Rocking Chairs and Lemonade Album Sale
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Summer 2011 Blog
Hey there,
Firstly, sorry it’s been a while since i have updated the site or added a new blog, it’s been a very busy time, which i will come on to later!
Thank you for all of your comments about my performance as “Freddie Trumper” in Chess. I really enjoyed the Uk tour of the show and i’m very much looking forward to our 6 week run in Toronto in the Autumn.
Since the tour finished back in April, I have spent a lot of time out in Afghanistan and Cyprus, entertaining the British Armed Forces for CSE Forces Entertainment. As I’m writing this, i am just packing up for my final trip of the Summer out for another Cyprus run which should be a lot of fun. Then it’s back into the Studio to keep working on my second album, as of yet i have no planned release date, but if i was to guess, then I’d say it should be ready for release in the Spring of 2012…..hopefully you will find it worth the wait!!…I’m very excited about some of the tracks already, but it’s very much in the early stages and i don’t want to rush this one.
I won’t be doing any shows prior to my tour in Toronto, but i may well be playing a few tracks from the new album on radio over the next few months…will obviously keep you posted on here and via my Twitter as to when these may be! Once the album is ready, my main focus will be to play the songs live, so i’m hoping to have an intense few months of touring at the start of 2012.
You never know what’s around the corner, but i’m enjoying the split between Musicals and writing and performing my own material..I had to get to a stage that i wanted to write another album, rather than thinking i had to do one….So that’s where i am now….and that place taken a while to get to…i enjoy all parts of music and performing, but the balance at the moment is starting to swing to my own material again, so I’m very keen to get it finished….
I’m looking forward to going back to Toronto…It’s one of my favourite cities in the world and i had such a good time there a few years ago when i played “The Pianoman” in Movin Out. The audiences and people are very cool and i’m hoping they will embrace the show as much as the Uk audiences did. The cast will have a few new faces, which despite being sad that some had to leave, i am very excited about working with the new members and having the chance to change things up a bit and explore different parts to my character. Rehearsals start again in a few months so i will let you all know how it’s going!
In the meantime it’s back to the the studio!….hope to see you soon,
Cheers,
James
