Because you've got to know!

     I'm one of those people who has no problem creating, whether songs or, of late, stories. That of course is once I get my act together and do it. My normal process is to ruminate about it in my head and then when the procrastination becomes too much, I work; and once I start I work till it's finished. I'm not a 'it's half done, let's sit on it for a while' type.
     I started making music in my teens, and have continued writing over the years, although after 1991, I took a long break after finishing the 10th album. Most of the albums were written and recorded between 1984 and 1987; 7 of them to be exact. That's a lot of work in a short period of time. And once I was done, it was; well now what?
     Mostly I sat on them. I'd take them out every so often and listen to them, but they were on cassette tapes and cassette tape, like all tapes, wear thin as do the tape heads, the motors, etc. In the digital age, as much as some delight in the analog sound, its limitations remain, and I was tired of those limitations. I thought they still sounded good, given that they were recorded on a 4-track cassette portastudio, but all I had were the mixes and they were precious to me.

     Then one day I decided that maybe I should do something with them.

     That something was transferring the originals to a digital format. From there, you can do any number of things in any number of formats. So I asked a friend to transfer them, and he did; plus he ran them through a mastering program.

     Thank you so very much, Dave Howe. The songs sounded better than ever, or as good as they would ever sound. It made me think....bigger.

     At this point the artist; that would be me, begins to have all kinds of flights of fancy, all revolving around the idea of becoming.....known for your work, your music! Every artist's dream.

     Now the fact that I am now in my middle years doesn't auger well for such dreams, but we can, well, dream. So, in that little journey I'm bringing along anyone who wants too tag along. the first step is what to release when...

     Stay tuned.