Little did I know when 2020 began that before the second month was done, I would be delivering a fully produced completed album of completely new music! And it began with a project that I had "heard" about but never looked at seriously.

A year ago I decided to put a hold on my album to be entitled Touch the Sky. That was a good decision and not a result of ADD (which I think most musicians suffer from). Musically I have not stopped since then. There have been a number of commercial projects that have come my way and I wanted to do them justice and not be split between my personal musical journey and other things that had to get done (you know, pay the bills kind of thing).

With the completion of City Sounds in September, I thought I might take some time off from music. After all I had a lot of things going on...things that would probably bore you, but still, enough to make me take a break. Yep. That was the plan. Uh, no. Music never leaves the brain, or the heart.

27 years ago...eish...I embarked on an experimental musical project. The concept was to infuse my music with media, effects, sound clips and other items to make for a cohesive industrialized album. The resulting product was interesting but fell far from my original vision for it. The project included 26 (not kidding) musical tracks. For the most part, the technology I was working with was not up to what I was hearing in my head.

Princess and the Pea, along with a number of my other albums, are now available on your favorite streaming sites including YouTube Music, Spotify, and Tidal.

Pick your streaming source and check it out!

As the finishing touches are happening with Princess and the Pea and we near the release day (Wednesday), I thought I would share a little background on the project and how it came together. The project started no different than any other: I sit at the keyboard and stare at the keys waiting to see if anything will happen.

This is not the place for me to rant about 2016. It seems the acting and artistic community got hit really hard with loss. Add my mother to that list. So needless to say it has been a hard year. Life and creativity continue to move on though, and this IS the place to talk about that.

And the day finally arrives...