KPL's Monthly Ramblings

I'm sitting in my office trying to get this in the mail before I leave town to start another crazy week on the road! We've got Spirit West Coast next week, and then the last Sunday of the month, one of our long time favorite bands, Chasing Truth, get the opportunity to open for one of the top bands in the country - Hawk Nelson. After we get home we leave again 3 days later to go on the road with Benjiman & iNNATE. Lot's to get done before we leave!

July was a busy with 13 sessions & one concert event. One of the ways we generate revenue for the organization is by doing concert production and we had the opportunity to work with country music stars, Montgomery Gentry. Not a big country music fan, but these guys put on quite a show!

We are excited to report that we will have 2 bands & comedian Gary King representing us at Spirit West Coast this year! This festival averages almost 25,000 people a day attending, so hopefully they will get some good exposure!

Next month, we are excited to have Bryan Johnson from Sierra Vista, AZ coming back to record with us. This is his 3rd trip to Chico and he is the second artist we've worked with from Arizona. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago he broke both his wrists from what they say was a freak accident. (Personally, I think there may have been a mechanical bull involved or something much more macho!)

That's it for now...As always, thanks for your continued support!

"There's no place like home..."

After June I can certainly appreciate that phrase! But first things first... WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!! Due next January. So be looking for the newsletters to be interspersed with "family updates"!

June was a month of driving, and driving, and driving. By the third week I had already driven over 4,000 miles! THEN to Mexico and back, and then 5 days later drove to south Los Angeles and back. I'll do the math later. The Jiffy Lube guys can't believe they've already seen me twice this month!

So, we finished up Haley Montgomery's tour by the 4th of June. Then we connected up with Casting Crowns for their California tour visit. The following week we left for a mission's trip to Mexico where we built a house for a single mother of two. What an AWESOME experience! (Except the part where the van broke down JUST before crossing the border home - but that's a WHOLE nuther story! Next stop - back down to LA for 3 days with Philip Bardowell, Haley and comedian Gary King as we do some shows in the area. Then it's FINALLY back home!

Fortunately July we get to stay home awhile - at least until Spirit West Coast at the end of the month and since we were closed most of June, we'll be seeing alot of recording sessions!

That's it for now...As always, thanks for your continued support! And now...I'm leaving to go to the doctor for our first "baby appointment". This is when we get to hear it's heartbeat for the 1st time! Whoo Hoo!