Hey ho! How is everybody? I hope well.

Well, my gig with Tears For Fears is off for the moment while they find a new record deal. What is wrong with this world and this stupid business I am in? The story is to long, and to be honest I don't know much, but what I do know is that even the "Big Boys" get screwed. And that is just what happened. One day everything is grand and the next... We were out doing promo gigs for radio, the single got released and was being added all over the country, that cover of the song "Mad World" was and is still going nuts, their greatest hits record was #5 or #6 in the UK, there was a nice buzz about Curt and Roland re-uniting, and POOF!!!!!! All gone. From what I know, which isn't much, the guy who signed TFF to Arista got fired. He happened to be the COO of the company also. Along with him leaving the record company the passion for TFF at Arista also left and as I read yesterday at www.melodicrock.com TFF got dropped by Arista. I read an article in the LA Times that Arista was laying off just about their whole staff. About 175 employees and that the whole roster (Outkast, Pink, Whitney Houston, Sarah MacLaughlin, many more...) was going to be moved to other BMG record companies. You may not like those artists, but they sell millions and millions of records. So that is all I know. I wish I had more info. I do know that the TFF record is not dead. It is really really good and I am sure it will get picked up somewhere. I just don't know when that will be.

The shittiest part for me is that I went from having a job one day to nothing the next. I cancelled a lot of other things. My schedule was booked with them for at least 3 months in advance so everybody else I work with thought that I was going to be gone for a while and have all got other people to fill my spot. So needless to say, I am shambling big time. Kind of scary with a family to take care of and a house to try and pay for.

One good note though... Spock's is cranking out the music. We have been writing a hell of a lot and demoing out all of our stuff. So, there is going to be a new Spock's record sooner rather then later now. That's all I got so it is time to move. The music is kicking ass let me tell you. This new record is really going to rock. There are some parts that are so heavy. The big Epic which is called "A Flash Before My Eyes" is turning out amazing. As much as I always think that we should stay away from an epic on each record we always seem to do one. This record will be no exception. I think it will be close to 30 minutes! So stay tuned.

Alright everybody, thanks for reading my sob story. Thanks to everyone who has ordered the "Live and Acoustic" CD/DVD More updates soon. All the best, NDV

Hello all. - Today, March 13th is my beautiful wife Tiffany's birthday. She deserves some huge props for putting up with my sorry ass for all these years. I couldn't have found a better person to spend my life with and to share my music with. SO LET'S ALL PUT OUR COLLECTIVE THOUGHTS TOGETHER AND SEND HER A GIANT HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFFANY! - NDV

Hello!!!! How is everyone? I hope well. I want to thank everyone who has written in with such nice reviews of the CD/DVD. I am lucky to have such great people around me to help put these kind of things out there. Tell your friends!! Everything else has been relatively slow. Except for the fact that both of my kids had birthdays in February and I got slammed with that, but they had fun. It is also TAX time here in the US and that sucks no matter how you slice it. Lot's of paper work and other stuff to sift through. I have my tax appointment today for the band. Here's hoping we don't owe the government any money. I think we've all paid them enough anyway. Don't you? Oh well. That is life.

Tears for Fears is even slow right now. They are going through some record company stuff that is putting all the promo gigs we were supposed to do on hold. Hopefully that will be fixed soon and we can get back out there. I know the guys are ready to go. I wish I had more news but that's all I know. I have been just waiting around to get a phone call telling me where to be. I love this business!!!

One thing that has been good in all this waiting is that I have had time to write and work on more material with Spock's. We are doing some really good things. It is fun seeing the other guys really get into it. Dave is on FIRE! There is a title to a song there I think but it is true. Where has he been hiding all these years. I'm pretty confident that we will be making a great record this year. For all you happy people in Germany there is a mail order company called JUST FOR KICKS that is now selling the NDV DVD/CD. I asked them to describe what they are all about about and I was told that "we are a German mailorder / distributor for everything that rocks" Does that mean I have achieved rocking status?! How cool! Don't forget that we are still taking all orders here for everywhere that delivers mail so keep them coming in. If any of you have been having problems with this site over the past few days it is because I have been in the process of changing servers. Everything should be all changed over now so keep coming back. I have been working on the jams page and will have a lot more in there in the coming days. Make sure to check out the www.spocksbeard.com TAKE CARE EVERYBODY!! NDV