Hey everyone,

It has been an incredibly busy week.

First of all, even though this blog won’t be posted online until the decent hours of the 9-5 work day, it is currently 2:44 AM E.S.T. here at the house. I am up late because I am studying for a music exam coming up soon, and there is a ton of stuff to learn. So here I am just reaming through chapters in my text and all of a sudden I realized that it was due time for me to get a blog done.

The recording session last weekend was pure magic. We had Anton Fier up from N.Y.C. to play the drums, as he has on all our recordings since the infancy of Blue on Brown. Eli came down from Montreal, and Chris engineered the session. We completed the bed tracks for 9 songs, on top of the tracks that we have already somewhat polished. It will be a nail biter to decide what songs to put on the next album, so it will definitely take come careful consideration. There are some great pictures that I captured on my iPhone, so I am happy to post those soon.

Last Friday night Alex and I dropped in to see the “Open Hearts Society” perform at The Mansion in Kingston. This is Chris’ band which also includes the vocal talent of Sarah McDermott and guitar guru originally from the Spin Doctors, Eric Shankman, who played electric guitar with me on our recorded version of “Nothing At All” – (How about that for a little chic preview). I can honestly say that it was one of the greatest live music experiences I have witnessed. Not to mention that Eli was playing bass that night as well, and my was he playing bass!

James and I just finished a little Christmas concert at St. Mary’s hospital for the long term care patients/residents there. Donny, our sound technician and bus driver, volunteers his time to organize the event every year out of the goodness of his heart. We played a few tunes, and were very touched by how much it meant to everyone there. One man in particular, became so excited he started singing “We wish you a merry Christmas” out loud from the audience, with his own personalized lyrics – including content that I had talked about from stage. Pretty ingenious actually.

Our mom, Tanya Abrams, wrote a children’s book on becoming a musician. She is doing her book release on Saturday the 12th of December at Chapters in Kingston, Ontario. If you are around, please come out and support her. The book is brilliant, and we are all really proud of her accomplishment. For the most part, it is a jam session to encourage youth to get together and play. If you are a parent of a child, or you are a youngster yourself, please come out and join in on the session. Lets make this a great success for mom!

Other than that it has been nose-to-the-grindstone at school. Exams can be stressful, but I got started on studying early so it helps. I’ll let you all know how they go.

Thanks, and God Bless.

John