It hasn't sunk in yet. The recording is finished. ANY GIVEN NIGHT has been sent off to get mastered and next week will be sent off for manufacturing. This means no more redoing vocals, no more remixing, no more last minute guitar parts. It is what it is now. We're committed to it.
I feel good, but a little lost. I know I've got to keep my focus up long enough to get the graphics and copy finalized today. I've got to get all the files and order and paperwork in place and cheques made out and stick it all in a big envelope next week addressed to the kind folks who will be pressing my CD. I just have to push that little bit further to the end of this.
Then what?
I'm counting on divine coincidence to lead the way. Perhaps not the best business plan but something quite amazing did happen a couple of days ago. A friend mentioned a 3 day workshop on touring specifically geared to my type of music that's being put on by Canada Council (of the Arts). The submission deadline had long since passed but they had an extra space. She recommended I ask if they might let me in, and they did. So at the end of this month, while I'm waiting for my CDs to arrive, I'll be getting my head deep into planning a successful tour. And that's exactly what I should be thinking about.
Timing is such an odd thing... I'm at mercy to some sort of yearly schedule. March seems to always be a hard one for me. I feel like some small green thing pushing up through the dirt. But the beginning of April is when new things come to life for me... it's when I got engaged, when we opened the studio, when we opened the store and now it's when we will release the CD.
Two more weeks... Two more weeks...
