Hi, Cakewalkers (Cakewalkistas?).
John, lead singer of Somewhere, here. I just registered to post this (I'm a Reason user myself - but I actually fiddled with Cakewalk in the late 90s) after doing some vanity googling and finding this thread.
First of all, thanks for the many nice comments. We appreciate them greatly.
Second of all, we are still a going concern, we've just had a run of bad luck. Our bass player left us in early summer just as we were laying down basic tracks for the debut album. It was an amicable split and we've found a frankly fantastic replacement.
So we decided to step back a bit and let our new bass player become part of the group and its compositions rather than just having him ape his predecessor. It's a decision that has paid off in spades musically, but has naturally slowed our progression (heh). The music we're working on is a lot more structurally complex than our released stuff (and longer, though we have yet to pass the 10-minute mark - there's no point in extending a song just to do it) so it takes a while to get it down.
And just as we were getting ready to start looking at recording again in October...our guitarist (also producer and one of the two principal songwriters) was in an accident and hurt his left hand quite severely. It has only just now healed to the point we he can start playing again.
But the timeline is set for us to have principal recording done when summer rolls around, leading to at least one gig already lined up, probably followed by another at the Sweden Prog Fest in the fall of 2013. As for album release date, I don't even dare guess at this point, but Magnitizdat (probable title) will be made, and will be followed by another album, as we have raw material for at least two already.
Oh, how I ramble. Anyways, what I meant to say was: thanks, and no we're not defunct. Carry on as you were.