Everyone probably knows that I listen to hard rock and alternative rock music, right? Well, I thought I’d take a minute to share with you something you may not have known about me. I have a deep, dark secret on my iPod lurking somewhere between Incubus and The Killers, waiting to be discovered. Therein lies one of the most talented musicians anywhere in the world. His name: Josh Groban.

You can laugh if you want, but the dude has serious skills! Not only is he a ridiculous vocalist, but he plays piano and writes songs, too. Never have I heard someone who sounds identical to their album in concert like he does. I just watched his PBS concert and I was blown away.

There you have it. The first of my secret iPod confessions. I have others, but they’ll have to wait for another time. Have a great week!

Mitch

PS – Maybe I’ll do a video impersonation of Josh for you sometime, but only if you’re nice!

But then again, when are we not?  I’m just really excited about the most recent song I’ve started putting together.  It sounds really cool!  Well, at least it does in my head, because I haven’t laid down any tracks for it yet.  It’s going to be called “Whisper.”  I’ll let you try to guess what its about, but I’m not going to tell if you’re right.  Yeah, I’m evil like that, but I’m hoping the song’s eventual coolness will more than make up for my evil ways.

I also wanted to give you a little insight into how the songwriting / song selecting process works.  As of right now we have 19 either fully or partially written songs, and we won’t be releasing a new album probably until next year sometime.  By the time we hit the studio we should have a major gamut of songs to choose from for the next record.  Man, that is so long from now and I’m already excited just thinking about it!  A couple of them might be familiar to old time MHB fans, but most of them will be fresh and new to everyone. 

I’m also hoping to take some pictures and introduce you to our inanimate band mates (our guitars and gear) some time.   We’re such dorks that we name our guitars and amps, so I figured a proper introduction may be in order. 

Anyway, just wanted to give everyone a quick update on what we’ve been up to latley.  Have a great week!

Mitch

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