is an amazing musician and songwriter and it has been an exciting, challenging and rewarding experience to record and mix this project over the past month. It should be available for purchase in two or three months time. I highly recommend it.

Diane and her music make this world a better place.

Tahora Music Festival 2011-2012

It was another great Tahora Music Festival. Even though it rained nearly constantly for six days we still managed to have good time jamming, socializing, reading and just generally hanging out. I managed to get a few photos for the few hours that it wasn't raining - on the first day and during the mock battle.
This is an enchanted place and an amazing musical community that it is a privilege to be a part of.

Photos: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108481211284683809830/albums/5706214356149489569