The album is called “Kaizen” because I learned that you can do more than you can imagine if you just take one small step at a time toward your goal. It’s the same with how the pledges add up to make something wonderful happen!
Thank you!
All my love, Kerry
Hello Everyone,
I’m writing you today to let you know that I’m launching a Kickstarter.com campaign beginning in May and so I’m asking for your very important feedback as I ramp up the preparations for the launch.
You may know that with a Kickstarter camgaign one must reach the stated goal in order to get any of the funds that friends, family and fans have pledged to the project. That means I really need to gauge how interested folks are in getting on board with it in advance of launch, so I can make the goal a reality based and achievable amount.
Currently I am finishing production of 3 new songs, which will be available for immediate download upon successful completion of the goal (plus all the goodies offered as premiums of course). The funding is going to be used to produce 6 more songs that will be released as 2 more downloadable EPs and the final set of 9 will be pressed as a CD set.
The whole set is called “Kaizen” because I learned that you can do more than you can imagine if you just take one small step at a time toward your goal.
Come to the goal with me. Make Kaizen happen. I’m counting on your love of music and that you’re on this list means you like my work. So let’s do this!
Please write me back and let me know what you think.
Thank you!
All the love, Kerry
It was a late flight out.
A friend drove us to the commuter train, which we took to the T, which took us to the airport shuttle, which we took to Logan Airport in Boston. What a drag. Plans, trains and automobiles. Yet the anticipation for the trip placed a pleasant glaze over it all. Once past baggage check and scanners, which went surprisingly fast, we sat down to wait for the plane with a beer and fries (we were hungry). Anything to pass the time and while I don’t mean to be unforgiving, waiting at Logan can be rather uncomfortable, and it’s appearance is, to me, a banal concrete hulk. This was going to take a while…
Finally we boarded and thankfully Aer Lingus was a treat to fly; decent food, good movies, comfortable seating, a cabin crew with lovely accents. We had only to be in the air a few hours, with a couple of those sleeping, when we touched down at Dublin Airport for a short layover.
Dublin Airport Lounge
What a contrast in airports! Small, yet spacious and well designed to relax the waiting passengers. Some of the food offerings were better than others, it was fare for the masses after all, and all the while the building lofted over us in a graceful arc of soft light and acoustically balanced ambiance. It was far too early for a Guinness on Irish soil though, so we indulged in people watching to pass the time.
It wasn’t long before we boarded again for the last portion of the journey to Brussels. It was early morning now and the sun was bathing the Irish landscape in a honeyed glow. The fabled green of this land is no myth. Acre upon acre, mile upon mile of it. I vowed to come back to see much more than the airport next time!
A really short hop and the fun truly began. Belgium. And not just as a tourist either, I’m going to get the family treatment. I can’t wait. Next…a series of trains to the Ardennes for the weekend.
Well, last post had me flying off to visit Belgium. That was what, September 2012? Sheesh, no excuses here, I’m darn slow. Not to say that things have been slow around these parts mind you. Freshly home from Europe and head on smash into another move. More recording, more rehearsing, more day job, you know the drill. We’ve got sensory overload happening here on a massive scale and I’m just trying to keep up and keep my head above the fog. All good fun though. Making progress, things are happening that will come to fruition in a couple of months. Lots of talented folks showing up in my life to put their mark on the music. Love it all.
The travel blog is next, sorry for the wait, it was great fun and I can’t wait to go back. This photo was taken in a train station in Belgium (the “Buffet” in Le Gare de Libramont-Chevigny) while we were waiting for connection to the Ardennes the first day there. Look closely in the photo, can you see the dog? 
Of course not, he’s hiding in plain sight on the mat in front of the door, perfectly camouflaged. Friendly pup, had to check out everyone that came in, just to be polite, then would just lay down and watch in between. I think his name was George. Make sure you say it with a French accent and you’ll be fine.
Love, Kerry
I’ve spent my entire life traveling around these United States, got to hit Canada a couple of times, and also South America and Mexico. I often wonder how many countries I would have passed through, had I driven around the European continent as much as I have here in the USA. Having said this, I’m so excited to finally be heading over to at least one country next week for my first trip across the pond. I can’t tell you how excited I am. Two whole weeks! I love to visit museums and historical sites and I’ve been warned, there may be enough for me to get my fill (I doubt it though). I never dreamed that my first trip to Europe would be Belgium, still it could not be more perfect. History, beer, chocolate, great food and wonderful company. Life is grand. I hope to have some pictures to share and stories to tell when I return in October.
In the mean time, the tracks are sort of on hold, except to say that the keys are ready for at least one track and I’m working with a horn arranger on another one. Recording will have to wait until I get back, however, I think I have finally come to terms with my need for speed where this is concerned. I want to produce something special. And special takes time. Why rush when you’re working on something you truly love just to “get it out there”?
It’s tortoise time. 
Love, Kerry
Yesterday, I was interviewed by a high school student for an assignment. It was a series of questions relating to 9/11. It came as a surprise to me how deeply effected I still am by the events of that day and I realized how I tend to distance myself from the memories. I’m sure I am not alone in this. I am also sure despite the pain I still feel, that there are many that were touched so much more deeply than I could ever have been. I did know someone who died that day. I think of him often. His family remembers him every day.
The questions made me recall the pain suffered by so many around the world. And to realize just how small mine is by compare. I will never understand the senseless nature of terrorism and war. People will always give you reasons to argue their position, but they are never potent. Living in this country, I am buffered and sheltered from the life filled with armed aggression and violence that many live daily. It is a stark contrast. I feel more for them now then ever before.
Pray, work, fight…for peace. It is my view that everyone has the right to a life filled with love, with an equatable distribution of resources, good health care and education. And the choice to the manner of our address to our maker (or no maker, as the case may be).
Why, in this day and age do we still kill each other over such things?
Let us make an end to this. As the man said, “teach your children well”. Perhaps they will do what we have not, as yet, accomplished.
Love to you all. Make peace where ever you go.
Man oh man, just let off a bit of steam and see what happens? Hit the studio on Sunday to track vocals for the three new songs, did not see that coming. Kenny Lewis is always so booked I was disparing getting into work on them. The good news is they are ready now to send to the other fine musicians for their work. I’ll also have a chance to begin working on the background vocal arrangements.
Kenny and I were talking about how most folks don’t realize how much goes into creating recordings. Admittedly, some are wonderfully done with a live band, all together in the studio at once, while many others are done by carefully crafting an audio image, so to speak. Rather like creating a painting, bringing in different colours and tones to achieve a balance that resonates as a whole experience. I love it.
Kerry
