cirrus bay: News

Without an available studio, or drummer, the next Cirrus Bay cd, although written, is now on hiatus. Some of these songs are very impatient, demanding to be heard, but need a proper studio and production, in order to express themselves properly. Meanwhile, Bill has a number of unreleased music and demos for a solo project, as well as a few new things that could get away without a proper studio, things that would never end up on a Cirrus Bay album anyway. The short list came to about 90 minutes, so Bill will have to break the bad news to some of these selections. A few include Mark Blasco on drums, and some older material includes drummer Michael Cook. Sharra, Anisha and Alex Brighenti would also make appearances. More details to follow

Our 2nd cd, A Step Into Elsewhere, is now done. Copies are being mailed to our favorite distributors, synphonic, kinesis and cdbaby. Distribution to amazon, cduniverse and iTunes will be in a few weeks. This is the cd we've always wanted to do. There is a review of it already on the press page from Kinesis, and the cds are now available there.

'A Step Into Elsewhere' is in production and should be done around June 13. Then copies will be shipped to the same fine folks that carried the first cd, but there will be a delay before getting to places like amazon and cd universe. Musically, it is a significant step forward from our debut. Feel free to listen to samples at www.myspace.com/cirrusbay

We've added a little and mixed a lot since the soundclips were added on our myspace page, but feel free to check out how things sounded a few weeks ago. Serenity in a Nutshell and Zenobia are the two tracks in their entirety for listening, just over a half hour between them! Just a bit more mixing and then its off for duplication!

the first song, roughly mixed, can be listened to in its entirety (over 13 minutes), as well as track 3 (over 9 minutes) at www.myspace.com/cirrusbay

almost all the instruments are now recorded, and the vocals are scheduled for March 29th. Mixing should take place in April. Will keep you posted! Bill

work is well under way for the new album, which is titled 'A Step Into Elsewhere'. The cover is chosen, another fine Michael Brighenti painting, and the song order and approximate times are as follows:

1. Serenity In A Nutshell (13:15)
2. Out Of The Cold (5:45)
3. The Exposure Of Truth (9:20)
4. Walking In Shadows (5:55)
5. The Secret Country (3:34)
6. Zenobia (16:20)



Most of the drums, bass, guitars and keyboards are recorded. We are hoping the cd will be complete in April and available in May.

On December 13, Bill and Mark will lay initial tracks for new album, which will be more complex, more 'progressive' than the first.

bill and mark are going to begin laying tracks for new album in the next few weeks. Details to follow...

Here are the three songs that due to space, and the fact that 2 of these were bonus tracks, were left off the lyric sheet. ...

I Can Only Wonder -

Although the sun was shining, gray was the color I was seeing-world of adventure for the taking, then called to me, outside my door - And as we walked together, all of the birds would sing so sweetly-And then the morning sun would shine much brighter, calling to me, outside my door. - I can only wonder where I'd be, here without your love to set me free. - Who really knows what love is, so many things are so subjective-until our lives become just like a river, that flows uphill, into the wind. - I can only wonder where I'd be, here without your love to set me free

----------------------------------

Don't think of it as a problem - (lyrics by Sharra Acle) I sat back for a while, watched the evening sky slide into place, over you over your little dark empty worlds, I jumped into place, and filled the missing element, the vulnerability was so apparent... I watched, I used it, I really did, I learned something vitally unimportant, and woke back up to learn it all over again .... what we think we need and what we think we want, we only think we need and want 'cause we know we dont have it ... the moment had arrived, and I was quite unready, I brushed by hair and put on my shoes, I would have killed for this so long ago, its a protection to visualize the impossible ... it's a subtle protection to keep you clearly in the possible, once the impossible becomes possible, life makes a twist and chokes you to death...
----------------------------------------
Timesteps -
We stand today, on the steps that lead away, far far away they lead into a misty haze, though you look behind there's only one way to go, cannot go back ... at dawn we awake, do we wish it was midday? Late in the day, do we miss those morning rays? Youth, like the spring it fades away, and a season never stays, nor days as you cross each step beneath the sun, reaching out toward the final one .... The artist stands, carving lines upon our faces. Time is her name, and we wish our lives away....

We have been notified by the fine folks at Progression magazine that 'The Slipping Of A Day' will be reviewed in the November issue of Progression. What they will think of it remains to be seen...

the dubious hills and the secret country are two brand new songs (named after Pamela Dean's amazing books - The Secret Country trilogy is her finest) that are available to listen to on the myspace page www.myspace.com/cirrusbay

On Tuesday, August 12, I began composing a new song which I finished today, the 14th, and can be listened to on the myspace page. www.myspace.com/cirrusbay it is called 'the secret country', after Pamela Dean's amazing trilogy

cdbaby, www.kinesiscd.com,
syn-phonic (greg walker)
iTunes
Amazon.com
cduniverse
and many others...

soundclips are available on the music page. On my computer, the hi-fi broadband only yielded 28 second clips, while the lo-fi modem clips were 2 random minutes or a little more of several songs. Some full songs can be heard at www.myspace.com/cirrusbay