Tuesday May 11th...4:3 0am Raleigh, North Carolina time...

It's an early morning in North Carolina...as I'm doing my music emails...emailing Harry about new Charts...and putting together some details about Paul Litteral's solo Album...about his song list...and I realize how much I really love music. No matter what time of day or early morning...I always seem to have the energy and interest to do the work. Music is so much it's own reward.

Bill Bodine, who is co producing two projects with me right now, and I were saying last night, how amazing the Outrageous8 are.

The Band survived a yearlong pandemic...now and again a little disagreement...a few misunderstandings here and there...and yet? We are still going strong...It's just a moment of reflection...to acknowledge how lucky I personally, really feel, to have gathered such an incredible group of musicians...and that we have managed to stick together...and have soo much fun and enjoy each other's company and music.

Had a zoom with Ron and Brent...the members of Take 2 on Sunday...The tunes have been sent in for Mastering...and all three of us are REALLY excited about that. The three of us are discussing what the future of that project might look like...which is always interesting when one is doing Jazz. We all agree it's a passion project ...that just started as them messing around...but honestly..who knows! We made a record...and now the Promo part of it...goes off to Kathryn...and we are on our way!

Harry and Paul and Bill Bodine and I are going forward on the recording of the next OUTRAGEOUS8 RECORD...I think the title may be 'THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL"...seems apropo...after the last year. I'm working with my Graphic designer, Nate, on images that evoke the feeling of that. A very tense and scary year...where we lost so many...the grieving of that...the hope of the future. Looks like we'll record the next record at the end of June...it's very exciting stuff.

Amazing new charts by Harry Smallenburg who we are working with on his own original music, and Rocky Davis...to be recorded on this next one.

The band and I are revving up!

I hope everyone is starting to feel this renewal and hope. I know there have been so many losses in this past year...so much pain. May we all start to heal together.

xoxoxo
Angela