I just clued in where Roaddog got his username from. On that note, I'm about to be "Roaddog" myself...
I picked up a new gig. Actually I picked it up a while back but since nothing was comfirmed and settled I avoided making it too public. I'll be playing with the
Sleddogs starting in October for the promotion of their new album coming out this fall
Save Your Vinyl. I've been looking forward to this now for months and it should be a really interesting experience. I'll be glad to go back out on the road a bit.
They're 100% independant, which is quite impressive in and of itself, and it means that they take this seriously because it's not on someone elses tab. They are also great guys and superior musicians. All of those things combined leads me to assume a relatively drama-free environment to just travel and play music which is all I want to do right now.
They fly me out and fly me back from every gig, so I don't need to relocate. Mostly weekend gigs across Canada/US for the fall and winter seasons so it doesn't really affect my 9-5 at all. It will somewhat affect my current gigging schedule around SJ, but won't affect my Sunday night at Cougars gigs much at all. So all in all it's a pretty good deal for me.
Truth is for a while now I've been looking for an opportunity to be in an environment that's more challenging that forces me to actually put some effort into something. I think I may have found it.