The Gallopaway Music Company

November 16, 2008 - Post-Taxi Road Rally convention boost.
A big hotel overtaken by songwriters, performers, industry people and instructors ... a red-letter 3-day weekend on the path of GallopAway's canter into relevance ... and a ton of fun. Now a week later, it's follow-up email's, to-do lists, and all-day rehearsals for the big annual Christmas show in San Juan Bautista with El Teatro Campesino which involves more than 60 performers this year. Venue: the old 1797 mission church; it will be our 9th season.

Back to GallopAway - Songwriting in a country vein, for Pete's sake: Frances working on "Give My Lips Something To Live For" and Tim finishing "Old Pete And The Big Cat." She needs his help in a contrasting "B" part; he needs her help in the heart-line between the Pete and Veronica characters ... it's story-telling with attractive tension and humor ... recording productions to begin early in 2009. On yet another front, Frances will be posting more stories on our GallopAway Memories page before Christmas. Stay tuned!

October 25, 2008 - Getting ready for our CD release party... practice, practice!
Jason McGriff is coming over tonight to rehearse "Walking The Old Railroad" in preparation for performing (first time live) at our CD release party at La Cantina in San Juan Bautista on November 21st, where Los Pollos de San Juan (our Latin wing) will also perform, and Frances will sing her first live version of "The Devil Is A Woman" from the CD "San Juan Chickens."  We're going down to LA the 2nd weekend of November to the Taxi convention to make some music industry connections and learn how to get our music placed in TV and film spots.  AND rehearsals are now in full swing for El Teatro Campesino's annual Christmas show.