Daylight Savings. . .

I should go to bed.

It's late for an old man.

Well, late old time.

Not too late new time.

Let's go with the new time.

Although, unless I sneak into Peja's room and change her clock, she's going to wake me up on Daylight Savings time instead of regular old-fashioned time. Hmmmm. . .

Halloween was a great success, although Peja's concept of who the candy REALLY belongs to continues to sway toward the generally held belief, and away from my vision. . . Alas. . .

I'll also come right out and admit that the Princess Leia costume wasn't 100% Peja's idea. . . But she looked awesome and got lots of compliments. Thanks Sienna and Michiko for making the dress!

Got some art thrown together for the record using pics from the summer in muskoka and around Kingston. I think Peja took one of them, and Sienna took the other.

Quick shout out to Baby PJ and his very first halloween -- hope you rocked it proper, nephew!

BOO!

Jay.

Closer and Closer

One kid back to school, and one Preggers back on her feet, so it's time to carry on.

I remixed and remastered 2 tracks yesterday, and I think we're getting closer to the record being done. Normally, I have all the artwork done long before the songs are even chosen, but this time I don't have anything put together. . . Send your drawings to jayandthebarnflyz@hotmail.com? Uh. . . No? Alright. I'll think of something.

Also creeping up is this baby thing. . . Sienna is 37 weeks, so that's full-term, so it's kinda anytime now. . . Hmmm. . .

It was nice to be back at Peja's school this morning. It was picture-day, as well as a library field-trip, so it was a good day to go back. We walked in the door and one of her friends ran up yelling, "Peja's back!" and gave her a hug. No hugs for me, but I got to move the basketball net out of the way so they could shoot the class picture. It's nice to feel needed.

I have to figure out and consult with my illustrious webmaster Adam about the redesign for the new album.

I've played 3 or 4 games at the Central Basketball Parent/Teacher league, and it's been really fun. The gym is small, but we play 3 on 3, and without a transition zone (I think 3 point lines would touch at mid court) running up and down doesn't tire people out and it's a fast game all night. There are some great players, and always great passing. And I'm kinda tall there. . . Yeah!

Hope you are well.

Jay.

Three Letters

FLU

Back soon.

Love,

Jay.

super-fuzz

Burned a copy of the would-be CD.

Took it on a drive.

Want to remix the first song.

A new bass track was recorded since the last mix, and although it has none of the wrong notes from the scratch take, it also has none of the super-fuzz that made the track come alive. Might be able to fix it by running it through a filter or something. . . It's a short song called "Revenge" and it's about our old lap to getting swiped.

Traffic was too light, so I didn't get to the end, so the drive home might reveal further issues.

Packaging ideas are going around. Lots of votes for digipaks, so maybe we'll go down that road again.

My girls are sick sick sick. I am going to make a giant fruit smoothie when I get home, just in case whatever they have gets any ideas.

Hope you are well.

Mario and Mixing

Playing super mario 3 with (for) a feverish Peja bear. We beat the ice world, and I'm 9 years old, in my next door neighbor's basement, amazed at the huge world that the nintendo programmers squeezed out of 8 bit graphics and the memory on the chip of your credit card, confident that I had seen the greatest thing ever.

Mixed a few more songs. Depending on re-recordings, the album might be getting close to finished. Stay tuned.

Thanksgiving for Peja

(in no particular order)

1. Hang with her uncle Kevin

2. Visit her 2 Great Grandmas

3. Stay with Gramma Gramma and Grandaddy Paul

4. Visit her Auntie T, Cousin PJ, and Uncle D

5. Share a meal with Great Auntie Lynda

6. Chill up in a tree while I hung lights on it's high branches.

6. Be told a story by Great Uncle Robin, in which a giant and a tiny little girl made friends.

7. Walk Sam the dog.

8. Return to Kingston, catch a friend walking by the house within 15 minutes of being home, rock a play-date.

Why the Songs are All So Short

These songs have been around for a while.

I'm working on one that is way too long.

6 minute song = 6 minute for a take, 6 minutes to listen back -- only 5 takes an hour. So, let's say you want an average of 4 takes per track (which, let's not kid ourselves about our abilities, is probably low low low), and there are, say, 10 tracks, that's. . . Uh, carry the 4. . . A hell of a long time to get the song up on it's feet.

The tune is called "New Year's Eve"

In the plot of the song, I play a bartender.

It's coming along.

Hope you are well.

Post Show. . .

Pics / Video to follow soon.

The show was, without a doubt, the most successful of this band's existance.

We owe this to the great bands we shared the bill with -- Skeleton Park, and The Trash Daddies -- and to the amazing parent council at Central Public -- Sharon, Lea, Rae, et al -- and to the staff at Central -- Chris, Val, et al -- and to the amazing community that not only comes out to family concerts, but help set up / tear down, bake amazing food for the bake sale, and dance their hearts out.

Oh, and I can't forget my boss Tim Tran from the Dorian School of Music who loaned us all the sound gear at no charge! Thanks Tim!

Set List:

Society Dames

Rusty Voices

Hide & Seek

City Lights (featuring Kevin Bowers on lead guitar)

Autumn with it's Leaves and Perfect Stars

Fake Blonde Girls

It's Coming Down

Something Here that Reminds Me of You

The United Stars

Say it to Me Now (Glen Hansard cover)

I need to thank my awesome band mates -- The Kevins again went above and beyond to support this little band.

The Barn Flyz Were:

Kevin Cooke -- Bass

Kevin Holloway -- Drums

Jay was:

Jay.