From Music To Fun To On Fire To Car Racing and Everything In-between

It’s amazing how quickly time flies when you’re busy.   Australia Day, Recording songs, Website and… being engulfed in a ball of fire

On Australia Day I had a great time!   I played at the Wangi Wang RSL out next to the beer garden and started at 12:30.   The place was packed with two groups trying to get tables and chairs in front of where I was playing – thank you I appreciate your following.

With time rolling on (it was 7pm) and people still asking for more, I finally said I’m buggered my voice is getting croaky and need to stop – I had played for 6hrs (instead of 4) with only half an hours break and was a ball of sweat BUT it was worth it as everyone had enjoyed themselves.

You know how they say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it… Well after doing the 2 posts on EQ & Compression I decided to stop mixing my album where I was and revisit some of the songs from bands in Melbourne I had worked on before Christmas – shouldn’t of done that 🙁

I listened to them and thought “nope –  I need to redo them not happy” groan… but never the less I am persevering and methodically working my through the songs again and remixing from the start.

So not all is lost and I have until 30th September to have the album finished and released so that it qualifies for the Golden Guitar period for 2018 – I know we’re only in February of 2017 and I’m talking about 2018 but I have to think ahead.

Last Saturday I decided there was a bit of a breeze and the temperature had dropped from 40+ to 36c so I needed to whipper snip the gardens before mowing and decorate it with glow in the dark garden pebbles so it looks great…  as can be seen from the photo above I shouldn’t have.

I was halfway through edging along the fence when next thing I know I was in the middle of a ball of flame.   I dropped the whipper snipper patted down my clothes and grabbed a Fire Extinguisher and put out the fire.   I don’t know whether it was the heat but I think the petrol lines melted and that was it.

I lost all the hair on one arm, leg & luckily that was it other than a sore eye, arm and foot – yes I was wearing thongs 🙁 oh and my goatee and moustache got singed and thats all I could smell.   All I can say is thank god I had a fire extinguisher close by else I would have been in big trouble as would the neighbours.

20 Years ago I was honoured with Life Membership of a race car series that I created along with the help of others.   This Saturday they are holding a dinner function to celebrate 25 years of the 2 Litre And Under Sports Sedans – makes me proud.   I also designed the logo plus, well I’m just wrapped that its still going.

Unfortunately I cannot attend as its this Saturday in Melbourne and on the Sunday I have to be in Lake Macquarie NSW for an Annual General Meeting involving elections.   However the 2 Litres will be racing the following weekend at Winton Motor Raceway near Benalla and a TV crew will be there to feature the 2 Litres – fantastic!

Anyway I have rambled on for too long, hey if you see me out on the road say gday or hit me up on UHF Channel 40

Till next time, take care, yours in country music – Leigh