Upcoming Shows

It going to be a busy couple of weeks...

Here's where I'm going to be playing over the next little while.

February 18, 6:00 PM - Acoustic Performance at the Old Mill Ruins Bistro in Campbellton

February 21, 2:00 PM - In-store Performance at RBBH in St. John's

February 22, 10:30 AM - Morning Service at The Worship Centre, St. John's

February 22, 6:30 PM - Spruce Hills Community Church Coffee House, Paradise

February 23 - MOSAIC University Chapel, MUN

February 28, 7:00 PM - Concert with Irene Bridger and Amanda Squires, Westside Tabernacle, Corner Brook

March 1, 11:00 AM - Morning Service at Westside Tabernacle, Corner Brook

If you are in the area, I'd love to see you at one of these events.

Upcoming Concerts...

I just wanted to let everyone know about a few concerts that are coming up. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you at the shows...

Live at the Bistro - Feb 18th @ 6:00. I'll be performing at the Old Mill Ruins Bistro in Campbellton NL. They are preparing a very cool Tapas menu that night, and I'll be doing a couple of hours of acoustic music.

From February 20th to the 24th, I'll be performing a number of times in the St. John's area. There are a few concerts still in the works...I'll keep you posted on the exact details.

And on February 28th, at Westside Tabernacle in Corner Brook, NL, I'll be sharing the stage with Irene Bridger.

Hope to see you at one of the shows... Peace.

Taking Care of Biscuits

I've spent the last week painting. I had a week off and my wife and I decided that it was time for a change. Unfortunately we didn't really like two of the three colors that we picked...but that's not the point of this post. (I guess that means I'll be painting this weekend as well.)

While we were painting on Saturday, we were listening to CBC Radio 2. Molly Johnson's show that comes on Saturday mornings is one of the coolest shows ever. I like Radio 2 because they play music that is fresh, by Canadian Singer/Songwriters that I've never heard of. And most of the stuff is not being played on any other stations (at least around here). Anyway, they happened to play a golden oldie...BTO's "Taking Care of Business". So of course, my two children started jumping and dancing to the song.

About an hour later, my son comes into the room, singing at the top of his lungs "Taking Care of Biscuits!" What does that mean? Babysitting baked goods?

Anyway...keep checking my Myspace page for upcoming concerts. I'll be posting the details there in the next couple of days.

Peace.

Happy New Year (What I've learned)

There is only a little over 7 hours left in 2008...maybe more or less depending where you are reading this from. I thought that I might close the year by relaying to you a few of the things that I learned this year. This list isn't complete... but pretty close to it, given that I'm a slow learner.

1) Blogging once a week is harder than I thought.
2) Just about everything worth doing is harder than I thought.
3) When the stock market crumbles, the less you have, the less you lose.
4) Children are more important than work.
5) Most of the answers in life are non-existent...
6) ...and that's okay.
7) I have more fun writing, recording and playing music than I thought I would.
8) Now that my hair is getting thin, I don't care.
9) It is better for me to not have, than to cause someone else to go without.
10) A full box of Pot of Gold chocolates will not make my dog sick (I learned that one Christmas eve)
11) It's much less pointless to model my life after people that "are" rather than people that "have" or "can".

I wish you all the best in the new year, and I hope that this year is even better than the last one. Thanks for all your support in 2008, and I'll see you next year.

Welcome RBBH Shoppers!

The fine people at RBBH (Book and Bible) in Grand Falls have so graciously agreed to put one of my promo flyers in the bags of unsuspecting Christmas shoppers. If you are one of those people who are checking out my blog because you recieved one of those flyers, I'm glad you're here!! Please feel free to read through my blog and leave a message. I'd love to connect with you and find out who you are.

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www.danbursey.com
www.myspace.com/danbursey

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Merry Christmas!!

"People Make Me Happy"

On Saturday, I was sitting in Subway with my two year old daughter. We were sitting at a table next to a window, and the place was packed with people, most of whom were obviously taking a break from Christmas shopping. We, on the other hand, were in no rush.

As we leisurely ate our lunch, we watched a 5 foot robotic Santa dance and sing everytime someone passed. It was sort of annoying and a guy a few tables up from me was obviously bothered by the constant "Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!" Then it would break into a redition of "It's the most wonderful time of the year..." in a key thay was much too low. But my daughter loved it. I loved watching her because she was so content.

Then out of the blue, she said to me, "I'm happy". Naturally I asked her why she was happy and expected the standard answer which usually has to do with cookies. She thought hard. I knew she had a reason in her 2 year old brain but was having trouble finding words that could convey it. Then she slowly said..."People make me happy."

I knew what she meant - being out with Daddy and having his undivided attention made her happy. But I liked the way that she put it..."People make me happy." I think I might give that a shot this Christmas. I might make more of an effort to enjoy people, and then tell them how happy they make me.

Saturday Song Stories - "Enough For Me"

Well here we are...this is the last song story. I hope you've enjoyed them as much as I have. If you are anything like me, a song means so much more to you when you know the history behind its creation. I will still blog regularly, so keep checking back.


"Enough For Me" seemed like a natural fit for the end of the record. I had trouble with the song order on the album, but that one screamed to be placed at the end.

It was actually written on-the-spot at a youth pastor's seminar. I was leading worship at this seminar, and the speaker gave a talk on God being all that we need. Before his presentation, he asked if I knew "Your Grace is Enough" because he wanted it played at the end. At the time, I didn't know the song, so I said, "No but I'll figure something out." During his presentation, I didn't listen to a word he said, but ended up writing some simple lyrics in my head. When his talk was done, I picked up my guitar and improvised a chord progression and melody line.

That might explain the simplicity of the song. That doesn't happen to me often. Some guys I know are great at coming up with spontaneous worship songs. Me...not so much. I love improvising songs that are meant to be funny and working off of the crowd, but the serious stuff doesn't come easily.

Some time later, I picked up a dobro that I had borrowed and thought, "Hmmm...I wonder." And sure enough, this song laid better on the dobro than it did on my regular acoustic. I don't play this song live often, simply because I don't own a dobro. Which reminds me...

If you would like to donate money to the "Buy Dan a Dobro" fund, please contact me. Please...