Movin' on up..

Well, things are getting ready to change (isn't it the I Ching that says "the only thing constant is change"?). It looks like we're moving to an apartment as we have sold our home. It's a rather happy occasion, though not one that's devoid of complications. It looks like we're going to have to change internet providers since our current ISP doesn't service the area we're moving to. Hopefully, the transition will be smooth, and the interruptions will be brief. My email provider is thankfully not tied to my ISP, so you'll still be able to reach me here if you need anything.

Also, while we're starting the moving process, I've had to pack up most of my music gear. I have 1 lonely 6 string acoustic guitar which I haven't gotten much of a chance to play lately. This has been a little frustrating, artistically, but it's got me thinking. I don't seem to get much chance to write in this lovely blog page, so why don't I channel a little energy to it? So, here's my thought: I'm hoping to write a series (I've no idea how long) on "Unnoticed or Underappreciated Artists". I'm not sure of the tite of the series, I'll hopefully come up with sometihng a little catchier than that. The idea of this series will be, I'll write about a different artist(s) in each column that I feel was overlooked by a vast majority of people. These will be totally my opinions, and I make no claim to be any type of expert on any of these people, but suffice to say, they all had a part in shaping me as a musician, as a music listener, and as a person altogether (in some cases).

Now, a LOT of these will be guitarists, as I'm primarily a guitarist myself. Also, a lot of my early influences will be from the Metal genre (think 1980's and 1990's Metal mostly). Knowing me, I'll likely be all over the place on this, but I've been delving into old CDs and mp3's lately and listening to pieces of music that just blew me away the first time I heard them, and I'm finding that a lot of them still hold up quite well. So, I figured I'd share some of my favorite artists and pieces in the hopes that you find them interesting and maybe inspiring as well. I love when someone turns me on to an artist I'd never heard of before and I then can just immerse myself in that new stuff, so hopefully I'll be able to do that for you. Hopefully, I'll be a little more dilligent about posting and this will turn out to be an interesting venture into the first "serialized" version of my blog. Hey, if I end up writing for Rolling Stone , you'll be able to say you used to read me when....