October 18, New York City. My new CD, 'The Lights Of Paris', is now recorded and mixed and awaits only mastering at Rogue Planet Mastering in New Paltz. Tracking and mixing was completed in three four hour sessions, at Kevin Kelly's new studio, Workshoppe East in Huntington, NY. John Guari contributed some outstanding string arrangements, which lift the CD to a whole new level. Violinist Adrianna Mateo and cellist Brian Sanders performed them absolutely flawlessly and the whole thing was recorded with real mastery by Kevin. On Wednesday October 11, Adrianna, Brian and I gave the album a pre-launch live video performance in front of an invited audience, at Alex Sterling's studio Precision Sounds on New York's Upper West Side. I hope to receive the first run of 500 CDs from the manufacturers, Superlink in Toronto, in a couple of weeks. I'm excited about this one. Best for fall, Rupert