It's been a few weeks since the 'rewards' part of the crowdfund for 'This Is The Fire' finished, but the campaign remains open for any further donations — and I'd like to thank you all for your generosity. It's been a fantastic feeling to reach our target, and for the dream to start turning to reality.
This week, Gerry Diver, my co-producer, finishes his autumn tour and has already started creating new backing tracks. I received the first one a couple of days ago, and it was a surprise early birthday present to hear 'May You Always' transformed into something else entirely.
We'll be working away, track by track, over the late autumn and winter days to craft the album, and I intend to post some regular updates here and on social media too. We hope to organise some singing sessions for a small group, as many of the tracks lend themselves to community choir treatment — I'll keep you in the loop as we get further down the line.
At the end of August we had a wonderful community singing weekend at Trealy Farm near Monmouth, where I live when I'm back in the UK, and we've just confirmed another one for next year — put September 4th–6th in your diary. Details to follow.
I'm also DJing in my hometown, Leamington Spa, on Saturday 13th December, where I'll also be screening my winter solstice audio-visual mix, 'Deep and Crisp and Even', at Temperance Bar. Then we have our Campfire Winter Gathering booked in, also at Trealy Farm, for February 20th–22nd.
Hope to see you at one of these events, or elsewhere, soon. Enjoy the beautiful autumn colours! Here in Paros we've missed them, but have had some dramatic clear night skies and shooting stars.
Keep it lit!
Pete x
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