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This is the same question I keep asking myself!

First of all, THANK YOU to all of you who are still waiting so patiently for my album to be ready.  I've been saying 'Its coming!' since last fall and here we are in July still with nothing to give you.

So here is the scoop.  The original plan was to release an 8 song album.  All of the songs were recorded and ready to go when we ran into a couple problems with the licensing of the songs. There were two songs in particular that we were having difficulty with and they just happened to be the only two songs that I wasn't a writer on. Long story short, I can't put them on my album (at least not at this point).  This was really a tough blow for me because they are both really great songs, but that's life.

I contemplated releasing a 6 song EP, but decided to go back to Nashville instead.  Sometimes what seems to be these things turn out to be a blessing in disguise.  My producer (Adam) and I spent a week in June planning to replace the 2 songs I had lost and ended up with 4 new songs! I can say with complete confidence that these are the best songs yet!  The final cherry on top is that now I can say that I wrote every song on my album (a fact I am very proud of).

So where are we now in this process?  I will be going back to Nashville in July to record these 4 new songs and we hope to have everything ready by . . . . well, let's just say as soon as possible (I've learned my lesson with promising release dates).

Thanks for sticking with me through this LONG process.  I promise you it will be worth the wait.

-Gina 

Hey Glockstars!!!

Just in case you didn't notice, the GGB took the month of March off because our drummer Kris and his wife Jody had a beautiful baby boy, Kyler Kristopher :)

Now that he's been in the world for a couple of weeks, we're getting back together and sounding better than ever!  We had a rehearsal last night and we focused ONLY on original songs of mine! Now that the album is done, I'm working on getting all of the songs posted on Rock The Glock (just little snippets though, I want to leave you all wanting more)  

As for what I'm doing now, well, other than rehearsing for our next show, I've started this workout program called "INSANITY".  It's pretty intense and all I can think about is when the record label agrees to sign me, I'll be not only vocally in shape, but physically too!!  Maybe I can swing on some silks like P!nk!   haha

A lot of people are asking if I still watch Idol.  YES I DO.  In fact, the newest thing I'm doing is writing a blog for www.bettyconfidential.com.  I write about my favorite moments and worst moments of the show!!  How is everyone liking this season?  WRITE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT SEASON 9 ON MY GUESTBOOK, WE'LL CHAT ABOUT IT!

Until next week, keep on following me on facebook and checking into www.rocktheglock.com for updates and news on what I'm doing!  Our next show is April 17th at The Lodge but the next time I'm singing is at my best friends wedding this Saturday.  Pictures and video to follow~~

ROCK ON!!!!!! 

I think I may have finally recovered from this weekend.  It was a long one!  Joe's on Friday night was so awesome as usual!  It was really great to see Then Again back on the stage (where they belong!)  I was a little scared that Joe was going to drop dead of a heart attack since he plays with both bands, but he rocked through the whole night like a champ!  I think it was about 6:00am when we finally got home (pretty typical for a Joe's night).  Thank you to everyone that was there (especially those of you who stayed to rock out with us till after 2am. . . UNBELIEVABLE!)

After some mcuh needed sleep, we headed out again to J.W. Holsteins in Tinely Park.  Can I just say that it is SO AWESOME to play in my home town.  I get to see so many people that I haven't seen in ages and you are all so wonderful!  It was an amazing night.  The bar was packed, the band was pumped, and the show was firggin' crazy!  Even my beautiful sister Shelly came up to sing with us.

After all that, you would think we would have gone home for some sleep. . . . umm, nope.  We decided to have an impromptu afterhours at my cousin Mikey's house (even though he was asleep).  Frozen pizzas, cheese dip, and bud light: a trio made in hell! 

The next morning we finally got some rest, right?  Yeah. . . no.  Not only was USA playing Canada for the Gold, it was the Buehn's birthday celebration (the Buehn is our sound man in case you were wondering).  What a game!  We were so close but damn Crosby had to screw it all up!  I finally got home around 9:30pm on Sunday night and I was so tired that I couldn't even stay awake for the season premier of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job.  I do remember one scene about diarrhea, but that might have been a hallucination (but knowing that show, it wasn't).

Thanks to everyone that made it out to a show this weekend (and especially those of you that made it to both!)

We're looking forward to a great show this Friday night at Ballydoyle Aurora.  The whiskey will be flowing!  See you then.

XO-Gina 

Thanks to everyone that came out to see us at Ballydoyle in Aurora last night.  I know it was a last minute show, but we had a great time anyway.  Since it was kind of a laid-back crowd we started the night out with the acoustics and some bar stools.  I have to admit, it is hard for me to stay seated when we play, but it was a fun change of pace.  We even made some new friends and hopefully we'll see them again in 2 weeks on March 5th.

We have 3 shows in the next 2 weeks and then we have a month off so Gut can be with soon-to-arrive son #2! Next Friday we are back at JOE'S on Weed St. for what is sure to be a crazy night.  No rest for the wicked as we will rock J.W. Holsteins in Tinley Park the next night.  Then its back to Ballydoyle Aurora on Friday, March 5th.  I hope you can make it to 1 or ALL of these shows!

Where's my CD???  Great question!  It's done. . . but now we are weaving our way through all the legal red-tape.  It's my first time going through all this and since I'm doing it all on my own, I'm learning a lot as I go.  Sorry for the delay, but it is very close.  Trust me, you'll be the first to know.

Blog again soon!

 -G 

Sorry about all the changes, but you are finding out about this at the same time as we are.

Due to delays beyond our control, Ballydoyle Bloomingdale has had to push back their grand opening AGAIN!  Instead of just ax-ing the show, we decided to move it over to Ballydoyle in beautiful downtown Aurora.  We know we are playing there in just two weeks (Fri March 5th), but consider this our secret warm-up show.  We're really excited to have a Thursday night show because it means that we get to start our weekend a day early!

If you live a little further north, we apologize.  I promise we will play BallyBloomingdale SOON!

Hope to see you Thursday at Bally Aurora.

 -GGB