There are a number of motivations for an artist to do a cd and release it to the public. Most of them don't apply to me. As I've stated, most of my musical life has revolved around me being a session drummer. I always have been a songwriter in my own mind, but I never had the time or financial means to put out my own cd and all that comes with it. So, a lot of my earlier songwriting was in the form of co-writing with already established artists. My motivations for doing my own cd is based entirely on my life experience and what has moved me emotionally. For this cd, I have chosen the genre of rock/pop to express this; even though I love and play many different genres of music. Although I do not suffer from any chemical dependency, I have, however, been affected by many loved ones who do suffer from addiction. I feel that it has been cathartic for me in writing songs about self realization and the heavy emotions, both of euphoria as well and traumatic, that go along with this part of life that has affected me so heavily. So, some of the themes on this record are about love lost, addiction and the two combined. I try to look at the positive and reflect that in this music.