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Winding Down

Well this leg of the tour is winding down. We are out for three more shows then heading home. I want to thank all the Meat fans for such a great run.
When I get home I will be playing with Blue Oyster Cult for a few weeks, so I guess I will have to dust off my cowbell and Godzilla mask. I hope to see some of you at the shows. I will post the shows on my site. I will also be opening up a day teaching in NY in my new studio.

I have received a lot of emails regarding the monstrous sound of the drums this tour ,
I first have to thank George Wehrlin, our front of house engineer, and TC, our Monitor engineer. But also Earthworks.



This tour we have added Earthworks Live Drum Kit miking System .This system consists of two over head microphones and a Kick mic The Earthworks overheads added a clarity to my drum sound that I never had. It really brought my sound of 5 drums 10 cymbals and one cowbell to sound like one musical instrument. My monitor mix went from having 15 inputs for a drum mix, into just my two overhead microphones and a kick microphone, and never sounded better.
I can't wait to get home and try these in my studio.

Stonehenge Trip

We just finished our first couple of shows in the UK. We have gone from Liverpool, the home of the Beatles to beautiful Bath and then on to Nottingham. On our trip from Bath to Nottingham we passed right by Stonehenge and decided to stop. Here is a little video I put together from our trip.

On The Road Again with Meat Loaf

Well rehearsals are over and we are out for 8 weeks in the UK and Europe. We had our first show in Plymouth UK and now are in Cork Ireland. I cant believe it but who did I see was Harry Potter no kidding Daniel Radcliffe. I will be getting back into the hang of things and start posting more often. Here is a little video I put together. Hope to see you all on tour.

The Answer To all Your Questions...

Marya Roxx Gigs

I am out in California with Marya, Paul Crook and Joey Vera tearing it up. We are gigging on Sunday at the Cat Club, Monday at the House Of Blues and Wed. at The Joint. I promise I will take photos and as much video as I can. We will be playing with Mary Roxx all through out May.
Come June its back out with Meat Loaf for 8 weeks in the UK and Europe. I'm stoked :). You can check out the dates on my site.
Then when I come back in Aug. I will be playing some shows with my old friends Blue Oyster Cult.
I hope hope to see some of you at all of these shows.
Peace
John

Whats going on

I am still out in Vegas with Marya Roxx. We have been playing every Thursday at a club called the Divebar to tighten up our show before we head out to LA for a few big shows. Last Saturday Crook, Libretti and myself went out to see some very dear friends of ours, Blue Oyster Cult. Holy Crap did they kick ass. After the show we all sat around a few pizzas and laughed our asses off.
I also started practicing my Meat Loaf songs this week. It looks like we will be hitting the road with the Casa De Carne Tour. I will be listing (really Deb will be listing) the dates on my website as they come in.
This past week my line of drum pads have come out, there is a Pro and Student model. We really worked hard on these and have gone through at least 100 designs to get just the right feel and sound. These pads are very dynamic, you can hear every stroke and accent. There is no other pad like this on the market. I will be posting a short demo video on both pads.