This album began in the middle of 2009 as I contemplated life, and my place in it. I spent nearly a year gradually piecing together the parts for this bizarre concept. I decided to use strings and arrangements, backup-singers as well as odd time signatures, unique instruments and a whole bunch of unusual recording and production approaches to put the concept together. I pressed it to Vinyl only [United Record Pressing, Nashville] and released it to no one in particular in December of 2010. I had no clue what to do with this. I simply racked my memory of about 3-6 people that would be interested and told them. I sent out around ten to a couple friends and around another ten to relatives for the holidays but I honestly had no idea what this was that I made. I still to this day do not know. My friends mentioned "Masterpiece!..Magnificent!" in their humblest voices, naturally, and then my family didn't say a damn thing to me at all. I think ...