Quite Some Time Later...

So much for posting again soon! LOL! I find it's very difficult to keep up a blog with all the other projects and obligations I have! But I am going to try and post at least a couple times a year with general updates! Although I do provide short updates on my website (see "News"), I'd like to elaborate more here. I also want to post some of my thoughts on music in general, and how music and sound shapes our environment and ourselves! But for now, here's some updates regarding my musical projects:

Again, my current CD, "Where Dreams Begin," which was released in December of 2007, is available at Amazon and CDBaby.com, and downloads are now available from all the popular download sites! Please visit: www.wheredreamsbegin.net for all the details and song samples!

I am also working on a holiday CD, which will be available in November of 2009. This is a project I have always wanted to do! It features my own unique versions of traditional Christmas songs, as well as a couple of originals! Some of these songs will be quite different from what you're used to hearing! I've been working on this project for over a year already, and have been having a lot of fun with it!

I have also been working on "production library" music, suitable for film and television placement, as well as other multimedia projects and live theatre. I already have a few pieces from "Dreams" available for licensing through www.productiontrax.com and will be adding more material in 2009. If you're interested, just go to that site and search "Brockton James."

Also, on a related note, earlier in the year, I signed a production library deal for a version of "The Star Spangled Banner" I recorded a couple of years ago. It's an instrumental featuring an alto sax lead with an orchestra accompaniment. It's a darker, more poignant version that what is normally heard. If you're interested in hearing it for possible licensing consideration, please email me and I'll send a sample and provide the necessary details.

Earlier this summer I finally got my MySpace music page all set up! It had been sitting dormant for a while, but since MySpace is a great promotional tool for musicians I decided I better knuckle down and get it done! LOL! My personal page has been active for quite some time, although I did perform some recent updates. If you have a page, be sure to add me as a friend! (I am currently setting up a page on Facebook as well...)

In other projects, the Melodrama (which I described previously in the post titled, "Perils in Pair O' Dice Aplenty") continues to be staged each April, and seems to get bigger and better each year! I continue to write/arrange some of the music, and do the sound-design. The show is always a success and is a great fundraiser for our local Gold Nugget museums and the Paradise Performing Arts Center.

As far as non-musical projects go, I continue to work in website design, and am still involved with rental real estate. Although the RE market is very depressed, I am optimistic that within the next 5 years or so, things will bounce back! Same goes for the stock market... With current economic conditions, just remember to think positive--I know it's not easy, but every negative thought that you can replace with a positive, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction!

Well, in a nutshell, that covers all the major highlights of the last year and a half or so... I wish you well, and will post again as soon as I can!

Peace and Harmony--B

PS: Please remember to support the arts in your community!