The next few months might just be my favorite creative season in awhile.  Everyone's favorite chanteuse, Jessica Fichot, has me playing clarinet, saxophone, and alto flute on quite a few shows coming up, including performances in Phoenix, Flagstaff, Pasadena (including some at Pop Champagne, a must for anyone into great atmosphere and drink), and a performance at the Chicago World Music Festival in September.  I've also started playing more again with Tova and Sami Tormanen, a songwriting team showcasing their catchy songs at various venues in L.A.  Check out an awesomely cheesy homemade music video of Tova doing one of their songs here.  Other inspiring creative situations include playing with Vienne in a few weeks and starting a role as Artistic Curator at Mosaic at the Mayan, the church I'm part of that meets at the Mayan nightclub in downtown L.A. on Sunday nights.

As for writing projects--I'm working with two great directors on film projects in July.  First is with Jeremy Rush, working on his short No Road to Follow with my composing partner Greg Maloney.  It's going to be some post-apocalyptic magic.  Click here for a trailer.  Also, I'm really excited to work with my good friend, the immensely talented Peter Dawson, on some promo films for Rogue Territory, a denim clothing designer in Los Angeles.  That's going to be rad.

And as if I'm not going to have enough fun with those projects, I'll probably manage to squeeze in some of my favorite summertime activities: catching a few Cinespia movies at the Hollywood Cemetery, going to a show or two at the Hollywood Bowl, consuming all the yogurt I can at Yogurtland, hiking some of the great trails of southern California, maybe seeing a Cirque show in Vegas before my EH tour dates there in August, and hanging out at my new favorite bar in L.A., all the while rocking the TAG Heuer watch I got from the Chinatown market here in Kuala Lumpur.  I've already convinced myself it's not a fake, so just keep letting me live in that dream world.  Hopefully it'll keep perfect time as long as the "Rolex" I got here in 2006, which is still running!