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Didgeridoo Dave and I had a nice breakfast at a little greek cafe accross from the Apple store on the Third Street Promenade in downtown Santa Monica today. We have a few days off until rehearsals for the Yanni tour resume in Las Vegas this coming Wedn...
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Paging all recipients . . . Paging all recipients . . .. Will those of youwho are first to receive your new 'Hammer On!' CDs drop me a quick note, orperhaps just leave a message in the guestbook as to when it arrives? Westarted sending them out Monday ...
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I just posted a very short video of David saying hello to everyone this morning at "breaky", as they say down under. Check it out by clicking the Photographs link, followed by Hershey's head.Danp.s. we're still in rehearsal . . ....
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I've had quite a few emails from people asking about whether David is hereor not. The answer is yes, he's here and just like old times were about tohave a spot of tea here in my room.For those of you who are not regular readers, David (Hudson) an unbelie...
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This is a quickie update that I'm sending as we drive to rehearsals.Testing, testing, squeeeeeeeeeeeellllll, is this thing working?Thanks to everyone who has responded to the "Hammer On!' email.A few people have told me they are not seeing the new pictur...
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I regretfully watched Chattanooga get smaller and smaller out the jet window Monday as I began the the journey to Los Angeles. We're staying in a nice hotel in Santa Monica this time which is within reasonable walking distance from the Santa Monica pier ...
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I thrived and survived our West Palm Beach rehearsals. Yanni told me Icould leave a soon as we finished the last run-through of World Dance whichwas precisely at 4:30 eastern, Wednesday afternoon. My car was loaded andready to jump on the Florida Turnpi...
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We officially completed the 'band' portion of our rehearsals Saturdayafternoon. Yanni says the show is tighter than he's ever heard it and thenew songs fit in nicely. Today (Monday) we'll be joined by select orchestramembers to work on their solos.We got ...
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OK, OK, OK I know I said I was resuming updates and then disappeared again.So count this as an update on updates. A typical day here in south Floridahas gone like this:I wake around 7:30, check my email, go to the hotel lobby for a really badcup of cof...
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Yesterday was a pleasant day off as I slept late, had lunch with friends andfell asleep during a baseball playoff game while reading a book.I did do a little productive work on a new method of posting picturesdirectly from iPhoto. I don't have all the bu...
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I'm sneaking a quick moment during rehearsal for short update. We had along day in the studio yesterday and I got back to the hotel in time to seethe last 30 minutes of the presidential debate before falling asleep.Today's rehearsal started early and is ...
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Hello to Kathy, Donna, Angel, Johnna, and LouiseIt's nice to see all your names back in the guestbook. It sounds likethere's going to be a really big party in Las Vegas and I'll plan to stop byand say hello! I'm headed back to rehearsals in a few minute...
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This is a test post to see if I can post via email. ...
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Our first day back at rehearsals started off with lots of hellos and hugs as we all caught each other up on how we spent our summer off. Everyone looked healthy and it was obvious that the low carb craze has hit the band. Yanni told us about a few surpr...
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Thanks to those who've written to let me know my guestbook is acting up. The problem appears to be on the server side so I requested a little technical support this morning. They usually answer quickly. I'm hopeful I can get the guestbook running again ...
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It's time to blow the dust off my journal. I'm writing this from my hotel room in south Florida which will be my home for the next couple of weeks. Rehearsals begin tomorrow afternoon for a new Yanni tour. The only thing I really know so far is that t...
