Ants In Your Pants

Well after some considerable time off, it's time to jump back on the horse and let you know what's going on in my world...
I've received a good amount of e-mails as well as verbal messages from folks telling me that they either have missed my postings or to quit bein' lazy and continue this "journey that you've gotten us transfixed to."
I have to admit, the lazy bug bit me good...but it's good to be back.
Well, let's talk about the title of this post,as it serves a couple of purposes...
First, I'm excited to tell you that the brand spankin' new Carpenter Ants CD has arrived. Ants In Your Pants is our long awaited, too long overdue third outing . It's filled with some gems, such as the songs about me and my other bandmates, Ted and Jupie.
I would be lying if I didn't say that I was truly flattered by my song. The fact that someone has gotten to know me and my little idiosyncrasies that well makes me smile all over...it just touched me.
Recently we signed on with Second Sight Management, a company comprised of 2 dynamic women who are puttin' in some overtime trying to help push us out there to the masses. On our own we have been playing everywwhere and logging in loads of frequent flyer (in our vans ) miles, plus holding down our regular jobs and some other gigs with other folks. This year we might get the award for "band that's yet undiscovered, but all over the place ( I bet the statue for that will look like an unopened suitcase, with clothes bustin' out of the seams !!)."
Alot of things transpired during this time that I've been away from you good and bad...
My Uncle, John Tuitt passed away, and I was very saddened by this because he and I were finally at a better place than we had been in my life, which brings me to the second part of the relevance of the title for this post.
The Tuitt side of my family (my father's) has lead a fairly nomadic life, in that at some point or another we have all migrated to places other than New York.I'm not 100% certain of the reasons, but we haven't seemed to do well staying where we started.My Uncle and Aunt moved to Barbados just about 30 years ago, my Sister Caroleigh moved to Washington DC in 1964,my Dad first moved to St Croix, USVI, then to south Florida, I moved here to West Virginia, my younger Sister Lauren lives outside of Chicago (she's in the US Navy), and even my Mom ended up moving to northern Florida.
The Charles, and Mendez side of my family (my mother's) basically all remained in New York and just got old and cranky ( not necessarily in a bad way). Again, I'm not certain why but they seemed to not do well being outside of New York...it's definitely weird.
I brought this up because my entire family suffers gravely from ants in our pants. We are absolutely restless spirits, all of us looking for something on the other side. For me, I've wanted to be a star for as long as I remember, and I've worked and worked and then some toward it. These CD's are as close as I've come so far, and I'm tremendously proud of the work that we've done, and the title of the CD so sums me up that it's almost frightening.
I truly feel as though I am at really great place in my life. I get great ups and downs with my bandmates, but even then I'm thankful for their restless spirits because all of this restless energy has made us have motion...a motion toward the kind of musical life that I have dreamt of all of my life.
If you find yourself at any kind of crossroads in your life, get ants in your pants and you'll find out in short order where the true value in your life is.
You can also get a copy of the CD, "Ants In Your Pants," and use that wonderful music to spur you forward and help charge your mental battery.Let go and dance, let the music take you to...wherever.

I've missed you all, it's great to be back. There's more to come.Thank you for all of your encouragement.

This post is dedicated to my Father James M.Tuitt today would have been his 84th birthday.
It's also dedicated to Michael Lipton, today is his birthday too.
Together, they are 2 men who have inspired me tremendously.
It's also dedicated to Carlean Moser and Amy Windham of Second Sight Management, thanks for all your efforts for us.

You can catch the band everywhere or click here:the Carpenter Ants...get our music at CD Baby.com., or from us at any gig.
Support Live music today tomorrow and always and calm your restless heart.