• On Saturday, November 6th, I’ll be releasing a three-song sampler from the CD through NoiseTrade, a music-sharing website started by Derek Webb and some of his friends. The three songs will be available to download on a widget that I’ll have up on this website, on Facebook, etc., and you can download them for free just by providing your email address and zip code. And, if you’d like, you can leave a “tip,” anywhere from $1 to $100, to support the production of the CD. But, even better than that, you’ll be able to take the widget yourself and put it on your Facebook page, your blog, or anywhere else to promote the music to your friends!
• On Saturday, November 20th, the CD will be available on this website through a presale. You’ll be able to buy any of the three packages–digital download only, digital download plus physical CD, or “deluxe package” with digital extras like exclusive videos and chord charts–from the website for a discounted price and get an immediate digital download. The physical CDs will ship on December 4th, but you’ll get the downloads right away.
• And, on Saturday, December 4th, the full release will happen–physical CDs will ship from the presales and any new orders, and most important of all, we’ll have the CD release party in Costa Mesa, which will be a rockin’ good time where you can hear songs from the CD performed live and buy the physical CDs at a discount.

So, in the meantime, what can you do? Obviously you can put these three dates on your calendar, so you’ll be sure not to miss any chances to hear the music as it comes out. But you can also spread the word–tell your friends, get the NoiseTrade widget on November 6th, and let everybody know that a great new CD is coming soon. In this brave new world of direct-to-fan marketing, word of mouth is the most invaluable tool there is. So tell your family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, strangers and mortal enemies–and I’ll see you on December 4th!

I’ve also scheduled another Paradise Perks show the last Saturday in August; details can be found on the Live page.

And finally, progress on the CD is coming along, slowly but surely. Watch this site, Facebook, Twitter and your email for announcements coming soon!

And, after reading this blog post by Kyle Gann and some other thoughts on the subject, I’ve decided to post my concert music scores as free full-score PDFs on the Music page. So now most of my concert sheet music is available for free for anyone who might want to download it or perform it!

And stay tuned for some announcements regarding my upcoming album Songs From My Shelf–coming soon!

The first show, which was just confirmed last night, will be on Thursday February 18th and is a benefit concert for Wine to Water (http://www.winetowater.org), a non-profit aid organization focused on providing clean water to needy people around the world. It’s a great cause and I’m stoked to be able to play for this concert. I’ll be opening for Soul Puppet and my friends Goodbye Luna. Tickets are only $10; for the first 100 people that buy tickets, 50% of sales will go directly to the Wine to Water organization, and after 100 people, Wine to Water will get 75% of the sales. So the more people who come, the more money we can raise and the more people we can help! Please tell your friends and spread the word. If you’re on Facebook, you can see the official Facebook event page here.

Full details of both shows can be found on the Live page. I hope to see you soon!

I’ve also added a new live show–I’ll be playing guitar with Box of Chocolates again on Saturday, February 27th. We’ll be doing two sets of rocking cover songs and you won’t want to miss it. Head over to the Live page for the details!