The Weekend!

This is going to be a great weekend!

Nik and Tina are coming to town. We love these two!



We don't get to hang out we these guys as much these days. Separate cities, separate schedules, etc. It's always good though. Nik is my sports soulmate. Or just straight-up soulmate?... Seriously, one of the legitimate 'great guys'.

Anyway, what do you do when two great friends are coming to town on a Saturday night? You make a killer dinner together. It's a team effort, from the groceries on up, and the whole evening is about hanging out, making good food, drinking good wine, and catching up. Then you hit the town cause other friends of yours are in a great band, and they're going on at a pub in the west end around 10.

Can't wait!

Peace,
JB

I'M HERE!!

Ok... so I haven't been blogging. As several of you have reminded me!

Here's the deal. I'm not a big fan of talking about how busy you are, because it starts to sound like you're wearing it as a badge of honor after a while. But the honest truth is... I'm very busy these days.

Life seems to be right on the edge of my grasp right now, in a way that is truly exciting. CTV has really jumped into another gear, to the extent that I seem to be bouncing around all over the place. In the past few weeks I've been splitting time between Much Music, the main network, dayside, night shifts to handle live work for "So You Think You Can Dance Canada", recording dates for new TSN music at music studios downtown, etc.

Bartel Audio has jumped as well. In the past week, I've wrapped a live jazz combo record/mix project, started work on episode 1 of Mantracker, had a few "pitch" meetings regarding future projects, one of which seems certain, the other likely, and signed on to mix another project in the next few weeks.

All to say that.... man, life is good. And I'm still here, and kicking, but, honestly... I just don't have many moments in the day where I find myself thinking philosophy and inspiration right now. I'm in a "Do it!" phase... and I'm really loving it. Given my scenario, it really is a "strike while the iron's hot" type of thing, so I'm riding it while I've got it.

It's a season of finding out what I'm made of, and how far I can push myself in terms of potential. Can't ask for much more than that.

Thanks for kicking my butt. Talk soon!
JB