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Tomorrow night is our big show at The Drake Hotel in Toronto. Its gonna be huge. We’re expecting to sell out. Capacity is 200 and we’re expecting about 100-150 visitors alone. Not to mention whomever the other band brings, as well as walk in’s from the street. It should be grand.

We’ve got a photographer set up, a videographer, we’re going to have the show’s sound recorded and we’ve all managed to scrounge up some extra christmas cash to upgrade our gear so we look/sound a little more professional. Why did we do all this? Read on…

We’re expecting some big names there. BIG names. Big names who have influence in the industry, and hopefully will like what we do and help us along the way. We’re in the process of a 8 month plan right now which includes touring, recording, releasing a CD, and possibly more… Maybe even the ultimate, getting signed.

Wish us luck! And come out if you can! We hit the stage @ 11pm!!

I managed to add a whole bunch of my personal bookmarks to my del.icio.us library this morning before work. You can check them out if youre interested by clicking here.

Now i’m off to go watch whats happening at MacWorld!

So today I tried my hand at “postering”. We have a pretty big gig coming up this friday at a really big venue called The Drake Hotel, and Paul and I went down there and put some posters up around the venue to help with our pull to the club. We’re expecting at least 100 people there for us, hopefully 200 maybe more? It should be good.

On other news with the band, we accepted a gig in London Ontario at a Call The Office. This is pretty exciting for me.. The show will be on Jan 21, so in about 2 weeks time. We’re also considering taking a gig in Montreal.

Tonight I said goodbye to an old friend. My Epiphone G-400 Custom guitar. It was a beauty of a guitar.. Beautiful, but she and I never really got along that well. Even after I fixed her up with some shiny new tuners, it just wasn’t working and I had to say goodbye.

Selling a guitar is like saying goodbye to an old friend. I’ve only ever sold 3 guitars in my life. my first guitar which was a piece of plywood and it was called “Stage”. Thats all I really remember about it. My 2nd guitar was an Epiphone Les Paul Studio. That one was traded for this Epiphone SG guitar that has now left me in the place for an American Fender Telecaster with a humbucking pickup in the bridge. This new axe plays like a dream, and sounds like a million bux. I think we’ve got a keeper kids I guess we’ll see if she can pull through.

I’ve been scouring the city the last few weeks for a Fender Telecaster. We’ve all made a conscious decision in the band that we need to upgrade our gear. It not only looks better on stage, but shows a more professional appearance. I’ve recently been upgrading my gear, becuase not too long ago I was playing all shit. In the last few months i’ve gotten my first real tube amp: MesaBoogie Nomad 55 2×12 combo, Godin xtSA, and a Takamine Semi acoustic.

But now, I’ve got my eyes set on a Fender American Deluxe Telecaster in Aged Cherry Burst, in either a rosewood or maple neck (it doesn’t really matter to me). This will be a big step for me. Up until this time, i’ve been hard core Gibson. HARD core. Just about as hard core as I am about Canon and Nikon (NIKON SUCKS!). The main reason is that a Tele just fits the music i’m playing now.. Gibsons should be reserved for rock/hard rock guitar players, or people like Slash. The only other guitar I would seriously consider is a PRS. But its not worth spending 4000 on a guitar, because thats the one i’m going to want to buy.