Life Goes On

It's been a difficult 3 months for me since April. Besides a very intense schedule of both gigging and teaching, my 89 year old father's health took a rapid decline and he died. Between gigs, we were visiting him as much as we could. Since he died, it's been a lot of work to just deal with his passing and trying to settle his estate. Of course my blogs all fell by the wayside. 

 Next week (July 1-5) I will be in Chester, CT as part of the 1st Gong Summit. I will be presenting a master class and be a part of 3 panel discussions. I will also be hanging out all week and hope to have time to talk with everyone attending. I plan to blog daily about the whole event starting June 30 and going to July 6. Hopefully I will have the time and energy to at least post a wrap up of each day. If I can't post in detail, I'll do something later in July when I have the time. Watch for this on The Way of The Gong™.

 After the Summit my wife and I will be taking a much needed bit of vacation and then I plan to get back to regular blogging later in July. I have blocked off later July, after we get back, and early August to work on a new ensemble recording. Then the regular gigging schedule kicks in again.

 Watch for some exciting new things over the rest of 2019!

 Thanks for both your patience and support all these years,

 ~ MB
Your donations help keep these blogs going. Thank You ~ MB.





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