"Droogies and Rattleheads!
"I am sending you this post from Maui, Hawaii, where I currently am, to get one last vacation in before I start my next record.
"We also are going to be announcing some really major news this week coming up, it could be about my book, it could be about a tour coming up; it could be about a whole lotta stuff!
"For now, I just wanted to tell you that I hoped to be able to answer some more questions on Megadeth's widget, and to leave messages for you with TheLiveLine, and to make regular posts like I have been doing here and at our other sites. But in order to give 100% of myself, I need to have 100% of myself back to give out. Onward with the updates.
"The studio is turning out to be such a magical place and we are getting so much done in such a seemingly easy and effortless few months preparing the studio. Jeff Payne, Shane McConnell, Brandon Webster and a cast of great friends and skilled personnel, including all four band members, that have made this more exciting with each and every passing day. I have gone through all of the micro-cassettes that I have saved, and James Lomenzo has uploaded them into our Pro-Tools rig for evaluation.
"I have another shot at breaking the Billboard Top 200 Chart and I am still scratching and 'a clawing to get the elusive number 1. Megadeth has had a number 2, number 4, number 8 and a number 10. We are missing the obvious integer of 6 in the 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 pattern in the top ten. Seriously though, it has been an honor to have made so many high debuts in this career of mine, and I am still eyeing that top spot, so let's see what comes out of this next session.
"I am going to be continuing on with my Dean VMNT's as my guitar of choice, and I will be using my Signature GHS Dave Mustaine Progressives 10-52 gauge strings, and my signature Dave Mustaine Live Wires by Seymour Duncan. I am proudly using Marshall Amplifiers and Cabinets, and boy do we have a surprise for you, but I will leave that up to the noble Marshall family to say.
"I also am very anxious to get my fingers deep into Pro Tools new Software 'Eleven.'
"We have chosen to work with Mr. Andy Sneap again, and he is coming and going all day, every day leading up to this, and I for one am pumped to see what we are going to do fresh out of the gate this time. He has not only made his presence felt with great suggestions about the music on the last record, but he has been over to make sure that the studio was coming along, and to check on the colors and furniture so that we will have a comfortable environment here; and since I intend on making this a studio open to select clientele, I want to make sure that this is the kind of place that a hot-shot like Andy will feel perfectly at home in.
"Thank you to Shawn Drover for coming out and doing all of the building things that you did. Jeff painted yesterday and it looks great. Since you get the live room out in the warehouse, it is prolly time to have our personal assistant Adrian Biondo from touring with Megadeth to come and make the dressing room vibe in the studio. She could make an outhouse look like a dressing room, and in fact she did on the last tour.
"We are nearing the first day of recording and the remaining work is to mount the acoustic hardware, rack mount all of the Pro Tools item and outboard gear in the control room, as well as wire all of that, and just keep making the best record I have ever made from the leasing of the building the very first day, until the last second when I lock the door and fly to England to mix this record with Andy at this studio in Derbyshire again.
"It is nearly 6pm Hawaii time and I am getting ready to go to Bubba Gump's for dinner. I love that goofy joint, it's better than the burnt-out dive across the street.
"And yes, I did actually go to the Maui Coffee Plantation to check out some potential coffee for my coffee line, but it wasn't that much to my liking and if it is going to be the "coffee that I actually drink" then this would prolly not have been included. It was a little bit "not to my liking" and I prefer the Peruvian coffee that I have now, as well as the "Kona" and "Jamaica Blue Mountain", which we are going to be discussing introducing to our coffee customers after the Holidays are over. I just have to make sure that you know it is not "blend" where they put three Kona beans in with all of the Arabica beans and call it "Jamaica Blue Mountain Blend" or the same with the "Kona Blend."
"And now, it is time for some sun!
Mahalo and Aloha,
Dave Mustaine"
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