Stay Tuned, because there's always more to come!!
Some of my upcoming (and in development) projects include, but are not limited to:
- Making my (seemingly endless) personal vault available! It's open and running, simply not available to everyone yet. This one is not inquiry based. It features finds pertaining to: The Monkees, The Mamas & The Papas, The Turtles, The Kinks, The Left Banke, The Marmalade, The Byrds, The Association, Vanilla Fudge, America, Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, The Cowsills, Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66', The Box Tops, The Tremeloes, Jefferson Airplane, Gene Clark, Generacion de Jesus, Grupo Sacro Musical El Rapto, Grupo Shalom (70's), Maranatha Music (70's), The Carpenters, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Gene Clark, Herman’s Hermits, The Youngbloods, Strawberry Alarm Clock, We Five, the Joystrings, and More!
- I'm also currently maintaining a highly secure, private archive for copyrighted video and audio elements, which is unavailable to the public, HOWEVER, I'm opening it up for those who reach out!!
- In development is The Left Banke Wiki Fandom, which I am building from scratch save the template, and will feature band history, an accurate chronology, song anecdotes, and brand new content!! I'm not kidding.... I'm salvaging every miniscule detail!
- Creating PDF transcripts for extremely rare Left Banke teen magazine segments, that have slipped through the cracks of time.
- Upcoming Zoom interviews with members of The Strawberry Alarm Clock, and concluding initial interview sessions with bassist George Bunnel of the aforementioned. UPDATE: Interview went SPECTACULAR - and they invited my for a second!
- Second Upcoming Zoom Interview with the SAC to discuss Where's One?
- Working One-to-One with bands members on a cameo they APPROVED for my writing!
- Obtaining manager clearance to interview Alan Whitehead of The Marmalade. (Currently in progress - Alan actually referred me to his manager so we could do it professionally!! EEK! 🥳) UPDATE: Manager Approved! Just need to pick a time!
- Publishing my current historical fiction series set in the 60's and 70's (The Plight of The Wren and related tales) via Amazon. Have much progress done with them.
- Commencing animation for "The Plight of The Wren". (Active Progress)
- Completing archival retrieval session with two Michigan museums in regards to Northern Walkout.
- Scanning newfound Beatles prints.
- Indexing collaborative teen magazine finds from the 60's - feat. Herman's Hermits, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Jane Asher, and many more....
- Sending in the articles requested of me from Shindig! magazine.
- Article publishing via Medium (specifically, a review of the Strawberry Alarm Clock's NEW album, "Where's One?". My vinyl has now arrived!!
- Collaboration with the Journal of Popular Music Studies.
- Applying to Mentorship via the SAA (Society of American Archivists).
- Completing requisites to becoming a Wikipedia Admin (Active progress).
- Over-dubbing and colourizing non-publicized Left Banke footage from my personal vault.
- Writing track reviews for a friend of mine (regarding his music), Ray Galindo. I already did an colloquial one, which he posted to his blog!!
- Music production via Bandlab.
- Uploading "The Living Room Tapes" - also courtesy of Ray!!
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