Hello! I am sort of drunk. Maybe the subject gave that away? It is true.

Not that this blog has any regular readers but if it did, they would notice that I haven’t posted anything for a while. There is a reason for that: shit is crazy! Here goes.

I moved to New York City. I am living in Flushing, Queens. There were plenty of reasons but at the end of the day, the deciding factors were that I wanted a big change and I received a job offer that was simply too good to pass up. Sadly, this meant giving up the warehouse space where I had a studio being built, but, frankly, I kind of feel like the guy doing the construction was dragging his feet and it was quickly turning into a quagmire, so it was time for a change. Bigger city, bigger pond, bigger challenges. Awesome.

What’s not awesome is that now, three weeks later, I am still without a recording space. I have an option to do some work in a nice place in Hoboken but it’s a bit far — really far — so I’m a bit hesitant to signup and be so far away from my gear and workspace. It’s a very cool spot and the guys who run it are very professional, but it wouldn’t be MY space, so I’m not sure. There are a few other options I’m pursuing and I’m sure I’ll figure something out.

The new job is working for another IT company doing stuff that is similar to what I was doing back in Jersey. The big difference here is that it’s probably 75% Mac, so I have learned a ton about that world. It is definitely out of my comfort zone. Going from SERVER DUDE (in caps) to “guy who needs help troubleshooting Outlook 2011 crashing” is kind of frustrating but I like to think I’m moving along nicely. I have learned quite a bit about that shit but I really do hope I get back to Hyper-V, Exchange, server troubleshooting, and… ya know, the stuff I really like, the stuff I’m good at.

So, finally… I bought a fucking Distressor EL8X. Holy shit.

I bought this.

This has been on my to-buy list for longer than I can remember. I came upon it tonight by accident in Guitar Center. It was used — they don’t stock it normally — and I was there to get a Duet 2 so I could do demos and mix at home while looking for a new recording space. I was about to checkout when I jokingly asked if they had one since they never do and, as luck would have it, they did. It was priced ridiculously low, as their used stuff kind of tends to be, so I went for it. Totally irresponsible since I am still without the means to record but I see it as a worthy, temporary sacrifice for permanent gain. I have a few more sessions down in Philly — I’m keeping my apartment for a few more weeks to tie up some loose ends — so I’ll get to play with it and I cannot wait.

The end.