I'm partly not sure if this should go in "Memory Residue" or the "Prelude Notes," but I just wanted to express some things about this project that is going to be available in a few weeks.

The first thing to realize is that my CD's are concept albums. There are "bigger pictures" to the collage of songs that I throw together. For instance, "Depravity, Grace and Reckless Abandon," my last album was a grappling with devotion and abandoning oneself to the martyr's love that is found in Christianity. Likewise, this one carries a theme that is close to my heart.

Did you ever notice that we live in a country that has a reputation for being founded on Christian values, is now a country where those values are their own economy? Radio stations, TV stations, bookstores, clubs, associations and churches of every flavor all stretching to meet the demanding need of a rapidly changing society. Within the Christian (sub)culture of US America, I wanted to do something different. I wanted to just stick my heart raw on a recording and market it.

"A Prelude to Tomorrow" was written primarily at night, when most are asleep. They are prayers offered up in a simple manner. This is my first recording in a while, but it is my first recording having come out of recording school. I wanted to experiment with this project. I could have spent big dollars in trying to compete with a market of common sounding, radio worthy, manufactered sound (with a bank account in the high negatives)...but that's not where my heart is. So for this I took what I had available: two microphones, a guitar, a djimbe (and some percussion items), an acoustic bass, and some vocals and laid them down in a recording. Simply. Organically (no, or extremely little, pickup electronics), with little processing. The theme of the project is simply that I love Jesus Christ. Within a culture of "programs" and "ministry philosophies" I wanted to just declare my love for God in an almost bootleg fashion. This project is about process...not processing. It's about the art: that music and recording is something that I love, and (in my life) God is continually changing me.

The point? Listen. Let's not rush through this moment, let's savor it. Let's get raw. Jesus is coming back. It's not a myth or a fairy tale, He's going to come back and life as we know it is going to be extremely different. I pray for Him to come back, I long to see Him. I'm completely captivated by Him and am amazed that the uncreated God would choose me not only as a friend but adopt me as His child. He continually breaks into the moments that I live in to lavish me with love. He's continually giving me a new heart. He's continually drawing me deeper into the mystery of who He is. He loves me even in my imperfection. He is everything to me, so I long to give Him everything, continually. I can't really say it any other way than in song...thus my new project: "A Prelude to Tomorrow."

Prelude to Tomorrow is on its way to the manufacterer.
Yessssssss.

So, the new CD is mastered, the graphic designing is finishing up and this week I'll be starting my account with the manufacterer. Soon and very soon my friends.

In other news, you can now purchase the last remaining copies of my second CD, "World's Collide" online. Right here as a matter of fact.