Travelling with the Guitar

I've been called a groupie, a roadie, a coolie... but all I really am is wife to my guitar-playing husband who travels some. I get to tag along, to take me away from the monotony of obsessive house cleaning. Here, I log our adventures with food, airlines, hotels, food, organisers, fans, food, people, books I read. Did I say 'food' already? Well, someone's got to tell people what life's like on the road, right?

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

New album launch and Jazz Fest
You just got to laugh. I'm updating Roger's website (finally) and it still says "Merry Christmas". Shrug. What can I say? I'd kick myself but then, I'd have a pain bottom and that's just going to delay this website-updating project, isn't it?

Just so you know, our new place is all done up and we've settled down. I tell people the place is 99.5% finished because, really, homes are work in progress, aren't they?

Now that everything's in place, I got to get back to work and let people know what The Man's been up to.

1/ Jazz Fest 2008
Roger has been busy with his recording studio as usual but he's also got a Jazz Fest coming up that's taking up his time too. It'll be on June 21st this year and it'll be a part of the Kota Kinabalu Arts Festival 2008. He's in the festival's organising committee; SPArKs, the Society of Performing Arts, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. After the success of the inaugural KK Jazz Fest last year, SPArKS decided to hold an Arts Festival (starting June 6 till 29) this year, combining a couple of music concerts with a ballet recital and a street theatre. (www.kkjazzfest.com)

2/ New album launch
A couple of days before the Jazz Fest, on June 19, Roger's new album with singing duo, Regine Tai and Winnie Ho, entitled "2V1G" (2 Voices, 1 Guitar) will be launched. The Chinese album is Malaysia's first pop/audiophile creation and is the brainchild of Leslie Loh. A self-confessed audiophile and music lover, he's combined the talents of these three musicians with some serious high-end audio equipment, renowned music producer and mastering engineer to produce this simple yet enchanting aural masterpiece. (http://2v1g.blogspot.com)