Well this certainly took long enough! What you have here is a collection of songs, going as far back as 1992, with many different amazing musicians contributing their unique style and skills to each song. Some of these musicians you would know and many you would not. What is important is that all of them brought something wonderful and unexpected to the table. I always loved bringing someone in to the session who completely surprises me by taking the song in a different direction than I originally planned. That is the beauty of collaboration! So, why did this take so long you ask? Well, life is what happened. I had a family that I needed to support and decided, as many do, that the music industry was not the place to make that happen. I sold all of my gear (except for my drum set) and focused on learning a new skill set. It was the strangest experience because I felt as though a light switch was flipped in my brain and I no longer cared about music. I didn’t even listen to music in the car! Over the years I helped raise two beautiful girls who, ultimately led me back to my creative side and that internal light switch flipped back. So, as I said before, these songs date back to 1992. I started by going back to five old recordings. I re-recorded certain parts that I didn’t like and re-mastered all five tracks. While doing this, I wrote and recorded seven new songs. My family helped immensely with this project. My wife, Amelia, and youngest daughter, Ray, contributed to the music and vocals, my nephew, Ryan, played guitar and mixed and/or edited all of the songs, and my oldest daughter, Sondra, created all of the CD cover art and layout/design. The most wonderful part of this whole journey is that I am doing this solely for fun! I write songs because I love writing songs and I have no other agenda! I have a good career and do not need to sell this to eat. It’s truly a labor of love! I really hope you like this CD. If you do then you will be happy to know that I have more on the way! If not then, who asked ya?! So many people contributed in some form or fashion to the making of this album. I will attempt to list them all here and pray that I don’t miss anyone. First, I would like to thank my wife and two lovely daughters for supporting me and putting up with the endless mix sessions where they heard the same songs over, and over, and over,....etc. I love you guys! Next, I would like to thank the musicians who donated their valuable time for this little project of mine: Mark Horwitz, Mike Roberts, Bob Teesdale, Dale Russell, Rick Vito, Carter Scott, Michael Killen, Ray McHenry, Amelia McHenry, Ryan West, Beau Bristow, Rich Adams, Arvel Bird, John Catchings, and Jim Hoke. Thanks guys! Now, I would like to identify a few key individuals: Mark Horwitz for contributing so much to this album and just being a great person. Steve Corrao at Sage Audio for the great service and fast turnaround on the song masters! Marc Long for his invaluable critique on the arrangements and mixes.Melissa Scott for her helpful feedback and wonderful support throughout the process.Carter Scott for being a great friend over the years as well as being an excellent co-writer and musician.My work buddies for continually asking when this would be released.All of the followers of the Void Contact Facebook page.Ryan West for the amazing job mixing and pre-mastering these songs! He is a strong talent who went above and beyond for this project. I could not have done it without him! And, of course...James “Jamez” Bryant.......who gives us pause.......