Home post-tour, sans the usual PTDS

Recording at Soundpool Studio, Germany

Greetings from Portugal!

All great intentions aside, I was not able to make any blog entries over the 7500 kms of the 'A Reckoning...' tour, which also included a few days of R&R (no, not that r&r, that one over there) as well as three days of recording - The Leyton Rifles managed to knock off the last 5 tracks for the upcoming Elite Nylon album, which I will now spend the Summer mixing in my new home... expect further blog entries detailing the creative process of finishing the album. I've never been much good at digital mixing (no patience) but given the new realities of digital vs. analog home studios, I do have to get used to it.

So, for now, consider this brief missive as a sign that I have not entirely forgotten my blog. O, and the title? Well, for the first time in my life, I am not suffering from Post-Tour Depression Disorder, which is very common amongst touring musicians. Perhaps the cure can be prescribed to others as follows:

1) Play a good tour, have as much fun as you can, rah rah rah.
2) Plan to return not to your former home but a new one.
3) Ensure your new home is bigger than the former.
4) Sunlight. Be sure there is sunlight where you go.
5) Keep those shades on.

If all else fails, hit the road again and plan another tour. But this time, for me, that won't be necessary. Am quite happy with the new home. The sun is shining, the sea is close, the food is great and tremocos rule!

N.