Now that it’s summer, The Redding Brothers have been slowing down somewhat to get some much-needed rest and relaxation. Of course, we’re still doing sporadic weekend runs out into the vast expanse of Anytown, USA, with short promo performances, but as far as the “major concert event” version of Redding Brothers, it’s temporarily gone into hibernation.

Ahhh, the troubles of the road: when you’re out driving from city to city, staying up late at night playing shows until 1:00 a.m., you’re exhausted and ready for sleep in a nice bed back at home. But when you get home, a few days later you want to get back out on the road. So it’s a terrible, never-ending cycle.

But even though the band isn’t out touring as much, we have been keeping busy with other things. First of all, Gabe’s hand-made lawn-chair book bags, an item from our concert merchandise table, have been a big hit this summer as well, along with all of his duct-tape accessories (which are now being officially added to the Delta-Zeta Sorority’s national catalog), so Gabe has been busy keeping up with all the orders we’ve been getting for those.

In addition, something we haven’t discussed in the column yet, is that we launched a new “Song of the Week” podcast on our website, which we decided to put together to keep our creative juices flowing. We write, record, and release one new song on our website every Saturday at midnight (you can subscribe to the podcast for free at ReddingBrothers.com or on iTunes). We’ve had some interesting singles come out of the podcast already, so that also keeps us busy during the week.

Also, preparations for Micah’s wedding on August 18th are taking up a lot of his time. Everybody has been chipping-in to get invitations sent out, etc.

With all of that, The Redding Brothers’ official HQ is in a transition as well, and we’re in the process of finding a new location here in Nashville to conduct affairs from.

With all of this, we’re slowly gearing up for the coming school year, when The Redding Brothers will be showcasing in at least two regional APCA college conferences in Little Rock, AR and Houston, TX, which are expected to generate around 40 to 50 college bookings for the band during the coming semester. All together we’re planning to hit around 60 - 70 colleges this fall and spring, which will definitely keep us busy from August 2007 through May 2008.

So in addition to everything else, we’ve been planning and practicing our 15 minute showcase segments, determining which songs to include, and what order, and what cool tricks to do while on stage (you know us!)

We’ll keep you updated with the progress on the blog at ReddingBrothers.com. I’ll tell you more about the wedding, the tour, and the move next month!

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