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It’s been quite a while since I posted here and a lot has been going on. Among the top news is that way back in June of 2019 I got the phone call from work that I had been dreading for quite a while. Oracle had been downsizing for sometime worldwide with big plans to bring everyone back into the office and relocated teams to “low cost” locations. You can call San Diego many things, but “low cost” isn’t one of them. I found myself unemployed after nearly 20 years of loyal service.

Not to be deterred, I stayed optimistic and applied for many positions, several of which looked very promising. I made it into the final interview rounds with a half dozen or so when COVID-19 hit.

The Pandemic was unlike anything any of us had ever seen. On top of that, it seemed like the world was going mad with politics pitting friends against one another over issues I thought had long been settled civilly. I continued to focus positive energy towards getting new job and improving my skills. I took classes in video editing, photography and metal smithing. I used the time to build up the infrastructure of Sonic-Rocket, my studio. We cut back expenses and used retirement money to weather the storm and everything seemed to be ok. Better than I had expected.

Back in May, I got hired at ASG Technologies. It’s a great job at an excellent company and I’m really pleased to be part of it. The job is quite different than anything I’d done at Oracle, but I’m definitely up for the challenge and extremely interested in the part of the industry that is ASG’s central focus. I’m enjoying it so far. Great team, great money, great boss. That’s a trifecta I’ve not experienced in a very long time.

I have not felt much like making music for a while, perhaps it seemed like an extravagance that I couldn’t afford or perhaps partly fell into the category of “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything.” Contributing to this feeling was that several of my bandmates got busy or moved leaving me without my favorite musical coconspirators. My buddy John Saccoman is still as close as ever and has been wonderful in helping to keep me sane during a time when sanity is in short supply. Thank goodness for John.

Now that I’m back at work and the world seems to be at least a little less crazy, I’ll probably get motivated again. I know I have some plans to make some music videos, and some lyrical snippets that I can turn into new material. Easier to think about this now that I have a paycheck and am a lot less convinced the world is coming to an end.

During the downtime, I did a few woodworking projects. Right now I’m putting the finishing touches on eleven six inch square boxes. Our Jack Russell Molly is getting pretty close to the end of her road. Sweet little thing is nearly blind and struggles badly to get around. When the time comes to end her misery, I didn’t want to bring her ashes home in a tin can. I will use a couple of these boxes for personal pets and donate the rest of them to my local Animal Hospital where I know the gesture will help ease the pain of other animal lovers when the time comes. I’ll post pictures when I’ve finished.

That’s all for now. I promise not to go so long between posts the next time. I plan on reworking the entire ChristopherCash.com site to be geared more toward my artistic endeavors more generally as I’m not sure how much more band work I’ll be doing in the foreseeable future.

Tootles.
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Grammy Nominated – If She Could See

Hi Everyone :

I have amazing news!!

I was notified today that I have been placed on the Official Ballot for this year’s Grammy Awards by The Recording Academy in the following category:

Best Rock Performance
Christopher Cash – ‘If She Could See’

To listen:

If you are a voting member of the Grammys, I ask for your consideration.

If you’re not a voting member, I would still appreciate you spreading the word to everyone you know about this great moment. After all, this has all happened because of your amazing support over the years.

Feel free to reach out to everyone you know by Email, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and all other social media sites. Please share this message with as many people as possible!

Thanks so much for all of your help and consideration.

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FACEBOOK LIVE SHOW – Wednesday, Oct 2nd @7pm Pacific

Christopher Cash & The Brilliant Deductions will be performing a half hour live stream show on Facebook this coming Wednesday evening October 2nd at 7pm Pacific time. Niels Manley of My Studios hosts a Shout Out show where he highlights various artists. We’ll be playing a few of our ‘hits’ and chatting with Niels on his show. More info here:

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New Release: Beautiful Lies

Hiya music lovers. After God-knows-how-long, Christopher Cash & The Brilliant Deductions are about ready to release a few tunes. This week we're turning loose of one called Beautiful Lies. We had a lot of fun with this one. It's the first tune we had Chris Mare's on lead guitar for and the first for our keyboard/woodwind player Ron Ebell.

I got the idea for this one thinking about how people love it when you tell them what they want to hear. It doesn't seem to matter whether or not it's true. My ex-boss was notorious for this... communication not one of her strong suits.

I came into the studio with a sheet of lyrics and an idea of 1/4 note Dm chord. I got inspired by Simon Tabron from our pals The Satellite Sons. They recorded a cool tune that rocked the quarter notes and hell, it works. I came in with a germ of an idea and my best buds The Brilliant Deductions did their deducing and figured out the rest. John Saccoman on bass, backing vocals and trumpet, Dick Winter on Drums, Chris Mares on lead guitar, Ron Ebell on Saxes and backing vocals, Shea Thompson on Keys, and backing vocals, your truly Christopher Cash on acoustic guitar and lead vocals. Extra love from Shea at the recording console with plenty of help from our newest Rocketeer Brandon Mercile.

Let us know what you think.

Beautiful Lies

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Johnny “Dragonballz” Saccoman

I just wanted to give a big shout out to my best friend John. He is the smartest guy I know and has so much heart. I am truly blessed to have him as a friend.

One afternoon he told me he had an old bass body in his garage and he was thinking of bringing it over to let me have my way with it. I asked him what he had in mind and quizzed him a little on colors and style.

I had never done anything quite like this one… came out ok. The best part was the big smile on John’s face.

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