#tokeepusclose

Hello, Chris here.  Boy has it been a long fall.  2016 summer and fall was GREAT for The Baron Ward.  Busy.  Lots of music.  Lots of driving.  Lots of car time.  I have been writing on my own (2 new solo EPs), and Dors and I have been writing some new tunes for the Road.  Lots of stuff has happened, and he and I have grown more fond of each other every month, every trip, every show.  I can't catch you up in detail…just know that its Good.

The near future is what counts.

The Baron Ward is looking to get serious again as a core.  This is a cool thing.  Getting out and around and meeting people through Music once again has been revitalizing my life from the inside out.  I am healthier, more positive, and more optimistic than ever before…well, since I was 21 at least.  You know how it goes.  I still have nagging negative narratives, ferocious fake fantasy conversations, and diabolically debilitating doubts…they are getting more easily squashed, chuckled off as ridiculous, un-bought.  

Our goals for this year are to travel the country, through music.  We don't want to hide out in our home city, our routine, our Bubble.  We want to get dirty, get loud, get friendly, and Earn it All.  The new songs are excellentifying.  Since recording and releasing our spring 2016 EP from our home studio, we've tracked with Daniel Work / Mike Snyder / John Dwyer (part of a Portland band called 'The Noted'), Gabe Johnston @ Falcon Recording Studios (downtown Portland), and James Book @ Ninkasi in Eugene.  We've sharpened our resolve to break into the festival circuit, taking advice from seasoned vets like Dan Weber, Doverlaff, the late Lisa Lepine (RIP Dear Sweet Lisa!), James Book…and we will make our own luck through and through.