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Another New Year
Posted Sunday, January 27, 2008 by Simon

It's 1.15pm here in a very rainy and overcast Sherman Oaks and I am recovering from last nights wonderful gig at the Baked Potato with Jeff Richman, Mitch Forman, Abe Laborial and Brandon Fields - wow - what a band. Such a pleasure and honour to play with these guys. Also a great turn out in spite of the miserable weather.
So - another start to the year which has been quiet so far. I have been doing some work to Phantom Recordings - updating a few things and renovating the place - but more importantly working on my new solo venture. it has been a while and I have had many people ask me whether I am going to make another solo CD. Life with Toto has been so busy these last few years that it has been impossible to concentrate on any solo material. However towards the end of last year I got inspired and finished off 3 songs that I have had for a while and managed to book some sessions in NYC with some great musicians. So - the first 3 songs are recorded and time to get writing for the next batch, the idea being to record over the period of this year and release early next year.
There will be various musicians featured on this one and some different styles of music too - not just my brand of Fusion.

As for Toto - we are getting ready to depart for Mexico this Wednesday for 7 shows and then after a short break a nice long trip down to the other side of the World - New Zealand to kick off our Far East tour. It will be great returning to OZ as well as Indonesia and Japan. That will bring us up to April and I time to put Toto to rest for a bit - we have been going solid these last few years and we are all exhausted. Time to embark on some other ventures - one being my new record and also some Drum Clinics around the World. Running the studio is also takes up quite a bit of time and energy - so it's going to be a year of change and challenge.
That's all for now. See some of you out there on gigs and clinics.
- SP