The Captain's Log

Jul 28 2017

Seven Spires @ MetalDays, and other European delights: 28 July '17. DE/IT/SL

Greetings from Hamburg, Germany, where I am currently in Lorenzo Hotel waiting on room service and generally resting my poor body. The initial plan was to go out to Kunsthalle Hamburg, an art museum, to witness Friedrich’s “Wanderer at the…

May 18 2017

I'm Back, Six Packed Months Later: 18 May '17. Everywhere. 3:56 AM.

Hello.

This is going to be a long one, and chances are if you're reading this then you've been following my social media, so you've seen most of these updates or been part of them! Still, I've been urged…

Nov 8 2016

I LOST MY PASSPORT: 8 Nov 2016. Boston, MA.

In a window of about 15 minutes on Saturday afternoon, I lost my passport (with my Chinese business visa) TWO DAYS before I was meant to leave the country.

It was somewhere between finishing rehearsal and entering the apartment with…Read more

Nov 2 2016

Espresso at 8 PM and Other Necessary Decisions: 2 Nov 2016. Kingwood, TX.

The short version:

I drank a lot of coffee, did a lot of work, wore myself down too much, did the shows (sang my ass off!), went home and slept it all off.

Zzzzz.
The long version: I announced… Read more

Oct 12 2016

Closer to Rehearsals, Further from Death: 12 October, 2016. Boston, MA.

The Important Stuff

1) Light & Shade's first single dropped on Monday. Click the photo - it'll link you to the song and preorders :)
Light & Shade: Luca Negro (Temperance), me, guest drummer Alex Landenburg (LT's Rhapsody),
Marco Pastorino… Read more

Oct 5 2016

Somewhere Between Rehearsals and Death: 5 October, 2016. Boston, MA

So here's a thing: I left Berklee in May for a plethora of reasons (mostly because I travel like crazy and Boston makes me unnervingly grey), but have continued my studies online so that I can finish my degree. This…Read more

Sep 15 2016

Dog, Bed, and Coffee: There's No Place Like Home (+ProgPower USA XVII): 15 Sept, 2016. Kingwood, TX.

ProgPower USA XVII stuff at the end! ;)

A brief catch up—I’ve been staying with friends in Boston for almost a month (Jenn and Jose, I can’t thank you enough) while teaching metal singing and doing Spires/FirstBourne/Queen Boudicca stuff.

Life…

Sep 7 2016

The Calm Before the Storm: 7 Sept, 2016. Boston, MA.

It’s been a bit of a quiet week—mostly I have spent it getting my affairs in order before ProgPower! This means lots of filming #PracticeRoomCam videos (lots of power metal: Dragonland and Dragonforce), working on school, teaching metal voice…