Been in the studio since 4am, guess what album I’m working on?

I shall be sticking to this new schedule ‘till the album’s done, at least, and then we’ll see. Heck, maybe I’ll like it. I liked it today, I gotta say. There’s something magical about going to the studio in the dark, getting an amazing new song mixed while most people are still sleeping, then stepping back outside to find the sun rising. Oh! What a glorious thing!

I worked till 10:30, then cracked open a White Monster - another experiment - and walked down to the gym in the blazing Mexican sunshine. Jamie was leading a Crossfit class, and happy to see me as ever, and I was happy to find the entire squat/bench area unoccupied, and got some work in on my lifting. I don’t know if it was the early start, or the new song, or the White Monster, but despite having been away from the gym for ten days due to a cold that I had no desire to disseminate, I was able to lift slightly heavier and longer than last time I was here. This cheered me greatly, and I returned to the studio and finished that song, which I can confirm is an absolute classic masterpiece that will bring you to your knees weeping tears of joy.

Speaking of which, BUKOWSKI BEATS is out!

These are the instrumentals for the HANK  album, with Charles Bukowski, that just came out, and I know many of you have been eager to get your ears on them, because you’ve been sending me messages expressing just that, so here ya go, ya beautiful thing you, enjoy this fine Meaningwave release…. 

…and then hold tight for a BRAND NEW SINGLE next week, with your friendly neighborhood Don on lead vocals… before we move into NEXT ALBUM TERRITORY the week after that, with the first single from that album I’m making right now, a single which I recorded yesterday, and is a thing of glory and wonder that you will treasure like a newborn puppy.

I must return to my labors now, but before I go I’d like to take the opportunity to say happy birthday to the great James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. 

The wife and I are rewatching The Sopranos right now. We’re currently halfway through season one and dude has made me cry like five times already. What an astonishing talent. Just thinking of him looking at those ducks fills my heart to bursting. Godspeed, you beautiful man.

Enjoy the new music, hold tight for the next music, and keep an eye out for live stream notifications, just in case I decide to do one because you never know….

LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!

AKIRA THE DON
DSPDC, Mexico, September ‘24