Yesterday, Andrew and I were back in the studio working on Real Men Wear Kilts. It was a lighter workday than usual. Gigs are forcing us to take a step back. In April, we'll jump back into the studio with fervor, but too many gigs in March to do just that.

This weekend, we fly to New York for I-Con. The following weekend, we'll perform at Four Winds Renaissance Faire. With all the gigs, I can barely keep up with many podcasts. Heck! I can barely organize all my blog entries to find out which one to link to. hehe. Ah well...

Yesterday, I booked my flight to Ireland with a return trip via Rome. I also listened to more mixes for my Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion CD that Ari sent me. I'm still hoping that I'll have that done by the end of April. But we'll see. Still lots to do. Heck! I don't have a CD cover for that yet. Hmm...

Other things on my list to do:

• Order more copies of The Secret World of Celtic Rock
• Book some gigs in Italy and possible in England
• Book gigs in San Diego and near Costa Mesa, California
• Contact the Saxon Pub, Tipperary Inn, Cactus Cafe, and Mother Egan's about gigs
• Start looking into Colorado Tour and Tour to Shakespeare Festival in Tennessee
• Promotion for Bedlam Bard Shindig Tour
• Finish this week's Renaissance Festival Podcast shownotes
  
• Austin Celtic Meetup Tonight
  
• Pack CDs and clothes for trip to New York this weekend
• Listen to new Cat companion recordings
• Update Bards Shows on the website
• Update Cat Lovers T-Shirts
• Record Cat Lovers Podcast

I'm sure there's more to do, we'll stop there for now.

Productive day. Ari finished all the guitar parts for Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion. That means there's just his backup vocals and mixing to do for that CD. Well, that and I need to come up with some graphics for the album. He did another great job. There's some more tasty solos. Ari is awesome.

While he was recording, I worked on graphics for Victims of Irish Music. I'm not sure I'm satisfied with the album cover yet. But Roy Janik sent me links to a lot of Ireland photos that I was able to use for the rest of the CD. Now I just need to finish mastering the album.

And I need to record my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I'm a wee bit behind on that one. Though the shownotes shouldn't take long. Maybe once I get back from my Italian Language meetup.