Time For an Update

I'll admit at the start that I was a little off in predicting the completion date for my hammered dulcimer rudiments project.. . .

(go ahead, I'm waiting)

. . . OK, waaaaaaaay off. I really believed I could have the book/CD/DVD package done by November. I also knew that if it wasn't completed by November that it would be January before I could give it any serious attention again. That possibility was precisely why I didn't accept any pre-orders.

The bottom line is that as of this date I'm still not quite done. There's editing left to be completed on the video, probably 1 or 2 full days worth, and I have someone (thanks J.A.W) helping me with proofreading the book.

Being unable to complete the project by my self-imposed deadlines almost got me down, but I was so busy in November and December that there was no time for self loathing. I wish I could promise that it will be done by February but this week I hit the road for the Poconos Dulcimer Festival, and a Masters of the Dulcimer concert Sunday night (1/20) in Baltimore with Ken Kolodner, Butch Ross and Christie Burns.

While on the road I'll be visiting several friends from the dulcimer community including Maggie Sansone (to see the cool solar house she and her husband built), Mike Clemmer (to pick up an instrument), and Jerry Read Smith (to talk way too much). ¶ 5:25 PM