A very interesting and exhausting year in AcousticRossLand continues.

The new album is DONE and the manufacturing process should be starting in a matter of a couple days now. I couldn't be happier about this thing, and I can't wait for you to hear it. Fortunately, you'll have several chances to do so in the coming months. The official release date is set - July 17th - and I'll be doing a lunchtime show downtown (Bartlett Square) and a release party that night (Under the Mooch) to celebrate. Should be a great time and I hope you can make it. If not, there are several shows lining up in the wings after that, so check the ol' shows page for details. A full media blitz will be forthcoming to bring on the hype.

If you're looking for more info about the new record right now, I've been posting semi-regular blogs over on MySpace. I'll be posting some pages here as well in the coming weeks, with lots more behind-the-scenes info, and refreshing the sounds page with some new goodies very very soon, so stick around for all the festivities. I've been building towards this album for over 3 years now and I know it's going to be worth the wait.

Trust me.

posted 6.26.08

Thanks for a great couple of shows!! Mayfest was a BLAST once again this year, and 5 days later was another classic Math-Lab-at-Sound-Pony rocker. I posted some Mayfest pics over in the pictures region.

New album is rolling along very nicely thank you for asking. Might be more like early July than late June, but I'm working on it pretty much every chance I can get, to the detriment of my sleep schedule and everything. Keep an ear on iRok Radio for exclusive sneak peeks at this one, or check some out over on MySpace.

Um, and I know it's crazy and never happens, but the shows page is suddenly starting to fill up. I'm as surprised as you are.

posted 5.21.08/5.22.08

The new mailing list is active, the site has a new color scheme, and there are 3 songs completed for the new album. It's been a busy weekend.

Don't forget about Mayfest this Thursday - love to see you there if you can make it. They classified me as 'other' instead of 'folk,' and they were right to do it. I'm also psyched to announce I'll be playing D-Fest this year too - more info on that when I have some.

I'm about to go into the studio for the day, once I take care of a few Mother's Day type things, here's hoping today's as productive as yesterday was. As always, you can track the progress of the new album (scheduled release: late June) over on the MySpace page, I'm actually using their blogger thingy.

Yeah, I know.

posted 5.11.08

I've got a couple fresh recordings posted over on the MySpace page - an Ass Ponys cover, and an original tune from the dreaded forthcoming Acoustic Ross album.

I've also started posting some little blog updates there, because it's easy, so if you want to follow the progress as the album comes together, that'd be the place to do that. If you want to look at old stuff, though, feel free to hang around this dusty old place...

posted 5.5.08

Ballroom Blitz 2008 was big fun. I posted some pictures to prove it, along with some from last year's Freaker's Ball show.

I'm playing Mayfest again this year, and really looking forward to it again. Last year was a blast, even if I was 30 pounds heavier then.

The new mailing list thing is ready to go now too, look down below for the link. It looks way more complicated than it actually is, and the complicated part is there to keep you from getting spammed.

The new album is coming. It really is. Memory cards ordered from a different company are heading my way as I type. At least, they freaking better be.

Lastly, I can't stop listening to Triumph in anticipation of their big reunion show at Rocklahoma. It's 1987 and I'm still in high school blasting this stuff on a Sparkomatic radio in a 1968 Chevy Bel Air.

Good times.

posted 4.28.08

OK, new plan. The new record must, absolutely must, feature a cat playing a theremin:

(Watch the whole thing, the last 3 seconds are the priceless...)

posted 4.14.08

Gig update here. It's a good one.

Whatever the opposite of a shout-out is, I would like to give one to the idiots I ordered CompactFlash memory cards from last month. First they shipped the wrong kind of cards - I'd specifically ordered a certain brand and speed because they work in my awesome little recording device - and they sent me a completely different brand, one which I already knew wasn't compatible WHICH IS WHY I ORDERED THE TRANSCEND AND NOT THE STUPID SANDISK IN THE FIRST PLACE. So I called for an exchange, they told me how to take care of that, I sent the SanDisks back and expected a somewhat speedy turnaround, sort of hoping to have them by last Friday. Starting Friday I called to see what happened, and they said they'd sent them Wednesday but didn't have any kind of tracking information. I called a few more times as this week came and went (an interesting week, to be sure, but that's a different story) and they repeated that same information - then last night I got an automated email with tracking info reflecting that they JUST SENT THEM YESTERDAY, so now I'm sure it's going to be like another two weeks before I see the damn things and can finally start the bulk of the recording process. Note to self and anyone who cares, avoid memorysuppliers.com in the future.

On a completely unrelated note, I think the new mailing list thingy is almost ready now...

On an even less related note, Oklahoma is starting to work on choosing an official state rock song, and the nominations are open to anyone right now. Good explanation here, nomination form and list of nominees so far here.

posted 4.12.08

Remember me?

It's OK, I kinda don't either.

Apparently, I used to be a guy named Acoustic Ross, who used to play shows and write songs that were moderately funny, and publish a zine that was also funny in a moderate sort of way.

About 15 months ago that guy took a new job, bought a new house, and pretty much all those other things, along with his cashflow, evaporated.

But now it's April 2008, and slowly all those things are returning to existence. If you've been around these parts a while, you know that the EP released in 2004 was intended to be a quick stopgap for the 'new' record that was supposed to come out the following year. A certain music-related project at a certain old day job of mine had a few things to say about that and that EP still stands, four years later, as my last recorded & released work.

Until now. Well, until... soon, I guess.

Just this week, I started work on the long-awaited (by some I guess; long-threatened at least) NEW ACOUSTIC ROSS ALBUM.

It has a tracklist, a name, and cover art. None of which I'm showing you just yet. But I'll tell you this: this is already the best-sounding Acoustic Ross record, and it's already my favorite too.

There is still much to do, and I'll try to drop in here a lot more often to get some updates out there, a little peek at the inner workings as the thing shapes up. I've got a few gigs starting to come together for 2008 (I had one in January that this site completely ignored). I've also been forced to abandon my old mailing-list program, and I'm still getting the new one sorted out, so I'll be around here more often working on all of that as often as possible.

This hopes to be a busy year in AcousticRossLand, and I hopes that it lives up to that hope. See you soon.

posted 4.5.08