Ive been on a turbo Black Sabbath kick lately. Everyday for the last month or so Ive woken up, made coffee, and started listening to Exile on Mainstreet or a Sabbath album. I think Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my favourite, but I’ve been listening to the Dio albums the last couple days and, although the you wouldnt be able to tell from the cover (below), Dehumanizer pretty decent and is growing on me like lightning bolts coming from a skeleton hand that rips through my white tee shirt and skull.





I’ve gone ahead and done a complete overhaul on the website, I hope you find it both effective and entertaining. Shirt pics are coming soon!

With the spring and summer dates being booked, I’ve added a new section to the website so you know when we’re coming to your town. Ill be adding dates as they’re confirmed and details as they’re created.

It's been a month since my last update, time flies! I've been very busy working on a bunch of new songs and with school. If anyone who really really wanted a copy of the free "November Basement Demos" Cd I was giving out through the Facebook group and didn't get one, I found a few more copies in my travel bag. Email me and a copy is yours. Some of the songs found on the Cd are on the music page and should be up for a month or so.

The tough part of this next album is just keeping focused with a genre. As far as new songs go, they're stylistically all over the board. I've got a good idea of where I want to end up, but I'm also not going to stop myself from working on song that isn't going to fit into that idea so I'm just going with the flow. The coming months will tell which direction it goes.

If you haven't joined already, check out The New Weather Machine Facebook group. I just gave away some free demo Cd's through the group, and will have more exclusive stuff in the future.

I'm trying to add and update a few things on the website including the addition of comments to posts, and updated bio/faq, and a few other things. If you find something that isn't working properly please let me know so I can fix it.

Currently listening to:

Get Yer Ya Ya's Out Remaster - Stones (1969)
Is There Anybody Out There - Pink Floyd (1980-1981)
The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
Rory Gallagher (1971)

I have added a new section to the web site to help answer some questions that I get frequently and/or to give you something to read because youre probably trying to kill some time at work or school or something. I will update it as necessary in an effort to keep it relevant so check back with it often.

I will performing a brief 30 minute solo acoustic set this Saturday at the Slice Bar and Grill in support of Treeline. For those of you who want to pick up an early copy of the album so you can familiarize yourself with the songs before the big cd release party on February 6th, that would be a great opportunity to do so. Also, I updated the music page and there are a few new tunes to check out.

Keep warm, there are at least a few more cold days in this stretch.

So i have added a music player to the site. you’ll need flash to use but in some peoples opinion its worth the trade off. It will open a new window so you can use the site and listen to music at the same time.

My finger is re-covering from a knife based injury, but there will be lots of new music soon.

So Christmas is finally over. All kinds of things have been exchanged, the economy has been stirred, another Bee Gees Greatest Hits album was released.... I hope everyones Christmas was a safe and enjoyable time. If you didnt get what you wanted for Christmas, just remember David Bowie is playing at coachella in 2008, and thats a better present than anyone could possibly buy you.



My new website, though hideous, is now stable. I have the technology. The album, what of the album? I wont bother going into boring details, but i have a couple songs to do vocals on, a few songs to mix, and one little piece to do from the beginning, and the theoretically i should be finished. I know it may be tough to believe but i do actually have a bunch of tracks finished and mixed and everything. no, really

I did a show a couple weeks ago with a pseudo band called Dennis. I had a great time and perhaps in the coming months we will do another gig. If we decide to do a bowie theme maybe ill put some video up for those out of area or unable to attend.

Ive been doing a bit of writing lately, and although ive been going out of my way not write to until im finished with this current batch of songs, it exciting to hear new things and different sounds.

Well its late and i should probably go to sleep at some point - so im off put on my inside copy of Diamond Dogs.

Jon

The website has been repaired. its even uglier than it was before, but hopefully i can remedy that after i figure out how to use this program a little better. Remember David Bowie this Christmas time!

So Ive decided to make a new website. Im using a new program that will hopefully make the site a little more useful and easier for me to update. In a week or so i will post a real update and will start updating regularly after that.

Jon


update: apparently i broke the website, i will try and fix it

Well here we begin. Officially my new project The New Weather Machine is a go. I’ll bring anyone who cares up to speed.

-Im working on a mildly ambitious concept album
-In the last 3 months or so Ive written roughly 30 songs for the project and have demo’d about a third of them
-The album will be 40-45 minutes long
-I will be doing as much as I feel comfortable with for the project including all the writing, mixing, and producing
-Touring and live performances of the album will happen at some point, right now its impossible to tell when - but sometime after the release of the record
-The album will be released sometime before the fall(sooner rather than later)

I guess that about sums up the current state of the project and the “band”. I thank you for checking out the site and the music, and hope you’ll stay tuned.

Cheers,

Jon