hey all yous........

as you can see - things were petty dark and depressed around here for the last month or so. i had to finally admit to myself that i made the same mistake twice. once, okay - cause you always learn something. but two times - SUCKS! two times I formed a partnership with warner brothers and two times became overwhelmed by the lethargy there. the ins and outs of this boring story are not as simple as i'm making it seem. there were different people involved over there and i was a different person, the music i was making was different etc. in fact, not much was the same about the two situations except that both serve to dispel the myth of corporate music making machines.

but, that is now the past. today is a magic day.

the big news is, i'm out of there...! we reached a mutually happy deal and i signed the papers last week. i feel like a huge cloud has lifted. many good things have happened almost since the moment the deal was done. first off, i now own "i confess" and "tenderhooks". when i signed back to warners, i had put into the deal that if during the term for "i confess" they didn't put out "tenderhooks" that i would own it outright as well. so i am the proud owner of masters for both albums.

the day after i signed the papers, i went in to sing backgrounds on a national tv and radio spot, and ended up with the lead, background and two voiceovers on it. with so much time between actual paying singing jobs, it's cool cause i needed the cash. isn't that sexy?

the next day my friend sunny called and asked me to come sing on the song he had just written for his grandpa quincy jones. it's a gorgeous song called; "we are the future now." they are going to do a huge concert in rome. it will be this generation's, "we are the world". it was lovely over at sunny's. his co-writer and bass player homie named guiseppe made us the most delicious meal i've ever had...thin sliced pink steak and roasted potatoes and a tomato and some hot little greens. the 2nd day we worked, their other co-writer, rod temperton came over and produced an amazing 12 year old singer named kareena and i singing it. rod is a ledgendary soul songwriter. give him a google and you will be rocked.

then when i left there, i had a message on my machine from my friend mike elizondo. he was asking if i might want to come sing the nancy sinatra song, "bang bang" for him and dr. dre. they were doing a track for eve and could i call back soon. the next day i went over there and made music with mike and dre and that felt real real good.

so, i'm sorry for so long in between updates. i had to get up out of my hole. i hate to fuck up. i want this album out. and i've now already written a bunch more stuff so i was in a bit of a quandary. like, what the fuck do i do now? yes, a lot of off color words and ugly tears were flying around.

your posts and emails have made me feel better. thank you for your thoughts and love and ideas. i know i should put my music out myself as a lot of you have said. i'm just not quite that organized yet. YET. bombshell records is coming soon. i've had the name for awhile but not the gumption.

can't wait to sing for you. maybe you'll get to one of these shows coming up? check the tour section. we're touring sunset boulevard this month..

sexy, right?