Tour Dates

Well I'm finally home again after a couple weeks of traveling, and life seems to come to a hault when you're not on the road.

I've missed Chicago and can't wait to get back. I have place to crash/live now until September or until I find my own place first, which is fine with me right now. I haven't even seen the place yet, but I don't really care to be honest.

I have two gigs this week, one is on Tuesday with my side-project experimental/electronic band Furniture playing at a loft party which I think will be pretty cool. The other gig is Friday night headlining the Elbo Room with Ben Joyce, which if it's anything like the last time we played the Elbo Room will be a very very awesome show.

I'm finally going to start doing some serious traveling, which makes me happy, and I actually have a schedule now of where I'm going to be:

Milwaukee - The first two weeks in August selling fried veggies

Syracuse/Buffalo/NYC - The last week in August until Labor Day. Selling veggies and doing a drum clinic.

Nashville - The Third weekend in September playing a huge showcase for record executives with my band. Very excited!!! Can't wait to play Nashville

Hartford/Springfield MA - First weekend in October.

Mexico - Spring break next March

Brussels - Next June doing a public policy seminar at UN headquarters

Birmingham UK - I'm going to England whenever I have the time between now and next summer.

Saved The Day

Thursday night I was homeless for a few hours, it was quite an interesting experience.

I don't have too many friends left, maybe it's time to make new friends?

Everytime I get down, or something that appears to be bad happens to me music is there to pick me up.

I am so lucky to have music in my life, and I'm even more lucky to be a musician. People can rip on me and say whatever they want about me as a person, but no one can ever take away my musical ability and the ability of happiness I can give through music. It is really quite the blessing to be an artist, I wish more people expressed their creativity through the arts.

I don't know what I ever did to receive the criticism I've gotten, but not only don't I think I deserve it I just don't give a shit that it exists.

I feel that the future is mine to be had and no one can stop me, though I'm sure many will try.

The World has a way of working itself out.

Music: Saves The Day - "Anywhere With You"

One Of A Kind: My Tribute to BB

Today is a sad day in the world of William Covert. My favorite drummer, and quite honestly my favorite musician has retired from performing live music. Bill Bruford whose professional music career started in 1968 is hanging up playing live. Growing up and listening to all the bands Bill played with whether it be Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, UK, Earthworks, Chris Botti, I always thought one day I would get the chance to see him perform live and that dream will now never be fulfilled. Bill Bruford is the most important influence on me as a musician and an artist. I did my senior thesis in college on the drumming style of Bill Bruford and how he's changed drumming not only in rock and pop music, but also in jazz and electronic music, but I could go on all day about that.

My tribute to Bill is just some of my favorite live photos of him playing and a video of one of my favorite live drum solos of his, which is unique in that fact that it's entirely on electronic drums and Bill was one of the first musicians ever to use sampling and sequencing technology and though the video is from the 80's I find it's still ahead of its time in terms of the use of electronic drums as a melodic instrument.