Farewell to iTunes

    I wanted to share a quick update as summer rolls into fall. I will be discontinuing the sale of the Traveler’s Dawn self-titled record through iTunes as of the beginning of October. If having the album up on iTunes were generating new sales to people who were finding the record in the iTunes Music Store and would not have otherwise been exposed to it, this decision would be different. However, that’s not the case. I can track sales of the album back to people I’ve met face to face purchasing it after our meetings: friends who have had conversations with me about the music, people who have heard me play acoustic and then sought out the record, etc. That being the case, and sales being a modest and manageable number on a monthly basis, it will make more sense moving forward to simply make the Traveler’s Dawn catalog available through this website in the future – both the old stuff and the new – at least for now. Payments will likely utilize PayPal and delivery will be digital, unless the customer specifically needs or wants a CD copy. More updates to come.

Recording Update

    Speaking of the new record, it is suffering from the same delays that have plagued projects since the first record I ever made: I think I like it, and therefore I’ve suddenly gotten more careful about its production and wanting to do it right. In think about how to finish it, and the unfortunate reality is that until today I hadn’t so much as touched it for several weeks. This, of course, is exactly the sort of delay I was hoping to avoid in my original approach to this record, but it seems I’m battling it anyway. I’ve had discussions with a couple of different mix engineers, and I’ve rough mixed many of the tracks myself trying to decide which direction to take it. I’ve also written two more songs since my last update, and those may well be included in the final track list when all is said and done. I’m still not talking about even a hypothetical release date since I’m disinclined to make any promises on this one that I can’t later keep. This record will happen though, and I’m grateful for the patience of the people who care and anxious to spring something new upon the rest of the unsuspecting world.

Until next time,

Dave