I’m opening up for my good friend Jeremy Casella on September 11th at Grace Fellowship Church (Lincoln, DE) at 7pm. It’s sure to be a fun show so come on by.

More details can be found here

Joe

I just wanted to let everybody know that my album Nothing Hurts Like The Truth is now available on Amazon MP3. So if you prefer buying your music from there and you haven’t picked up that record yet… then feel free to check it out right here.

God bless,
Joe

A quick update while I have a few minutes free (also known as toddler naptime)… I’m going to start work soon on a 5 or 6 song acoustic EP that I’ll put up on here for free. I’ve been working on songs for a new full length album but it’ll still be a while before I get to that and I’ve got a few songs that won’t fit on there anyway. So hopefully there will be some new music on here for y’all before too long. Just me and a guitar and maybe some background noises in my office. Should be fun!

Thanks for sticking around!
Joe

It’s almost 3am, I’ve been up trying to get my network running again and figured why not update my site that I haven’t updated in months. So here I am… updating! It’s been an interesting 2010; my little girl is quickly closing in on three years old and while the two’s have not been terrible at all, they’re definitely teaching us lessons in patience. We’re loving every minute with her though and we’re looking forward to a busy summer filled with beaches and cookouts.

Let’s see, what else? I’ve been on a sort of diet since early last year. Lost about 50 pounds so far… mostly from just giving up fast food, sodas and eating better. Go figure. Might try to lose another 20, it’s gone well so far so why not.

My Orioles are terrible… let’s just leave it at that and all look forward to NFL season. Yikes.

I had pneumonia during a double blizzard earlier this year. I was not a fan.

Other than a few shows here and there, I haven’t been playing out too much. I’ve been mostly working on the music for our church and doing plenty of songwriting on the side. If there is a new record on the distant horizon (and I hope there is!), I’m very excited about the early work so far. I might play a few shows this summer locally and maybe a couple this fall. If that all works out, I’ll definitely be playing a few new songs to get a feel for them all. I also upgraded some home studio equipment for demos and finally got a new laptop (hence the updating!). My old powerbook G4 started sounding like an asthmatic banshee so it was time to send it to Grandpop’s farm.

Oh, my friend Aaron and I played at a Memorial Day picnic… rocked out a little Tom Petty, Radiohead, Wilco, Journey and Miley Cyrus. Yup, I nodded my head like “yeah”. It was EPIC.

So that’s a tiny bit of what’s been going on in Bassett Land this past year… just finding truth and beauty in the day to day. Thanks for sticking around!

J

Hey all! I’ll be opening up for my good friend (and producer) Jeremy Casella tonight at Grace Fellowship Church in Lincoln, DE (the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln… ‘s college roomate!*). The show is at 7pm and I’m pretty sure there will be a dinner on the grounds at 6pm. So if you’re nearby, come hang out with us, eat some food and hear some music! You can find all the show info here.

Also, you should follow Jeremy and I on Twitter because I’m sure there will be interesting comments and pictures all night… especially now that he has an iPhone!

Grace and peace,
Joe

*This site does not claim to be a source of any historical fact and any comments of that nature should not be taken as truth… but I bet it’s totally true!