Train update

Friday, April 10th


Hey everybody! It's been quite awhile since I've written, and for those of you who have followed my blogging through the years, I'm sure you've already noticed that I am now capitalizing letters that are supposed to be capitalized. Yep. Get used to it. And it only took me fifteen years to learn that the "shift" button wasn't for my ass! Anyhow, I thought I'd check in and give you an update on what's going on in Trainland...and there is plenty going on.

First of all, there is a new manager in town, so some things are gonna change around here (insert vision of Clint Eastwood blowing on his smoking barrel. Ok, stop - I know what you're thinking, and just stop it right now. Clint is the MAN!) It's a company called Crush - based in New York - who also manage Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, and some other cooler-than-us bands (NOOOO...Jimmaayyy! They are NOT cooler! We LOVE Train!) And no, i can't get you Fall Out Boy tickets. I have to save those favors for my eight-year-old-going-on-fifteen-year-old daughter.

SO...one of the first things our new managers will be working on is giving our poor, neglected website a major facelift. They will also be overhauling our myspace and facebook pages, so start checking those sites more regularly, as new stuff will be popping up soon (including tour dates!). I will also start blogging much more now that things are picking up and getting exciting once again. The other thing they've been working very hard on (oh no he didn't!) is getting our new CD together and ready to record. The songs have all been written, and the demos sound really, really great - dare I say "amazing?" Yes, I dare. I know we say this about every record, but this CD is going to be pretty frickin' awesome! We might be getting a little bit older (so are you, by the way), but we're getting much more handsome, the music is better than ever, and we really couldn't be any more excited about things. We're BACK!! Actually, it kinda feels like old times (the good old times - not the old times that sucked). Anyway, we begin recording this amazing new CD next week in London with producer Martin Terefe (Jason Mraz, James Morrison, KT Tunstall). Check out martinterefe.com to listen to some of his work and to read about the studio we'll be living in for most of the next month. Once we've rocked as much as we can possibly rock in London, we'll be heading to San Francisco to finish the record, which should be mixed and ready for release in September. Of course there will be a big fat world tour to follow (most of which will probably take place next year, but there might be some dates later this year, too), so keep checking our soon-to-be newly refurbished website, myspace, and facebook pages for the info. I do know that we have a few summer shows booked already, including June 5th in Memphis, June 6th in Chattanooga, and September 6th in Naperville, Illinois.

That's it for now. There's actually much, much more, but I don't want to overload you with too much information on my first day back in the office. Besides, I'll need something to talk about the next time I decide to write. Until then...

Peace, love, and understanding.
Jimmy