Deron 5L Newsletter - June 2005

Friend,

Hello, it's about 5:30AM and I'm just starting this wonderful task of writing my newseletter. I'm still on a late late schedule, but I'll just consider it an early one at this point.

Last month I had to buy a new 300 gigabyte hard drive for backing up studio tracks. The old one started, well..not working, and we weren't sure if all of the tracks for this CD were recoverable. Jim (Producer/Bass player) was able to pull everything out of the old hard drive, after about 7 hours of extra work. Buying the new hard drive, plus covering some extra studio time brought up expenses to recording this CD a bit. It was worth it of course.

Well, vocals are very close to done. There are also some other tracks like percussion that need to be recorded. Soon we will begin mixing down the tracks! From there the CD will be mastered, pressed up, and then you can expect an invite to my CD Release Party.

This Month's Lesson: Push ahead when you feel stuck. I've been feeling like I'm in molasses lately because of the work load I have been taking on ..I mean, between my businesses (3000 Records (.com), Indie 360 (.com), CD Register (.com) , CiderMills.Com (..), and being a full time Musician, plus some other things I have in the works!! It's amazing how I didn't have that much to do when I first quit my "corporate" job, and now I'm twice as busy. I feel super good when I push ahead, even when I don't feel like it. I feel great when I keep on going when I want to quit, but I imagine some kind of finish line may be ahead for this race..and I imagine a prize too!

I want to thank my friend Rebecca for designing a cool "Deron 5L" logo you can now see on my web site, and also on my new business card! Soon it will be on t-shirts. I know I mentioned having a new logo last month, but forgot to tell everyone who came up with the logo!! I've messed with trying to come up with a logo in the past, but she got it! Thanks Rebecca.

I also want to mention that Desi Serna (lead guitar) for "Deron 5L" just came out with yet another book. It's called "Fretboard Theory". You can see more about this at http://www.desiserna.com/bookstore.html Desi finished guitar tracks last month for the new CD coming out "The Simple Life". As I think I mentioned before they sound even better than I could have imagined!

This month I start a new gig at a great place on Saturday nights. The location is Uno's! Uno's is a great place for pizza, drinks, and good company. They are located on Mound & M59 in Sterling Heights, (near AMC 30). I'll be there this Saturday, June 4th from 9PM until Midnight. Stop in for dinner, or dessert. I may also have some free Deron 5L Calendar Magnets left so just ask!

Please take a moment to see additional upcoming show locations and dates. Visit http://www.calendar.deron5l.com

Update About House Fire: Just in case you were wondering, my cat "Lucy" is doing much better since last month! I'm very happy about that. She seems to be much happier too. The upstairs to my Parent's house is still being redone, and there is much work to do downstairs too. Hopefully within the next 3 weeks everyone can move back.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I almost forgot to mention this. Last month I met with a movie producer, and tried out for a part. I was selected to play one of the lead roles in a movie called "Bullseye". It is an independent movie being filmed by Scott Cummins of Squaking Parrot Productions. The last movie he directed was "Dexter Murphy's Expiration Date". Coincidently, the movie will come out close to the same time as my CD! We will be filming this month! Gotta go practice my lines..

Actually I think I should get to bed already. Well, I'll talk to ya next month, unless you can make it to a gig.. Hope to see ya soon.

Leave your mark on my web site at http://www.guestbook.deron5l.com

Happy Trails...

Terrance (Deron 5L)
http://www.deron5l.com

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