As of Thursday night, I have ordered my initial stock of World’s Okayest… that I hope I can sell to my adoring fans (I do have some), or at least to the mildly curious and/or those who feel sorry for me. I went somewhat conservative in terms of numbers; if I can sell what I’ve got, it’s easy to order more. Also, it’s going to go up on bandcamp dot com for digital download sales and I’m doing basic research on digital distribution for streaming services, but I’m honestly not sure if I’m ready for that yet.

But yeah, I think I’ve kind of proven that you can do this on the cheap and not sound entirely like shit. I’m still learning, but I’m not afraid of learning. If I do another one, I’ll apply those lessons and learn some more. In the meantime, I’ll keep nailing the instrumental stuff for Jonah’s record (he’s done some great things, and my tone is killer!), and once I have some product in hand, I’ll play huckster and try to pitch this thing.

This weekend *should* be relatively quiet; we’re hitting a Halloween party with friends on Saturday, but nothing else is really on the agenda. Next week is the US Open Irish competition, where, according to the schedule, I’ll be running sound for like 12 hours…a dance dad’s duty is never done.

Anyway, tunes that aren’t mine. Decent little package full of mostly stuff I don’t know from the “weekly discovery” playlist on Spotify; I did have to do a double-take at that first one, because I was sure it was David Bowie:

1. “The Very Modern Dance” – Destroyer
2. “Rain of Crystal Spires” –
3. “Uncover the Gold” – David Wax Museum
4. “Wolfman Jack” – Todd Rundgren
5. “July 4, 2004” – Jason Anderson
6. “Danny’s Song” – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
7. “Things I Learned” – Motel Mirrors, Amy LaVere, John Paul Keith, Will Sexton
8. “Heart Slows Down” – Aaron Lee Tasjan
9. “Eurotrash Girl” – Cracker
10. “Misbehavin’ (1989) – Aimee-Leigh, Baby Billy
11. “Telepathic Mail” – The Wild Reeds
12. “Back It Up” – Nils Lofgren
13. “Letting Go” – Erika Wennerstrom