Welcome and possible farewell

Hello fellow bloggers. My roommate Rick Barnes has been talking about this blog thing for quite sometime now and I have finally been coerced into giving it a try. I look forward to reading some deep thoughts and also posting some of my own. Feel free to laugh and point at me in public after viewing and contemplating my "attempts at brilliance." I am not by any means a deep thinker but view this as a way to exercize the three pounds of mass floating around within the skull atop my head.

For those of you who don't know me, I will tell you a bit about myself. The most exciting news is my upcoming marriage to Jessica Smith. I asked her to marry me on Valentine's Day (it wasn't as cheesy as it sounds), and luckily, she said yes. We are currently scrambling trying to complete wedding odds and ends for October 7, the happiest day of our lives.

Other than that, I am working several jobs related to music. I tried retail for a few months and realized that the lack of creativity minimized my efforts in music making. So, I quit my job and decided to start teaching mandolin and guitar lessons and continue to pursue my solo music. I'm currently working on a new CD, which will hopefully release near the end of the year. (Check myspace.com/adamwrightmusic for updates.) I'm also playing with two bands at the moment. The first is Act of Congress, an acoustic trio that blends polyrhythmic grooves, wailing steel strings and detestable feces samples to create a sound never before identified in the history of the planet. (myspace.com/actofcongress) The second is Ethereal, which sounds like a mix between Caedmon's Call and Nickel Creek. They released a new CD near the beginning of the year called "Tending Both Sides." (myspace.com/etherealbands) Good stuff all around. Be sure to check it out.

I'll write more later, but for now, I must join the rest of this country and visit the ingenious creation of Sam Walton, the Santa Claus of America. Watch out for falling prices.