Carbonite - Online Backup Solution... it's awesome!

Backing up your hard drive (data) is one of those things that is always something that sounds good to do but it’s such a pain to do consistently. We never think we will need it… until it happens to you and you kick yourself for not backing up all those pictures, documents, school papers and on and on.

The key to any backup is that it’s always current (not a back up from a year ago), preferably offsite (so a fire or flood or something of that nature won’t destroy your backup) and is easy enough to do. After trying multiple backup solutions from DVDr to external HD to other online solutions... I finally found an online solution that it is easy to use, doesn’t cost a ton of $ and best of all you can literally set it and forget it.

It’s called… Carbonite

After the easy setup and software download to your computer you select files and folders to back up. The initial back up can take a little while depending on how much data you have but you never know its happening. It all runs in the background and you can check status at any time to see how far along you are. Little colored dots (you can turn this off… but why would you?) mark each folder and file to let you know which files and folders have been selected for back up and the colors tell you if it’s been backed up yet or not. It’s all so seamless and painless. I have not had to restore yet but did run a test when I first signed up and the restore process is a breeze.

All this and it’s only $50 per year… unlimited storage! How cool is that? You can also get a 15 day trial with no Credit Card needed to activate.

CLICK HERE for an article on Carbonite in USA Today.

Here is the link to the Carbonite website to read more and sign up for the trial. If you want to send me an email at stuff@jannhoff.com I can send you a referral link to Carbonite and you can get a month free by using the link to sign up.

Victor Wooten in concert...

Went back to the Belly Up last night to check out Victor Wooten… only the best bass player on the planet! The show was 2 hours of music… lots of new stuff from his cool new CD called Palmystery and some of his other stuff too. His brothers Joseph (Keys) and Reggie (Guitar) were with him along with bass, drums, vocals and a dude from morocco that sang a little and played the violin.

The sound in the Belly Up was ok last night… as a bass player, sound man and having “the ears”, it was hard to find a place in the room that was balanced for me. I did find a spot and settled in. Victor kicked ass… he does things on the bass that us mere mortals have no idea how he does it. Amazing stuff indeed.

He spoke about his bass/nature camp. He has purchased 140 acres near Nashville to now have a permanent home for the camp. Click Here to learn more about it.

All in all it was a great night of music by one cool dude and his family and friends.

Interesting story on Vegas and Broadway West!

Check this out... Vegas was trying to become Broadway West when Spamalot, Hairspray and the like hit the strip. Now Jersey Boys is set to open... but there has been a loss of steam for Broadway in Vegas these days.

I think that if any "Broadway" show can make it in Vegas, Jersey Boys can. I know the next time I'm in Vegas I'm checking it out.

CBL at the Belly Up

We had a great time at the Belly Up last night. With our fans and friends on hand cheering us on we really had a fun time and look forward playing a happy hour there again real soon. Next gig for us will be next weekend. It is a private gig for us at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. Looking forward to that very much.

CoolBandLuke at the BellyUp 4/25 5:30p-8p

San Diego’s favorite party band is back at it Friday 4/25/08 at the BellyUp Tavern in Solana Beach, CA.

http://www.bellyup.com for directions!

See you there!

A little Rock and Roll....

This is a song, circa 1988, that I played bass and sang back up on. It was written by Ted Leib for a theme song contest for Bloom County. Rob Hanzlik plays lead guitar on this as well. Rob and I go back to 1985 and have been playing in bands together for 23 years. CoolBandLuke is our current band.

Cool Band Luke - Son of a Preacher Man - Live

CoolBandLuke - Live