I actually have a free moment today to write. Perhaps it's time to write about the interesting way my whole encounter/networking with Chanticleer came about.

I think it was maybe mid-May or so and (I guess you could say I was doing similar to what a journalist would do) while seeing if I could find any archives of Chanticleer's interviews in the infinite scope of the internet, I came across this very interactive interview. It sounded to me like these guys were pretty informal and laidback, but still I wanted to air on the safe side. I figured the best thing to do from here was to contact Chanticleer's music director. I jumped on Chanticleer's webpage and found his contact information. One thing led to another, and I launched my blog at the start of June with a wonderful introduction to Chanticleer.

After a space, I started getting posts on my reactions page for me to "follow up" on this small intro. Incidentally, that inverview I linked to was the one only which gave any names of people in the group. The interview had taken place several years ago, so I figured it would be the optimal thing to try to find two former singers and do a phone interview. Here's where the adventure really begins. While I was coding Chanticleer's Facebook page into my text interview, I happened to see a name that just sounded familiar. (I didn't exactly know why until later when I realized that Tim Maguire had briefly introduced himself in the audio interview (see link above).) So I took a chance, sent him a Facebook message, and he routed me to his friend Ian Howell. So again, one thing led to another, and the week before I started school I had an hour-and-a-half conference call. I have to say it was more a discussion than an interview, especially since I tried to keep my questions to a minimum and let them have the floor. It truly was an amazing experience. There's something about the digital age; no one is far away from anyone anymore.