This work is dedicated to Andy Jaffe, jazz composer, pianist, arranger and teacher. I studied with Andy at Williams College from 1988 to 1992, and his approach to music-making and teaching has influenced everything all my work since. He once related…

an instrumental track. the voices/screaming/giggling in the back are Melissa Akkurt being tickled by Buddy Fick.

one of the songs i'm most content with on this album. written along with several in the bowling alley (aka basment) of my highschool dorm.

simple song. you can also find it on the Frail EP which was put together in the months after this album. Peter Hochstedler provided great lead guitar.

i believe this was the first 21 Grams song i wrote. the riff really stuck to myself and several other people so we kept working with it. Dan Spencer helped with the lyrics

i brought this song to Tamer and Peter with just the rough idea of what i was thinking. it was one of the last tracks we recorded for the album. Peter wrote and recorded the beautiful bass line and also sang the chorus with me. we recorded the…

i actually like this song. it's our pop/rock ballad. Tamer provided the backing vocals on it aswell as afew other tracks.

wrote this song about a girl.

i went to a small christian boarding school for highschool. we had mandatory worship times. among other things.

teen angst.

Dan Spencer wrote the main idea to this song. he gave it to me over a break and i added the music to it and ended up with this. Tamer and i took turns playing around with the keyboard.

i didn't intentionally sound like i was dying. i just lost my voice around the time we had to record vocals...and it was a pretty high range for me...so i decided to belt it out. Peter Hochstedler did some background yelling towards the end…

i wrote this song while waiting for my friends to get back from a banquet i was too young to attend. it's about Jesus, myself, and sin.

one of the first songs we wrote. Dan Spencer and i wrote it along with Same Angel for our first gig. Pete Matthews helped me finalize it and mesh the guitar and bass together. i love Tamer's drumming in it.

simple song. i believe this was the original recording of it. originally a track off of the 21 grams album, "Identities". Peter Hochstedler played a beautiful lead guitar on it.

have you ever felt like you were trying to find something you weren't even sure you believed in?

highschool relationships...sigh...

another rough recording. since recording this i haven't really done anything with it...i want to though. people are fragile.