Brian Franke

I find myself with my lack of newsletters apologizing for the lack of communication.  I've been off my game for a while, though I do have some updates on what's been happening with me regarding music and non-music things related…

The year is flying by for me.  Usually they say that's because you're having fun, but this year hasn't been entirely fun with sick pets, broken HVACs, and a mortgage escrow company who messed things up.  But I won't get…

It's around this time of year where things begin to pick up and the dull of the winter fades away.  This spring I'm taking a month off from playing gigs.  Why?  I'll tell you below.  St Patrick's Day is also…

Hello and greetings from Charlottesville!  It has been quite a few months since I last wrote, and I am doing great down in the new digs and in my new home with my wife.  In fact, here's some photos below…

DC Memoirs, In Case you Missed it:

Chpt 1: Everyone Leaves DC One Day

In the summer of 2000, I spent my first amount of time living in Washington, DC.  At the time I was 20 and…

I'd like to start the spring newsletter off by thanking everyone who responded to my news that I'm moving out of the Washington, DC area in a couple months.  While it is sad in some ways, it's nice to have…

It's summer and I've written this and edited this in my head too many times I can recall, but the words are hitting the page in mid-November.  It starts off like this:

"Everyone leaves DC one day," is…

To all my music supporters, 

I left my last newsletter on the note that there was going to be big news I'd share in coming weeks and I am ready to tell you about it.  I am moving out…

Right now I am writing during a cold and slow time of the year.  I think I've concluded I don't enjoy winter all that much (except when skiing).  The early darkness initially gives me a slight depression and the cold…

Finally it's officially starting to feel like fall and leaves are just starting to change over in the DC area.  Summer used to be my favorite season, but these days it's fall--my body just can't take the heat anymore.  It's…

My wife and I have been home for over a month now from our latest traveling adventure: Thailand and Bali.  A lot of people have asked about the trip--highlights, favorite things--essentially stories that explain what we experienced over the three…

I've been writing this newsletter for almost 8 years now and there's been so much that's happened between now and then.  My focus initially as an artist was on original music and while I still believe in my heart that…