Some exciting stuff has happened in the past few months for us. We finally, after four or five years as a band, are working on putting together a solid, full band for live performances. Last year our good friend Ray moved back into town. Ray is a really good friend of ours and just happens to be an great bass player. He immediately took on the role of playing bass for our live show and will most likely be writing and recording bass tracks for any recordings we do in the near future. The addition of Ray to the band really boosted our enthusiasm to play more and more live shows. Around October we recruited a new friend of ours, Anthony, to play the drums for us. So far we have had some pretty laid back jam sessions with him and everything is sounding great. It's been really fun to work on all of the songs with an experienced drummer. He's really brought a lot of great ideas to the table when playing the older D&S songs. We are currently booking a bunch of shows in the winter and spring of 2010, all of which will be in California, but it's a start. Be on the look out for those dates soon!
As far as new material goes we have been taking a really relaxed approach to writing new songs but we have a bunch that are coming together and sounding really great. I personally have been battling health issues since summer time and haven't been able to put as much time into it as I have wanted. I really haven't had a strong singing voice since september which makes writing music a bit hard but Easton has picked up the slack and written a ton of great songs. I cant say for sure what will be next for us as far as recording goes but I wouldn't be surprised if we have some sort of new material for you in 2010.
We have been doing our best to keep posting interesting stuff on this website for you guys to read and we appreciate all of the comments! Keep them coming! We should have some more info for you all regarding new shows and new music very soon so stay tuned!
Thanks for reading and listening - Nick
