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NOVEMBER 2008 - October came, and quickly went along with Halloween. November is here now and soon we’ll be eating turkey. The long Florida summer is over and now it’s unseasonably cold. Got an Email from an English friend of mine who lives near London. Usually not much snow falls there in the winter, yet it snowed a few days ago. Maybe we’re all in for a cold winter. I prefer the summers. I’m up in my music room now. It’s about 7:30am and cold. I’ve got an electric heater on full blast.
The “Eclectic Treehouse” Blue Series limited edition is almost sold out. I’ll soon be running a second limited edition called the Green Series.
This month on Saturday, November 1st, I’ll be at the Attic Door in Winter Garden from 8:00 to 11:00pm and there again on
Thursday, November 13th from 7:00 to 10:00pm. The Attic Door is the neighborhood “club
house” - Wine, beer, food, coffee, ice cream. Check out www.myspace.com/jrsatticdoor.
On
Sunday, November 2nd, I’ll be performing at the Barberville
Jamboree. My daughter Shelby will also be performing. http://www.folkfiddle.com/barber.htm.
Great music and folk venders selling their wares.
On
Saturday, November 29th, I’ll be performing at The Yalaha
Bakery, 10:00 to 12:00pm. Check www.yalahabakery.com
OCTOBER 2008 - I’m back from the UK. Always enjoy my time there. This year it was a bit cold and rained often, but still had a great time playing gigs and seeing friends.
So now October has arrived and with it comes a slight change in the Florida weather bringing cooler nights. We also have Halloween to look forward to.
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SEPTEMBER 2008 -This will be short and sweet. On
Wednesday, September 24th, I’ll be at the Vineyard
from 7:00 to 10:00pm. Located
at 4848 Apopka Vineland Rd, the
Vineyard is an intimate, upscale wine bar. It’s a great place to hang
with friends, have a drink and listen to live music. READ
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AUGUST 2008 - Hope you all are enjoying the summer.
For me, the summer has been a time to commit myself to getting healthy,
eating good and all that. I’ve been enjoying playing music and kicking
back when I can.
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JULY
2008 - I’ve been a bit under the weather. Feeling better now, but
I’m cutting back on my gigs this month. READ
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JUNE 2008 - I’m sitting at the computer up
in my music room. So far this year, the temp has been cool enough for me
to open the windows for comfortable air. The evenings especially, with a
nice breeze have been wonderful. Not so today. The AC is on with the
arrival of June in Florida. In a few weeks, summer will officially be
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MAY
2008 - The last few months my gigs haven’t been listed
chronologically. The dates jump around. They’re
organized by venue. Hope that hasn’t been confusing. Here’s
my gigs for the month of May. READ
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APRIL
2008 - Spring is here in Orlando.
Our winter was mild in comparison to many cities around the US. I always
have to remind myself of that when I complain about the cold here.
I’ve lived in Orlando for 16 and a half years. Before that I was in
Southern California for over 22 years. I have no tolerance for cold
weather. I guess I’m in the right place.
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MARCH
2008 - I few months ago, I was
asked to write a song with a young pop artist named Jesse Hart. Pop
music isn’t my thing, but I thought I’d try my hand at it. Jesse and
I got together a few times and wrote “Born In Brazil”. Jesse asked
me to produce a recording of the song and then returned to the west
coast. After giving this project some thought, I decided the way I
wanted to go was to combine “real” traditional instruments with
“samples”. What I was after was a recording that had a good feel but
also utilized some of the sounds of contemporary recordings. I pulled
together some good musicians and Roger Lopez, my engineer friend. We
finished the recording a few weeks ago. Listen to it on Jesse’s site www.myspace.com/jessehartmusic
Click on “Born In Brazil” on the player.
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FEBRUARY
2008 - Hi friends. Back with another installment of News & Events.
Now that I’m done producing the instrumental CD, “Eclectic
Treehouse”, I’ve decided to start writing more songs with
lyrics. I have no intentions at this time of releasing yet another CD,
but I will keep writing and recording songs. Most likely I’ll release
the songs as digital downloads. I just posted two new songs on Myspace,
“First Thought This Morning” and “American In
London” You can hear them at www.myspace.com/bobrafkin
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JANUARY
2008 - Happy New Year!!! Wishing
you and all a great 2008. Got
a few things to tell you. The new CD Eclectic Treehouse can now be purchased through my
web site, via PayPal. This is a 150 limited edition series. The CDs are
numbered and signed. Eclectic Treehouse is also available as a digital
download through links from this web site. READ
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DECEMBER
2007 - The new instrumental CD, “Eclectic Treehouse” has
been released. Yeah!!! To start, the CD will only be available as a 150
limited edition series. Each CD will be numbered and signed, and so “Eclectic
Treehouse" will not be sold on the CD Baby site. It will be
available only at my performances and soon through the bobrafkin.com web
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NOVEMBER
2007 - The new instrumental CD
“Eclectic Treehouse” will be released in about a month. Today I
received the completed watercolor painting for the cover. Love it. The
artist is Gina Levit. She does beautiful work. Check out her web site www.ginalevitgallery.com.
The
next step is the graphics for the booklet and the CD. Then it’s off to
the manufacturer.
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