You never know where a song will come from. Literally, someone mentioned to Alyssa that I could play guitar. The song just took over from there. ALYSSA Someone mentioned to Alyssa That I could play guitar And now I'm trying to be What…

How it must feel to be owned by the musical machine. BLEEDING OUT You didn't know me, lured me in like a tease And now that you own me, you can play me whenever you please Why did I ever let you into my soul Now I know you'll never let…

Where it all began. THE PERFECT CRIME When you told me you'd be leaving Without even telling him goodbye I couldn't stop smiling all that evening The closest I've been to being high Now you've got my poor mind racing Trying to keep…

As I have mentioned in other years, I am so very blessed to have some songs come to me in my dreams. Grace is one of them. The specific line "Grace, grace, grace! You don't have to be a lonely child" is what I retained in my waking moments so…

We're so quick to judge others. We really shouldn't. This one follows the tone of It Mattered To No One Else. I actually had a lot more song ideas like these two that I thought would end up being the whole record. But it didn't happen that…

Similar to a couple of other tunes this year, the How Many More? chorus idea has been floating around my addled head for a few years, but again, it wouldn't come to shore. But in promising my ideas that I never give up on them, I tried it again…

The Again, Again, Again line and melody has been flowing through my brain since 2017 or so. But if we are merely vessels for songs that are waiting to come to our shores, I was a leaky boat for a very long time and couldn't make the journey without…

And now a complete change. I like variety, and this introduces a new feel to the record. Until the mid-section, when the spacey connection returns, though in a subtle way.

Ok, this one has a journey for its creation. The original riff actually came to me in the heat of late August 2013. I still remember when it came to me. It was in a different key, with a slight different resolution. It felt like a hot summer's…

Another one where the riff came first, on the last day of RPM 2020 actually. Before all the craziness struck. I thought to myself "Oh self! That's a good riff! I will need to revisit it next year for RPM 2021." So I did. It also has a call-back…