"Count your age by friends, not years." - John Lennon
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| Skinny Devil Life 2022 |
My annual obligatory birthday post!
Sooo...another trek around burning Helios - a count of fifty eight for me. This year has been quite the ride as, I suppose, each & every year has been. Last year I was honored to share the stage with Grammy winners (Victor Wooten, Bobby Rush, etc) as well as amazing new talent, and its a pleasure to see some of those talents (like Aisley Autumn & Phoebe White) now climbing the mountain! Of course I also had the pleasure of sharing the stage yet again with several amazing talents, including both radio & stage with the incredible miss Tabi Gervis for AlltechONE Conference Concert (& her interview on WUKY)....video at the end of this entry of her "TN Whiskey/I'd Rather Go Blind" mix from our performance at the show!
Of course, the big change is more local gigging than I've done in a long time.....restaurant gigs to coffee houses to corner bars. Loving it all and really enjoying seeing everyone in smaller settings than the radio & TV gigs and similar (that I also love).
Very pleased with the entries written here at SD Universe in 2022 (as well as the traction of older pieces like "The Music of James Bond") as well as the new "Sonic Sorcery" articles (which are suddeny among the most popular lessons) & the serialization of the amazing novel "Nemesis Tori" by Renaissance Man & omni-disciplinary artist (he is musician, visual artist, & writer) Gregory Francis at SD Magazine.
Outside of music performance & instruction, I'm happy to report again that my workouts continue their Top Shelf trend.... the Lexi Music Awards (despite covid-related challenges) continues to move forward.... and I'm trending on pace for some serious personal goals.
So, birthday weekend....
Friday (my final gym workout before my Sunday birthday) was a fantastic workout - since I knew I had 2 days off - that included an hour of cardio (4+ miles at various elevations), 30+ minutes resistance (full body) work, & multiple laps of farmers carries (45 pound plate in each hand)....then good food! Then I got to pick the kids up from school & the evening was spent watching them play with friends while I cooked on the grill!
Saturday was more fun & games, and hit the grill again while the kids played outside.
Sunday (birthday) morning it was street soccer with the kids before I hit the road, a little quality time with more family (phone & in-person), and then Twisted Cork for our annual Birthday Jam w/ Greg & Chris on bass & drums! 3+ hours on stage & with friends, drinking a superb 12 year old scotch (thank you Bobbie!), conversing, & making music with others! That's damn hard to beat....until I got home and found a steak & cheesecake waiting for me care of my son Damien. Makes the night damn near impossible to beat - haha!
Also blessed to receive hundreds upon hundreds of birthday wishes via text, email, snail mail, social media, phone calls, & the like...including a personal note for the second year in a row from a particular author that I rank in the top 10 living authors on Planet Earth, RF Laird (who wrote, among other great works, "The Boomer Bible").
As I do each year since my 50th birthday, I'm posting an ODIS picture (that stands for "Old Dudes In Shape") as a challenge to my buddies who also post ODIS. Good accountability and keeps us all motivated!
If you are interested in the stories & photos from past birthdays, you can punch THIS LINK, which will list them all.
That's it for now. Gotta get to work prepping lessons, Lexi Music Awards, & the songwriting workshop video series....and please check out my Patreon page ($5/month for Total Access to writings, performance clips, music instruction, diet & fitness writings, AMAs, etc)!
See y'all soon...in person, online, on TV, or wherever we shall meet!
#StayFierce #SkinnyDevil #FierceAF #SDMLguitar #LexiMusicAwards #ThisIs58 #PirateLife
Very pleased with the entries written here at SD Universe in 2022 (as well as the traction of older pieces like "The Music of James Bond") as well as the new "Sonic Sorcery" articles (which are suddeny among the most popular lessons) & the serialization of the amazing novel "Nemesis Tori" by Renaissance Man & omni-disciplinary artist (he is musician, visual artist, & writer) Gregory Francis at SD Magazine.
Definitely hoping to see my PATREON page gain some traction, as I'm sharing a lot of content (both public and patron-exclusive) there, from music performance to music instruction to lifestyle/diet/fitness.
Outside of music performance & instruction, I'm happy to report again that my workouts continue their Top Shelf trend.... the Lexi Music Awards (despite covid-related challenges) continues to move forward.... and I'm trending on pace for some serious personal goals.
So, birthday weekend....
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| Sunday gig on stage w/ a dozen fantastic artists! |
Friday (my final gym workout before my Sunday birthday) was a fantastic workout - since I knew I had 2 days off - that included an hour of cardio (4+ miles at various elevations), 30+ minutes resistance (full body) work, & multiple laps of farmers carries (45 pound plate in each hand)....then good food! Then I got to pick the kids up from school & the evening was spent watching them play with friends while I cooked on the grill!
Saturday was more fun & games, and hit the grill again while the kids played outside.
Sunday (birthday) morning it was street soccer with the kids before I hit the road, a little quality time with more family (phone & in-person), and then Twisted Cork for our annual Birthday Jam w/ Greg & Chris on bass & drums! 3+ hours on stage & with friends, drinking a superb 12 year old scotch (thank you Bobbie!), conversing, & making music with others! That's damn hard to beat....until I got home and found a steak & cheesecake waiting for me care of my son Damien. Makes the night damn near impossible to beat - haha!
Also blessed to receive hundreds upon hundreds of birthday wishes via text, email, snail mail, social media, phone calls, & the like...including a personal note for the second year in a row from a particular author that I rank in the top 10 living authors on Planet Earth, RF Laird (who wrote, among other great works, "The Boomer Bible").
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| 6am pre-workout & pre-pump haha! |
As I do each year since my 50th birthday, I'm posting an ODIS picture (that stands for "Old Dudes In Shape") as a challenge to my buddies who also post ODIS. Good accountability and keeps us all motivated!
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| 11am post workout PUMP - artsy version haha! |
If you are interested in the stories & photos from past birthdays, you can punch THIS LINK, which will list them all.
That's it for now. Gotta get to work prepping lessons, Lexi Music Awards, & the songwriting workshop video series....and please check out my Patreon page ($5/month for Total Access to writings, performance clips, music instruction, diet & fitness writings, AMAs, etc)!
See y'all soon...in person, online, on TV, or wherever we shall meet!
#StayFierce #SkinnyDevil #FierceAF #SDMLguitar #LexiMusicAwards #ThisIs58 #PirateLife
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