Album Update

Hey, guys!

It is about time for another album update.

What I have loved most about working on my first record is that it has all been so organic. There have been a lot of changes in my personal life and things finally are settling down. I've ended up with a most inspiring woman in my life and this relationship has caused many new songs.

Besides all of that, I have actually turned this record into a bit of a concept album. The concept is basically  a metaphor using travel by train to show how far I have come in my life and in my art. The album, if I was able to put it on vinyl, would technically be a short double album divided into two specific sections. Sections one, I have dubbed "8th and Waco" and the second section is (as of now) "25th and Beyond."

I'm not completely sold on those two titles, but I am sold on what they represent. The first section will be a selection of the many songs I wrote while I attended Baylor University, which was the only place I really felt at home in since the Bay Area of California, or before that period in my life when I first started writing songs in 2004.

There are a couple of songs from that time period that will not make the album by virtue or there already being produced by another guy back when I was starting out (shoutout to Steve Collins whereever you are). Those two songs are "dancing under orion" and "city of flames," two cuts I am supremely proud of having made. It was a good experience and gave me more insight into studio work. In any case, those two songs will be released in single form and available for purchase on itunes and the like in the next month.

Anyway, the first 5 songs of the record are related to that epoch of my life. The subsequent 5 songs will be from the period of May 2009 until now. These songs highlight my time living in Denton and various other things about my life for the past three years. So, in keeping with the subway metaphor, I called it "25th and Beyond," as I previously stated.

I plan on putting my interpretations of 1 to 3 songs by other artists I love. The only explanation for this is simply that it is fun to do that, and interpretation and different expressions are what make music beautiful.

So, that is where I am with the album, I've decided that I am fairly sure about 6 out of the many, many songs I have written are going to make the record. They all are in similar phases of polish and just need to be perfected before they are truly ready. The other songs need to be arranged and brought to the fullness of their being.

With that, I bid thee all adieu.

ZK