I decided to call it It'll Never Come Again (from the lyrics in the song Early Test) because that's how I feel about this music. It all originated in moments of inspiration and if I had let those moments pass this music certainly wouldn't be here today. The eleven songs were written over a five year period, starting with More to See which I wrote back in college and ending with Yours on Earth and Haven't Had Not which both came about while I was recording the other songs.
Christin thinks you can trace the progression of my songwriting through this album, from Station (which she insists is a bunch of gobbledy-goop) to Yours on Earth (which apparently has a more concise message). I'd have to say that I agree with her.
Anyway, it's been a lot of work. It would have been finished a lot sooner if I hadn't been so lazy this summer, but I think the music sounds better for it. The entire thing was recorded on my MacBook through the internal microphone at my apartment and two of the schools I teach at in Japan. None of these environments were in any way sound proof so you can enjoy plenty of ambient noise. (Listen for the crickets on Early Test and the car driving by at the end of Beauty's Never Ugly.)
Now, I need to say thanks. First, thank you Christin for all of the work that you did on the website, promotion, research, inspiration, and kicking my ass into gear. I would not have finished all this without you. I also want to thank all the people who inspired this music and all the musicians I've played with past and present, especially Kevin and Shannon who were there when I wrote a bunch of this stuff. (Shannon also wrote one of the guitar parts in More to See.) Thank you Patrick and Brad for letting me play these songs at your bars (and thanks twice for the guitar Patrick). Thank you Eddie for helping me get the drums recorded. Thank you Mr. Horiguchi for letting me record at your schools and use your piano (even if you didn't know about it at the time). Thank you Grandma and Lauren for inspiring some of these songs. Thank you to all the rest of my family, friends, and fans for supporting me and telling me that I'm great (even when I suck). And finally thank YOU for reading this far.
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