All Things New (at least w/Hard Drives, Websites, Tour Dates & iPhones)

Hey guys,

I hope this little update fins you all doing well this Sunday night.  Now I know it’s been a little while since my last update so I wanted to make sure I gave you all a bit more detailed account of recent life.  There are definitely some new and exciting things going on.  Obviously, the first thing you may notice is the look of the website (www.danielkirkley.com).  YES; we’ve done a little update to the site.  From now on, it’s going to focus on my blogs.  So I guess I’m gonna have to start saying a little more than the 140 characters I’ve gotten used through through Twitter – HAHA!  (www.twitter.com/danielkirkley)  Don’t worry though, all other info from touring to new music can still all be found here.  So let me get started…

Hmmm…so what’s been going on with me?  Well, since returning from the dates in New England, things have been a little crazy.  I still can’t believe that June is quickly coming to an end.  I’ve really been wearing out some tread on my tires (from the trips & tour stops through FL, TX & LA).  I’ll tell you, as tiring as all that car riding can be, the reward of meeting new friends & reconnecting with old ones has been more than worth it.  I’m currently writing on my couch;  I literally just got back from a weekend down in West Monroe, Louisiana.  This is the second year that Jaime & I brought our Moments of Worship Tour down to LA.  In fact, West Monroe was the site of our very first MOW tour date back in 2008.  This year, we had a talented young singer from that area open the night up for us.  Her name is Hayley Masters & I have a feeling you may be hearing from her in the future.

This month, however, actually started with a trip down to FL.  I had a concert in Vero Beach & then played for the morning services at Morningside Church in Port St. Lucie.  Besides the thrill of playing in two new places, I had the chance to spend a little time on the beach & later hung out with my good friends Tim & Heather Williams (not to mention their AMAZING kids).  Heather is a STELLAR musician who I know you’re going to hearing A LOT of in the near future (be sure to check out her stuff here:  www.myspace.com/heatherwilliamsmusic).  After my time down on the East Coast of FL, I drove up to Orlando for a few days off.  I have a wonderful friend, Charles, who works for Disney…and was kind enough to hook me up with tickets to the park.  Thanks so much my friend…it was AMAZING!  Now I had not been to Disney in about 12 years;  its crazy how being there really makes you feel like a kid again.  My buddy Kevin even took some time off from school to keep me company.  I had an absolute BLAST…

After FL, I swung back up through Nashville to pick up JaimeJam so we could hit TX for Moments of Worship.  We were booked at a church we played this past December for Centricity’s Bethlehem Skyline Tour (Bulverde Baptist)…so it was fun getting back.  Now in the planning stages of this leg, I don’t think we thought traveling to TX would be that tough of a drive (well, at least I didn’t think it would be that bad).  I mean, 15 hours in a car one way…that’s totally doable…right?!?!?  HAHA!!!  Let me just say that this was one of those things I had to learn the hard way.  We have now determined that length of time in a car is well beyond normal physical limits.  We drove in on Friday, played a concert on Saturday, played for the church’s two Sunday morning services & then drove ALL THE WAY back to Nashville (we got in around 5:30 am).  We did have fun in Bulverde though…especially playing with the church’s worship band that Sunday.

As far as other “new” things in my life go…  I have a brand new hard drive in my computer (since it decided to crash on my down in TX).  The lesson I’ve learned from that is to ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS back up your valuable info.  For the most part, I didn’t loose EVERYTHING (I had done a back-up a few months back) but it still makes life a little aggravating.  However, this hard drive failure hasn’t in any way weakened my support in Apple products.  YEP – I’m the proud owner of the brand new iPhone 3Gs – WOOHOO!  I know I’m a dork, but I love it!  Okay, I think this is a pretty good length for a blog.  I’m a little tired from trip up from LA so I’m gonna turn in.  Now there’s no telling what I’ve written or if it’s even made sense…so I’m sorry if that’s the case.  Keep checking back, I’ll be updating a few new blogs a week (hopefully at least – hahaha)…

I hope you each have a wonderful night & until next time!

Blessings – Daniel