Loose Screws

Every train has to come to a stop sometime, and I'm far past due to de-board this one.

A month ago I was at Jet Studios putting the final touches on this record, and by the will of God, or perhaps a drunken tweaker, the power went out. This little electrix faux pas also caused the hard drive in my 14 year old iMac to skid to it's final end. Over the last month, a team of world class engineers, or at least, people who know more about these things than I do, have been working hard to salvage what they could to little avail. Many, many months of blood, sweat, and tears (that's all literal) gone into the ether forever. Now, I DID have things backed up. I still have most of the music recorded for the companion album to the comic on a drive. Is what I don't have backups for are those last few months of editing, and recording, and mixing to get the record in the shape I wanted it to be, and most importantly, the emotional reserves I spent to get them there. I'm letting it go, and with it, 15 years of spiritual anguish. It's time for me to move on. It's time for whatever ISIT is meant to be to move on.

So, I'm letting what's there out into the world. Pay what you want. Pay nothing at all. 38 songs. Yours to do as you please with. They deserve homes. They deserve listeners who will appreciate them. If that's you, or someone you know, then on some level I have succeeded. It's not quite the album I wanted it to be, but I am proud of the work I've done. I've proud of where it's led me, and what I've learned, not just as a musician, a producer, or an engineer, but as a person. In those 15 years, I've been through a lot of life. Along the way, many have endured the long hours I've put into this with me, and it's a largely thankless venture. I've been incredibly fortunate to have the support of many, many people in those years. Friends. Lovers. Heroes. I've gotten to open for one of my favorite and most influential bands. I've inspired people to start making music of their own. Follow your dreams. Don't let people tell you it can't be done. Don't let people make you compromise those dreams. I didn't, and I won't. It's time for me to let this portion of my dreams go, because it's time for you to have it. Thank you for coming along for the ride, and I'm not sure where I'm headed, or what I'm going to do next, but I can assure you, this is just the beginning.

In Sleep I Travel: Loose Screws. Download for free now.