Well Well Welcome to this crisp new website! Slicker than a fresh pail of baby poop and fresher smelling than an English Meadow! So! Where did I leave off? Hmmmm...NAMM in Los Angeles...what a zoo of a place, 88,000 vendors, buyers, musicians and many more checking out all the new music industry tools and instruments, artist appearances a virtual assault on the senses and is totally relentless from start to finish each and signings over a 4 day period! The noise in these giant halls is astounding! It's day. There's no bloody wonder that we all hit the bar at the Hilton right after the show!!

So I got to Anaheim Wednesday, flight on time, nice rental car. Got to the hotel and Expedia.com's computer system screwed up the bloody reservation... No confirmation and no rooms! Two hours later expedia.com has a new orifice and Ash has an even better hotel and a bigger discount! Cue Marcus Henderson of Guitar Hero game fame...my room mate fresh from a secret TV show audition in Burbank... After a quick freshen up we head out for a quick bite and then hit the bar at the Hilton where we proceeded to imbibe the local liquid offerings. Saw my mates Marco Mendoza and Doug Aldrich from Whitesnake and spent some time catching up whilst Marcus Henderson rediscovered his passion for ornamental animal anatomy...

Thursday I headed up to the Hollywood Hills to famed guitarist and songwriter Steve Lukather's home for a photo shoot with him for EMG. Found him to be really easy going and he laughed at my crappy jokes so he's alright in my book. Got some great pics that I'm real happy with including ones of him with his very cute Pug "Swink".

Back at NAMM Friday, saw so many of the folks I've worked with or shot over the last couple of years trolling around the aisles and checking out all the new gear... Bumped into Jason Bonham on his way to do a signing... Chit chatted for a while and caught up with him about the Zep thing, Def Lep etc...

The guys at EMG Pickups really did a bang up job with my photos on their stand this year featuring a ton of my photography. Neil Zlozower even payed me compliment on the work! Not to mention the 2008 EMG Calendar with 9 months of 12 featuring my artist pics.

All in all a great NAMM show, new clients, and reconnected with old friends, tons of networking and new business possibilities... I'll let the pics show the rest...